OSHA Inspection: KINGCOAT LLC

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(ii)(b)(2): The quantity of liquid that may be located outside of an inside storage room or storage cabinet in a building or in any one fire area of a building exceeded 120 gallons of Class IB, IC, II, or III liquids in containers:  (a) Kingcoat open doorway paint mixing area;  The quantity of Class IB, IC, II, and III Flammable liquid in containers located in and around the paint mixing room was approximately 170 gallons, such as but not limited to: Americoat White Resin,  Americoat 370 Cure, Chemical Coatings Kem 400 Catalyst, DuPont Prep-Sol Solvent 3919S, Acryli-Clean DX330 Wax and Grease Remover, Shop Line JR506, PPG Pitthane Ultra, PPG Pitthane coatings, Pro Paint Xylol (Xylene) solvent, Shop-Line JT501 solvent, five and ten gallon cans of used solvent and approximately 26 gallons of miscellaneous coating.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(e)(2): The quantity of flammable or combustible liquids kept in the vicinity of spraying operations exceeded minimum required for operations and ordinarily exceeded a supply for 1 day or one shift:  (a) Kingcoat open doorway paint mixing area;  The quantity of Class IB, IC, II, and III Flammable liquid in containers located in and around the paint mixing room was approximately 170 gallons, such as but not limited to: Americoat White Resin,  Americoat 370 Cure, Chemical Coatings Kem 400 Catalyst, DuPont Prep-Sol Solvent 3919S, Acryli-Clean DX330 Wax and Grease Remover, Shop Line JR506, PPG Pitthane Ultra, PPG Pitthane coatings, Pro Paint Xylol (Xylene) solvent, Shop-Line JT501 solvent, five and ten gallon cans of used solvent and approximately 26 gallons of miscellaneous coating.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(10): Fixed lighting units use for illumination in spraying areas did not have glass panels or other transparent materials to effectively isolate the spraying area from the area in which the lighting unit is located:  (a) Kingcoat, throughout the facility; The lighting fixtures used for illumination in spray booth operations did not have glass or other transparent protective covers, such as, but not limited to:  (1) Spray booth #1; The fluorescent wall light banks and the suspended ceiling lights, and  (2) Spray booth #2; The suspended ceiling lights, and  (3) Spray booth #3; The suspended ceiling lights.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(c)(6): Electrical wiring and equipment not subject to deposits of combustible residues but located in a spraying area as herein defined were not explosion-proof type approved for Class I, group D locations and did not otherwise conform to the provisions of subpart S of this part, for Class I, Division 1, Hazardous Locations:  (a) Kingcoat, Spray booths #1, #2 and #3; Spray rooms which were used for spraying flammable liquids, contained unclassified (standard) electrical equipment. such as, but not limited to:  (1) Fluorescent Lighting banks, and  (2) Electrical outlets.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(c)(8): Portable electric lamps were used in any spraying area during spraying operations:  (a) Kingcoat, spray booth #1; Portable electrical halogen lamps were used in spray rooms for illumination while applying flammable liquids during spray finishing operations.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $1080.00 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 required respirator use:   (a) Kingcoat, spray rooms and sand blasting area; The employer did not implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures for employees who were required to wear respirators to preform spray finishing and sand blasting operations.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2520.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup 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) Kingcoat, outdoor sand blasting operations;  The employer did not establish and implement an effective energy isolation program which resulted in serious injuries to an employee when the release of stored hydraulic energy caused a bulldozer blade to drop pinning the employee under the machinery.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3): All energy isolating devices that were needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment were not physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s):  (a) Kingcoat, outdoor sand blasting operations;  Blocking, bracing or other hydraulic systems lockout devices were not used to isolate the release of a hydraulic value which allowed gravity to drop a bulldozer blade while an employee was working under the blade arm.

Issued

2012-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  (a) Administrative Office; The employer did not complete the required written PPE certification.