OSHA Inspection: EASTERN PAINTING

Issued

2012-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    a)  At the jobsite, on or about 3/20/12:  An employee was spray painting celings without eye protection.

Issued

2012-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1260.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(ii): The written program did not contain provisions for medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators:    a)  At the jobsite, on or about 3/20/12:  Employees were spray painting while wearing N95 respirators, provided and mandated by the employer without having been medicaly evaluated to wear a tight fitting respirator.

Issued

2012-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(iii): The written program did not contain fit test procedures for tight-fitting respirators:    a)  At the jobsite, on or about 3/20/12:  Employees were spray painting while wearing N95 respirators, provided and mandated by the employer without having been fit tested to wear a tight fitting respirator.      Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  At the jobsite, on or about 3/20/12:  Employees were spray painting inside the building while wearing N95 respirators, mandated and provided by the employer, without having performed an evaluation of the exposures to the workers.    Abatement certificaiton must be submitted for this item.