OSHA Inspection: MICA CORPORATION

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,670 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(c)(1): Employers shall develop a written plan of action regarding the implementation of the employee participation required by this paragraph.    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not develop a written plan of action regarding the implementation of the employee participation in the process hazard analyses.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(1): Information pertaining to the hazards of the highly hazardous chemicals in the process. This information shall consist of at least (i) through (vii):    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not complete a compilation of written process safety information before conducting any process hazard analysis.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,670 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(1): The employer shall perform an initial process hazard analysis (hazard evaluation) on processes covered by this standard. The process hazard analysis shall be appropriate to the complexity of the process and shall identify, evaluate, and control the hazards involved in the process.     WORKSHOP:  The employer did not perform an initial process hazard analysis (hazard evaluation) on the formaldehyde processes.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1): The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information:    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each formaldehyde covered process consistent with the process safety information.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(p)(1): Employers shall make all information necessary to comply with the section available to those persons responsible for compiling the process safety information (required by paragraph (d) of this section), those assisting in the development of the process hazard analysis (required by paragraph (e) of this section), those responsible for developing the operating procedures (required by paragraph (f) of this section), and those involved in incident investigations (required by paragraph (m) of this section), emergency planning and response (paragraph (n) of this section) and compliance audits (paragraph (o) of this section) without regard to possible trade secret status of such information.    WORKSHOP: The employer did not make all information necessary to comply with the section available to those persons responsible for compiling with formaldehyde process safety information those assisting in the development of the process hazard analysis, those responsible for developing the operating procedures, and those involved in incident investigations, emergency planning and response and compliance audits without regards to possible trade secret status of such information.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Sep 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(i): First responders at the awareness level did not have sufficient training or have sufficient experience to objectively demonstrate competency in the areas covered by 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(i)(A) through (q)(6)(i)(F):    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not provided the employees with training at the first responders awareness level who were likely to witness or discover a hazardous substance release and who have been trained to initiate an emergency response sequence by notifying the proper authorities of the release.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Sep 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures.     WQRKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard worksite-specific respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing, and medical evaluations where employees were required to wear half face piece cartridge respirators and dust/filtering face piece, worn by employees during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) handling hazardous materials for manufacturing process.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Sep 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:    WORKSHOP:  The employer did not trained and evaluate the powered industrial truck (PIT) operator once in three years.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Aug 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s)    WORKSHOP: The right back up/brake lights of the Toyota powered industrial truck (PIT) was not operable.                             ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Aug 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(a): The employer did not use an OSHA 300; log of work-related injuries and illnesses, 301; first report of injuries and 300A; summaries of injuries and illnesses.    ESTABLISHMENT:  The employer had not maintained the OSHA 300; log of work-related injuries or the OSHA 301; log of first report of injury for the 2012 year.                                       ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Sep 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification that the required workplace hazard assessment was completed a required:      WORKSHOP:  The employer did not certify the personal protective equipment hazard assessment as complete.

Issued

Aug 16, 2012

Abate by

Aug 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not provided Appendix D of OSHA regulatory standard for the employees who were optionally wearing full face cartridge respirators and half face piece filtering face pieces.