OSHA Inspection: SIMS RECYCLING SOLUTIONS, INC.

Issued

2012-03-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2295.00 · Current $1607.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 07902260

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.    a) Sims Recycling Solutions, Franklin Park, IL- The employer did not ensure that lab techs wear appropriate eye protection such as chemical splash goggles when handing, adding, mixing and heating liquid chemicals, including corrosives and caustics such as hydrochloric (aka muriatic) acid, sodium hydroxide and potassium cyanide while working in the lab.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2012-03-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2295.00 · Current $1607.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0260073118602310

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area:    a) Sims Recycling Solutions, Franklin Park, IL-Training of lab employees did not include the specific physical and health hazards of all chemicals or classes of chemicals that lab employees may work with or be exposed to while working in the lab including metals such as silver, cobalt, copper, arsenic and acids such as hydrochloric, nitric, sulfuric and phosphoric acids and their associated health hazards ( ie. caustics/corrosives; may cause eye and dermal chemical burns, may cause respiratory irritation).    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2012-03-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(1)(ii): Full shift (for at least seven -7 continuous hours) personal samples for lead were not collected including at least one sample for each shift for each job classification in each work area:    a) Sims Recycling Solutions, Franklin Park, IL- Full shift (for at least seven(7) continuous hours) personal samples were not collected for initial determination of lead for each job classification in each work area of the Lab such as on the lab tech assigned to perform the fire assays using the furnaces as well as the other lab techs who perform metal analysis, determinations and extraction process. A lab technician was exposed to lead at an 8-hour time-weighted average level of .043 mg/M3, approximately 1.43 times the OSHA Action Level of .03 mg/M3. The exposure level is derived from a personal sample taken over a 453 minute period during one shift on October 28, 2011. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 27 minutes.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2012-03-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer did not determine, in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or (d)(3) of this section,  the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI)    a) Sims Recycling Solutions, Franklin Park, IL- The employer did not make an initial determination regarding employee exposure to hexavalent chromium in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or (d)(3) of the OSHA standard for hexavalent chromium.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).