OSHA Inspection: BASIC ADHESIVES, INC.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $1,190 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1):     Every open-sided floor or platform 4 feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level was not guarded by a standard railing (or the equivalent as specified in paragraph (e)(3) of this section) on all open sides and railings were not provided with a toeboard where required:      a: Urethane department: A batch maker was exposed to a fall while feeding material into a mixing tank working from a platform 7 feet from the ground with no guardrail, on or about 02/23/12.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $714 Reduced

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:      a) Production: Medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to wear a respirator was not provided to those required to wear a negative pressure respirator, on or about 02/23/12.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,785 · Current $714 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c):     Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:      a: Flammable storage room: A batch maker was required to mix hazardous corrosive chemicals such as but not limited to,  diethylamine.   A suitable eye wash facility was not provided within the work area, on or about 02/23/12.             Note: The eyewash unit must meet the requirement of American National Standard (ANSI Z358.1-1998).

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $595 · Current $238 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.32(b)(5):     The employer did not post a copy of the annual summary in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted.         Office:  The OSHAs form 300-A (annual summery) for 2011 was not posted as required by this provision, on or about 02/23/12.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(iv)(c):     Class I liquids may be used only where there are no open flames or other sources of ignition within the possible path of vapor travel.      a: Flammable storage room: A battery operated wall clock was located inside flammable storage room where class I flammables were dispensed and mixed, on or about 02/23/12.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Production: Batch makers engaged in manufacturing commercial grade adhesives were required to wear a full face respirator during the process.  The employer did not develop and implement a worksite-specific written respiratory protection program, on or about 02/23/12.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2):     Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:        a) Production: Batch makers were required to wear tight-fitting facepiece negative pressure respirators (North, OV/P100) but were not fit tested prior to initial use, on or about 02/23/12.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(i):     Places of employment were not kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allowed:      a: Lunch room: The lunch room was not kept in a sanitary condition, on or about 02/23/12.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:      a) Production:  Batch makers handle hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, calcium oxide, diethylamine, and diphenylmethane diisocyanate while manufacturing adhesives.  The employer did not develop and implement a worksite specific written hazard communication program, on or about 02/23/12.

Issued

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Production:  Batch makers were not provided the information and training on the hazard(s) associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, calcium oxide, diethylamine, and diphenylmethane diisocyanate, on or about 02/23/12.