OSHA Inspection: ASTEELFLASH US-EAST CORP

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3):     The employer did not designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness:    a) Spray booth room, on or about 4/3/12:A program administrator was not designated to oversee the respirator program that was developed for employees including, but not limited to, a spray applicator that daily wears a Large North half face air purifying respirator with organic vapor cartridges.    b) Wave soldering area, on or about 4/3/12: A program administrator was not designated to oversee the respirator program that was developed for employees including, but not limited to, wave solderers that wear 3M half face air purifying respirators with P100 cartridges.       Abatement certification must be submitted with this item.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):     The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form:    a) Spray booth room, on or about 4/3/12: An evaluation of respiratory hazards was not performed for a spray applicator who wears a Large North half face air purifying respirator with organic vapor cartridges daily.    b) Wave soldering area, on or about 4/3/12: An evaluation of the respiratory hazards was not provided for wave solderers who wear 3M half face air purifying respirators with P100 cartridges.       Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):     The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    a) Spray booth room, on or about 4/3/12: No medical evaluation was provided for a spray applicator that  wears a Large North half face air purifying respirator with organic vapor cartridges on a daily basis.    b) Wave soldering area, on or about 4/3/12: No medical evaluation was provided for wave solderers that wear 3M half face air purifying respirators with P100 cartridges when required for maintenance purposes.       Abatement certification must be submitted with this item.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 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) Spray booth room, on or about 4/3/12:Fit testing was not provided for a spray applicator that wears a Large North half face air purifying respirator with organic vapor cartridges on a daily basis.    b) Wave soldering area, on or about 4/3/12: Fit testing was not provided for a wave solderers that weara 3M half face air purifying respirators with P100 cartridges when required for maintenance purposes.       Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.  .

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k):     The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training that recurred annually and/or more often if necessary:    a) Spray booth room, on or about 4/3/12: Training on respirators was not provided for a spray applicator that wears a Large North half face air purifying respirator with organic vapor cartridges on a daily basis.    b) Wave soldering area, on or about 4/3/12: Training on respirators was not provided for  wave solderers that wear 3M half face air purifying respirators with P100 cartridges when required for maintenance purposes.       Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2):     An initial determination was not made to determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level:    a) Wave soldering area, on or about 3/1/12: An initial determination of lead exposure was not performed for employees cleaning wave soldering machines.    Abatement certification must be provided for this item.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $15,000 · Current $2,100 Reduced

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) Throughout the facility, on or about 4/3/12: Information and training on hazardous chemicals were not provided for employees throughout the facility hired after 5/1/2010 and using chemicals including, but not limited to leaded and non lead soldering flux.     Asteelflash US-East Corporation was cited previously, on 3/24/10, for a serious violation of 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) under its previous company name of Catalyst Manufacturing Services, Inspection # 312373285, as contained in Citation 1, Item 1b.    Abatement documentatiuon must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i):     Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    a) Throughout the facility, on or about 4/3/12: Energy control procedures were not developed for equipment including, but not limited to, wave soldering machines, exposing employees to electrical energy and residual thermal energy.    Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Jul 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1):     All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:      a) Hand soldering area, on or about 4/3/12: Hand soldering station in use on day of inspection was found to have lead residue.    b) Hand soldering area, on or about 4/3/12: A vacant hand soldering station was found to have lead residue.    Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.