OSHA Inspection: ROSATI WINDOWS

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Oct 31, 2011

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $893 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):     General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.    In the paint department, employees who were required to wear a respirator had not received a medical evaluation.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Jan 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $1,488 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):     Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.    a. At the workplace, the employer did not establish an energy control program for lockout of equipment.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Sep 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $893 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4):   Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shallbe of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with amaximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work restshall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.  a. In the maintenance area, the work rest on the bench type Skillsaw, Inc. grinder (Serial # 767HA0000987) was not adjusted to within one-eight inch of the abrasive wheel.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Sep 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9):   Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs(b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)  a. In the maintenance area, the tongue guard on the bench type Skillsaw, Inc. grinder (Serial # 767HA0000987) was not adjusted to within one-fourth inch of the abrasive wheel.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Sep 22, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(d)(1):   Inspection. Immediately before mounting, all wheels shall be closely inspected and sounded by theuser (ring test) to make sure they have not been damaged in transit, storage, or otherwise. The spindle speed of the machine shall be checked before mounting of the wheel to be certain that it does not exceed the maximum operating speed marked on the wheel. Wheels should be tapped gently with a light nonmetallic implement, such as the handle of a screwdriver for light wheels, or a wooden mallet for heavier wheels. If they sound cracked(dead), they shall not be used. This is known as the "Ring Test".  a. In the maintenance area, abrasive wheels were not ring tested before being mounted and used on the bench grinders.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Jan 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c):     Respiratory protection program. This paragraph requires the employer to develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use. The program must be administered by a suitably trained program administrator. In addition, certain program elements may be required for voluntary use to prevent potential hazards associated with the use of the respirator. The Small Entity Compliance  Guide contains criteria for the selection of a program administrator and a sample program that meets the requirements of this paragraph. Copies of the Small Entity Compliance Guide will be available on or about April 8, 1998 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Office of Publications, Room N 3101, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210 (202-219-4667).    a. At the workplace, the employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program for employees required to wear respirators.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Jan 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f):     Fit testing. This paragraph requires that, before an employee may be required to use any respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-fitting facepiece, the employee must be fit tested with the same make, model, style, and size of respirator that will be used. This paragraph specifies the kinds of fit tests allowed, the procedures for conducting them, and how the results of the fit tests must be used.    a. At the workplace, the employer did not fit test employees who were required to wear respirators.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Jan 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k):     Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary.     a. At the workplace, the employer did not provide training to employees who are required to wear respirators.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Jan 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communicationprogram which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning,material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    A. At the workplace, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for chemicals used in the facility.

Issued

Sep 15, 2011

Abate by

Jan 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals intheir work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trainedabout is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability,carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety datasheets.    A. At the workplace, the employer did not provide employees with information and training on the hazardous chemicals in their work area.