OSHA Inspection: TREMCAR USA, INC.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1785.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(3)(iii):     When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by paragraph (f)(2) of this section, the employer shall retrain each such employee. Circumstances where retraining is required include, but are not limited to, situations where:    Inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of assigned PPE indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding or skill.    a.  At the work site, employees were required to wear fall protection in the tank testing area when accessing the top of the tanks.  The employer did not adequately provide training for employees that fall protection was necessary each time the top of the tank needed to be accessed, regardless of the length of time the employees would be on top of the tank.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $3570.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4):     If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.      a.  At the work site, employees entered aluminum tanks to weld baffles, piping, hatches and braces to the tank. Other employees entered the completed tanks for inspections and pressure-testing.  The employer did not have a written permit space program for employees who entered the tanks.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $3570.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1):     The employer shall provide training so that all employees whose work is regulated by this section acquire the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under this section.    a.  At the work site, employees entered aluminum tanks to weld and perform leak tests.  The employer did not provide training for employees on the hazards of confined space entry which included, but were not limited to, air monitoring, communication, retrieval, visual monitoring at the entry point, ventilation, and respiratory protection.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $3570.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(i):     Point of operation is the area on a machine where work is actually performed upon the material being processed.      29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iv)(h):      The following are some of the machines which usually require point of operation guarding:  portable power tools.      a.  At the work site, employees used hand-held power tools with various attachments to fabricate aluminum tanks.  The tools were purchased by the employer with guards but the guards over the cut wheels and grinding attachments had been removed at the time of inspection.  Two employees had hand injuries from the cut wheel attachments on the hand-held grinders.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2380.00 · Current $2380.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(3)(ii):     Attachment plugs and receptacles may not be connected or altered in a manner which would prevent proper continuity of the equipment grounding conductor at the point where plugs are attached to receptacles. Additionally, these devices may not be altered to allow the grounding pole of a plug to be inserted into slots intended for connection to the current-carrying conductors.      a.  At the work site, employees used extension cords at each work station to power hand tools which included, but was not limited to, grinders.  On the day of inspection, five of the nine work stations had extension cords without grounding pins.  The employer had not monitored the cords to ensure grounding pins were present and intact.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii):     If there is a defect or evidence of damage that might expose an employee to injury, the defective or damaged item shall be removed from service, and no employee may use it until repairs and tests necessary to render the equipment safe have been made.    a.  At the work site, employees used extension cords at each work station to power hand held tools which included, but were not limited to, grinders.  Extension cords at three of nine work stations had visible damage and were in use.  The employer had not visually inspected the cords for defects and removed defective cords from service.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(ii):     In locations where electric equipment is likely to be exposed to physical damage, enclosures or guards shall be so arranged and of such strength as to prevent such damage.    a.  At the work site, employees used extension cords at each work station.  On the day of inspection, an employee had an extension cord strung through a metal baffle with no abrasion protection for the cord.  The employer had not monitored the cords to ensure abrasion protection was present.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3570.00 · Current $3570.00

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, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    a.  At the work site, employees who welded inside the tanks also used and removed permanent marker notations inside the tanks. Other chemicals being used at the work side included, but were not limited to, acetylene, liquid argon, torch coolant, and Sprayway Gen Vandal Mark Remover. The employer did not have a written hazard communication program for employees.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):     The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access, microfiche, and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the material safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)    a.  At the work site, employees used chemicals which included, but were not limited to, Sprayway Gel Vandal Mark Remover.  The employer had a material safety data sheet for the Sprayway Gel Vandal Mark Remover but did not make the material safety data sheet (MSDS) available to employees.

Issued

2012-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2380.00 · Current $2380.00

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 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.  At the work site, the employer had not provided training for employees who daily worked with hazardous chemicals in the workplace such as (but was not limited to) Sprayway Gel Vandal Mark Remover.