OSHA Inspection: DUNDY GLASS & MIRROR CORPORATION

Issued

2012-10-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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.) On or about May 17, 2012 at 122-52 Montauk Street Springfield Gardens, NY 11413    The employer failed to develop a written respiratory protection program for employees that are required to wear to half-face respirators while performing work duties such as but not limited too, spraying painting operations.

Issued

2012-10-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.) On or about May 17, 2012 at 122-52 Montauk Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413    Prior to employee respirator usage the employer failed to provide a medical evaluation to determine employees ability to safely use half face respirators while performing a spray painting operation exposing employees to respiratory hazards.

Issued

2012-10-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1):     The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    A.) On or about May 17, 2012 at 122-52 Montauk Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413    The employer failed to ensure employees that are required to use half-face respirators while performing a spray painting operation pass an appropriate qualitative or quantitative fit test prior to respirator usage exposing employees to respiratory hazards.

Issued

2012-10-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators    A.) On or about May 17, 2012 at 122-52 Montauk Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413    The employer failed to provide annual, comprehensive training to employees that are required to wear half-face respirators on a daily basis while spray painting fabricated glass pieces exposing employees to various hazards.

Issued

2012-10-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(l)(3)(iii)(d):     Pendant control stations were not kept clean, and/or their function labels were not kept legible:    A.) On or about May 17, 2012 at 122-52 Montauk Street, Springfield Gardens, NY 11413    The function labels on overhead crane pendant control stations were observed to be written in Non-English language preventing employee knowledge of the function for each button.