OSHA Inspection: ARTLINE HEAT TRANSFER

Issued

Jul 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1): Employee(s) were not able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge:    a. 2 Eastmans Road, Parsippany, NJ - South side exit doors    Emergency exit door(s) had locking mechanisms that required special knowledge to open.                  Violation observed on or about May 22, 2012

Issued

Jul 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:    a. 2 Eastmans Road, South operations area    Emergency exit route was blocked by materials and car parts narrowing the exit path to 18 inches.                          Violation observed on or about May 22, 2012

Issued

Jul 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $880 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.106(e)(9)(iii): Combustible waste material and residues in a building or unit operating area were not kept to a minimum, stored in covered metal receptacles and disposed of daily:    a. Operations area between printing press #2 and printing press #3    Combustible waste material in the operations area was not stored in a covered metal receptacle, thereby exposing employees to fire and burn hazards.                   Violation observed on or about May 22, 2012

Issued

Jul 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a. 2 Eastmans Road, Parsippany, NJ - Printing operations area    Employer did not establish a program for energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections to ensure that employees performing maintenance on printing presses or other equipment, such as but not limited to Sakurai Printing Presses 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5, where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored injury could cause injury, thereby exposing employees to amputation hazards.                         Violation observed on or about May 22, 2012

Issued

Jul 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $880 Reduced

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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. 2 Eastmans Road, Parsippany, NJ    Employer did not implement and maintain a hazard communication program which included training to empoloyees at tiem of initial hiring, thereby exposing employees to hazrdous chemicals that include, but are not limited to R.G.S. Premium A Wash (press wash) and printers ink.                  Violation observed on or about May 22, 2012

Issued

Jul 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged, or marked with the identity and appropriate hazard warnings regarding the chemicals contained therein:    a. 2 Eastmans Road, Parsippany, NJ    Employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked. Portable containers used across more than one shift were not labled.                           Violation observed on or about May 22, 2012

Issued

Jul 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:    a. 2 Eastmans Road, Parsippany, NJ    Employer did not have material safety data sheets in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they used.  Chemicals include, but are not limited to R.G.S Premium A Wash (press wash), Excalibur Plastisol Inks, and UR-FC Ultra Rapid Fixer, thereby exposing employees to eye injuries.                        Violation observed on or about May 22, 2012

Issued

Jul 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.    a. 2 Eastmans Road, Parsippany, NJ    Employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment.                  Violation observed on or about May 22, 2012