OSHA Inspection: NEMESIS METALS

Issued

2012-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operators performance was not conducted at least once every 3 years:    a) The company's forklift operators have not been evaluated since 4/11/2008.         ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION AND ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2012-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:    a)  The employer did not have material safety data sheets available for various steel grades, stainless steel, aluminum, welding wire, cutting fluids and other chemicals used in the welding, cutting and machining processes.         ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION AND ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2012-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    a)  The employer had not trained their employees on the hazardous chemicals generated while welding on various grades of steel, stainless steel and welding wire, exposure to shielding gases, potential carbon monoxide exposure from forklift exhaust and other combustion sources, and other chemicals used in the welding and fabrication processes.         ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION AND ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2012-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI):    a) The employer had not determined the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI) to employees welding on stainless steel.         NO ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION OR ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.