OSHA Inspection: TRILLIUM SOLID SURFACE, LLC

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $1,260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1):     All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition.    The employer did not keep the production area free of accumulation of combustible dust.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Jan 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):     The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    Where employee(s) are overexposed to particulates not otherwise regulated, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Feb 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2):     The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter    Where employee(s) are overexposed to particulates not otherwise regulated, the employer did not ensure that employees were fit tested prior to initial use.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Feb 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3):     Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:    Where employee(s) are overexposed to particulates not otherwise regulated, the employer did not provide training to employees prior to requiring employees to use a respirator.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Jan 27, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i):     Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy.     An outlet in the production area of the workplace had a broken faceplate.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Jun 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $1,260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2):     Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of Particles not otherwise requlated (Total Dust) listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of  15 mg/m^3:    A sander was exposed to 19.5 mg/m^3 of total dust which is 1.3 times the limit of 15 mg/m^3. This limit is established to prevent irritation of the eyes, skin, throat, and upper respiratory system.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Jun 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e):     Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):    A sander was exposed to 19.5 mg/m^3 of total dust which is 1.3 times the limit of 15 mg/m^3.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):     The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form:    Where a sander was overexposed to total dust, the employer did not evaluate respiratory hazards in the workplace.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Apr 2, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):     A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for respirator use:    Where employee(s) are overexposed to particulates not otherwise regulated, the employer did not develop a written respiratory protection program.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Apr 2, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    Where employees are working with chemicals including, but not limited to: LG HI-MACS Acrylic Solid Surface, the employer did not develop a hazard communication program.

Issued

Jan 20, 2012

Abate by

Feb 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    Where employees are working with chemicals including, but not limited to: LG HI-MACS Acrylic Solid Surface, the employer did not provide training on the hazards.