OSHA Inspection: DAVE HUFF PAINTING

Issued

2012-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-30 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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) Construction site located at 2175 East Park Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI; The employer did not develop or implement a written respiratory program.

Issued

2012-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) Construction site located at 2175 East Park Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI; The employer did not perform medical evaluations prior to requiring employees to wear tight-fitting facepiece respirators.

Issued

2012-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) Construction site located at 2175 East Park Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI; The employer did not provide qualitative or quantitative fit testing for employees who were required to wear tight-fitting facepiece respirators for spraying operations.

Issued

2012-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(iii): For all tight-fitting respirators, the employer did not ensure that employees performed a user seal check each time they put on the respirator using the procedures in Appendix B-1 or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer that the employer demonstrated were as effective as those in Appendix B-1 of this section(Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) Construction site located at 2175 East Park Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI; The employer did not ensure that user seal checks were performed by employees who were required to wear tight-fitting facepiece respirators during spraying operations.

Issued

2012-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1)(i): Respirators issued for the exclusive use of an employee were not cleaned and disinfected as often as necessary to be maintained in a sanitary condition (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) Construction site located at 2175 East Park Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI; Tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not maintained in sanitary condition by cleaned often enough, in that dust/paint mist had accumulated inside the respirator.

Issued

2012-06-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) Construction site located at 2175 East Park Avenue, Chippewa Falls, WI; Respirator training was not provided prior to requiring employees to wear tight-fitting facepiece respirators.