OSHA Inspection: ULTRA TAB LABORATORIES, INC.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Abate by

Jan 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,275 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(9)(iii): Combustible waste material and residues in a building or unit operating area was not kept to a minimum, stored in covered metal receptacles and disposed of daily:    a). On or about 9/5/12, on site, for employees in the liquids blending room, that spray isopropyl alcohol (IPA), a class 1B liquid, on tank components. The employees use rags to wipe the IPA. Employees are disposing rags with regular trash. The employer did not provide a metal receptacle to dispose the rags containing IPA.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Abate by

Mar 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,275 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 did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures:     a). On or about 9/5/12, on site, in the liquids blending room, for employees conducting cleaning A and B processes. The employees are required to don a SAS 8610 N95 particulate respirator. The employer did not implement a respiratory protection program for those employees to include a medical evaluation and fit testing.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Abate by

Jan 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 9/5/12, on site, in the liquids blending room, for employees conducting cleaning A and B processes. The employees are required to don a SAS 8610 N95 particulate respirator. The employer did not implement a respiratory protection program to include a medical evaluation.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Abate by

Jan 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph:    a). a). On or about 9/5/12, on site, in the liquids blending room, for employees conducting  cleaning A and B processes. The employees are required to don a SAS 8610 N95 particulate respirator. The employer did not implement a respiratory protection program for those employees to include a medical evaluation and fit testing.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Abate by

Jan 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,275 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    a). On or about 9/5/12, on site, in the liquids blender room, for employees dispensing 10 kilograms of Citric Acid Anhydrous, during the cleaning process. The employer did not provide an eye wash/shower unit in the room.

Issued

Nov 13, 2012

Abate by

Dec 16, 2012

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $455 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): Each employer required by this Part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses did not record each fatality, injury and illness that was work-related:    a). On or about 9/5/12, Ultra Tab Laboratories, Inc., for the injury that occurred on 8/21/2012. The injury resulted to medical treatment that involved presecriptions and approximately 11 days of lost work. The employer did not record the injury until the day of the inspection on the current OSHA 300 log.