OSHA Inspection: KINGSWOOD KITCHENS, LLC

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition.    WORKSHOP:  The surfaces of working/walking areas were not kept free from the accumulation of wood dust that was generated from the opeeration of woodworking equuipment.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2160.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(i): Visible gauges or audible alarm or pressure activated devices shall be installed to indicate or insure that the required air velocity is maintained.     A.  Stain area with in the Hanging Door/Dove Tail Department:   	1.  Left Booth, unknown identification.     	2.  Right Booth,  unknown identification the air velocity monitor on the left side was not connected and operable.    B.  Finishing Room Third Floor:    	1.  Spray paint booth, unknown identification.  	2.  Final lacquer spray booth, unknown identiifcation.  	3.  Primer/Sealer spray booth, unknown identification.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).     WORKSHOP:  The employer had not assessed the workplace to determine the necessitate and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment (PPE).     WORKSHOP:  The employer had not provided employees with information and training on the appropriate use/handle of personal protective equipment and/or its assessment.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 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. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use.     WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a written respiratory protection program with work-site specific procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing, and medical evaluations where employees were required to wear half and full face piece cartridge respirators and dust/filtering face piece, during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) spray painting, sanding, and cleaning.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace.     WORKSHOP:  The employees, required to wear the half  and full face piece cartridge respirators and filtering facepices during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) spray painting, sanding, and cleaning had not been medically evaluated for their ability prior to the employees wearing the respirator.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.    WORKSHOP:  The employees, required to wear the half and full face piece cartridge respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) spray painting had not been fit tested prior to initial wear.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): Cleaning and disinfecting. The employer shall ensure that respirators are cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of this section, or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer, provided that such procedures are of equivalent effectiveness.     WORKSHOP:  The half face piece respirators worn by the employees during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) spray painting were not cleaned and disinfected on the inside and outside the surfaces of the respirator.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): All respirators shall be stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals, and they shall be packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve.    WORKSHOP:  The half and full facepiece cartridge respirators and filtering face piece dust masks worn by employees during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) spray painting were not stored the respirators properly to protect them from damage and contamination.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $3200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, 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.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a site specific hazardous energy control lo/to program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written procedures and employee training for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) panel saw, moulding machines, compressor and boiler.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.     WORKSHOP:  The employer did not established hazardous energy control procedures in machine specific for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the panel saw, moulding machines, compressor and boiler.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees.     WORKSHOP:  The employees, as authorized, affected and/or other types were not provided with training and information in the controlling of potentially hazardous and unexpected releases of revised energy sources (lockout/tagout) during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the panel saw, moulding machines, compressor and boiler.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not evaluated the performance of the powered industrial truck operators at least once in every three years.    	  ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.    WORKSHOP:  The horn of the Hyster powered industrial truck (PIT) was not operable.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices,electronic safety devices, etc.    WORKSHOP:  The ingoing nip point, created by the pulley and sand belt located below the work rest of the Dayton belt sander was unguarded.                      ABATED DURING THE INSPECTION.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1): All portions of the saw blade shall be enclosed or guarded, except for the working portion of the blade between the bottom of the guide rolls and the table.     WORKSHOP:  The guard for the saw blade of the American Machinery & Motor vertical bandsaw cracked on the lower portion of the blade.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(b)(3): Provisions were not made to prevent woodworking machine(s) from automatically restarting upon restoration of power after power failure:    WORKSHOP:  The Craftsman dado table saw was not equipped with a magnetic starter.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(m)(1): The cutting heads of each wood shaper, hand-fed panel raiser, or other similar machine not automatically fed, shall be enclosed with a cage or adjustable guard so designed as to keep the operator's hand away from the cutting edge. The diameter of circular shaper guards shall be not less than the greatest diameter of the cutter. In no case shall a warning device of leather or other material attached to the spindle be acceptable.    WORKSHOP:  The dado table saws and wood shaper in the following departments were not equipped with a guard.    A.  Second Floor Cabinet:           Dado saw; Delta Unisaw.    B.  Door Department:          1.  Powermatic dado table saw.       2.  Craftsman dado saw.       3.  The Walker-Turner shaper.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2): Guard design. The safety guard shall cover the spindle end, nut, and flange projections. The safety guard shall be mounted so as to maintain proper alignment with the wheel, and the strength of the fastenings shall exceed the strength of the guard.    WORKSHOP:  The spindle end nuts, and flanges of the Atlas abrasive grinder were not guarded.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work rest shall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.    WORKSHOP:   The work rests of the following abrasive grinder were not adjusted to one-eighth of an inch (1/8).    1.    Atlas abrasive grinder; both wheels were not adjusted.  2.    Wissota ball bearing bench grinder; right wheel was not adjusted.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:    WORKSHOP:   The tongue guards of the following abrasive grinders were not adjusted to one-quarter of an inch (1/4).      	  1.    Atlas abrasive grinder; both wheels were not adjusted.    2.    Wissota ball bearing bench grinder; right wheel was not adjusted.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(f)(1)(iv): Overcurrent devices shall be readily accessible to each employee or authorized building management personnel. These overcurrent devices may not be located where they will be exposed to physical damage or in the vicinity of easily ignitable material.    WORKSHOP:  The electric panels for the circuit breakers having built-in overcurrent protection devices were not readily accessible to each employee or authorized building management.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(i): Flexible cords and cables shall be approved for conditions of use and location.    WORKSHOP:  The flexible extension cord, used to power the hand sander, unknown identification was blocked with pieces of wood then attached to the outlet.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) the spray paints, stains,  and lacquers.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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 chemical 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 safety data sheets.    WORKSHOP: The employees, required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) spray paints, stains,  and lacquers were not provied with information and training in the chemical hazard coomunications.

Issued

2012-11-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(1): Washing facilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.    WORKSHOP:  The sinks of the two restrooms on the Third Floor Mill were not maintained in a sanitary condition.