OSHA Inspection: PFI FASHIONS, INC.

Issued

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 hazard communication program was not developed to convey the occupational health hazards of Spiff and EB Slovent to employees working with these chemcials.

Issued

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(k): The employer did not communicate the following hazards associated with methylene chloride on labels and in material safety data sheets in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200, as appropriate  cancer, cardiac effects (including elevation of carboxyhemoglobin), central nervous system effects, liver effects, and skin and eye irritation:  The employees were not trained on the hazards assoicated with methylene chloride.

Issued

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(h)(1): Eye and face protection did not meet the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.133 or 29 CFR 1915.153, as applicable:  Employees sprayed methylene chloride to remove ink from clothing and did not wear eye and face protection.

Issued

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(i)(2): Where it was reasonably foreseeable that employees eyes may contact solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater MC (for example through splashes, spills or improper work practices), the employer did not provide appropriate eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use, and did not ensure that affected employees used those facilities when necessary:  An eye wash facility was not provided in the immediat work area for employees using a solvent containing methylyene chloride to remove ink from cloth material.

Issued

2012-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(2): The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine each employee's exposure to methylene chloride:  Employees were using a solvent containing methylene chloride and their exposure was not determined.