OSHA Inspection: STEELGATE, INC

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 8, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(i)(2):  When employees skin could have become splashed with solutions containing 1 percent or greater formaldehyde, the employer did not provide conveniently located quick drench showers and/or did not ensure that affected employees used these facilities immediately:    a)  for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL receiving and shipping biomedical samples preserve in a 10% formalin solution, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Aug 8, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(i)(3):  When there was a possibility that an employee's eyes could be splashed with solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater formaldehyde, the employer did not provide acceptable eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use:    a)  for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL receiving and shipping biomedical samples preserve in a 10% formalin solution, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(m)(5):  The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace, a written hazard communication program for formaldehyde exposures in the workplace, which at a minimum described how the requirements specified in this paragraph for labels and other forms of warning and material safety data sheets, and paragraph (n) for employee information and training, would be met    for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL receiving and shipping biomedical samples preserved in a 10% formalin solution, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):     a)  for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL handling dry ice and Polyform-F, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(m)(4)(i):  The employer used formaldehyde-containing materials listed in paragraph (m)(1)(i) and did not develop and update material safety data sheets     a)  for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL receiving and shipping biomedical samples preserved in a 10% formalin solution, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1):  The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:  (a)(LOCATION)(IDENTIFY SPECIFIC CHEMICAL/PRODUCT(S) FOR WHICH THE PRODUCT'S DATA SHEET FAILED TO INDICATE NO APPLICABLE INFORMATION WAS FOUND)     a)  for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL handling dry ice and Polyform-F, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(1):  The employer did not ensure that all employees who were assigned to workplaces where there was exposure to formaldehyde participated in a training program:     a)  for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL receiving and shipping biomedical samples preserved in a 10% formalin solution, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

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)  for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL handling dry ice and Polyform-F, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Jul 18, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(1)(i):  Employees of a workplace covered by this standard were not monitored to determine their exposure to formaldehyde:    a)  for employees at side b of biomedical storage located at 2307 58th Ave E Bradenton, FL receiving and shipping biomedical samples preserved in a 10% formalin solution, as observed on or about 05/11/2012.