OSHA Inspection: E-SYSTEMS GROUP, LLC

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2730.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:        a) In the powder coat spray booth, on or about 9/26/12: A written respiratory protection program was not developed for the facility. OSHA air sampling performed for 362 minutes showed an employee powder coat spraying exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average 24.122 mg/m3 of total particulate. Zero exposure was calculated for the 118 minutes not sampled.        Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form:      a) In the powder coat spray booth, on or about 9/26/12: The employer did not evaluate respiratory hazards where employees perform powder coat spraying. OSHA air sampling conducted for 362 minutes showed an employee exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of 24.122 mg/m3 of total particulate. Zero exposure was calculated for the 118 minutes not sampled.      b) In the welding department, on or about 9/26/12: The employer did not evaluate respiratory hazards for employees performing welding on steel parts to determine exposure to welding fumes.      Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    a) In the powder coat spray booth, on or about 9/26/12: Employees who perform powder coat spraying were not medically evaluated to determine their ability to wear respiratory protection. OSHA air sampling conducted for 362 minutes showed an employee exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of 24.122 mg/m3 of total particulate. Zero exposure was calculated for the 118 minutes not sampled.        Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:        a) In the powder coat spray booth, on or about 9/26/12: Employees who wear N95 filtering facepiece while performing powder coat spraying were not fit tested prior to use of respiratory protection. OSHA air sampling conducted for 362 minutes showed an employee exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of 24.122 mg/m3 of total particulate. Zero exposure was calculated for the 118 minutes not sampled.      Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:        a) In the powder coat spray booth, on or about 9/26/12: Employees who wore N95 filtering facepieces during powder coat spraying did not receive training on respiratory protection initially or on an annual basis. OSHA air sampling conducted for 362 minutes showed an employee exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of 24.122 mg/m3 of total particulate. Zero exposure was calculated for the 118 minutes not sampled.      Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of:        a) In the powder coat spray booth, on or about 9/26/12: OSHA air sampling conducted for 362 minutes showed employees performing powder coat spraying were exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of 24.122 mg/m3 of total particulate, in excess of the Permissible Exposure Limit of 15 mg/m3.       Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):      a) In the powder coat spray booth, on or about 9/26/12: The employer did not determine feasible administrative or engineering controls for employees who perform powder coat spraying. OSHA air sampling conducted for 362 minutes showed an employee exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of 24.122 mg/m3 total particulate. Zero exposure was calculated for the time not sampled.      ABATEMENT WILL BE MULTI-STEP AS FOLLOWS:    Step 1: Effective respiratory protection which complies with 29 CFR 1910.134 to include fit testing, medical evaluations, and training shall be provided and used by exposed employee(s) as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented, or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits: (30 days)    Step 2: Submit to the Area Director a written detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposure to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation. This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation: (60 days)    (1) Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options  (2) Evaluation to be conducted by a qualified person such as a certified industrial hygienist and/or liscensed mechanical professional engineer.  (3) Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design.  (4) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures.  (5) Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of control measures.    Step 3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible, engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance. (180 days)      Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1820.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed 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:        a) At the facility, on or about 9/26/12: An energy control program was not established where lockout tagout was used on equipment including but not limited to press brakes.        Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1365.00 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) At the facility, on or about 9/26/12: A written hazard communication program was not developed for the facility where hazardous substances included but were not limited to flammables, compressed gases, and particulate.           Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not 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 had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area      a) Throughout the facility, on or about 9/26/12: Employees were not provided with hazard communication training which covered the requirements of the standard, location or written hazard communication program, and how to read and understand an MSDS sheet.        Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.    a) At the facility, on or about 8/22/12: The employer did not follow the general recording criteria for the OSHA 300 log. No boxes were checked to classify the type of injury, and column F did not list the object or substance that injured or made the person ill.

Issued

2012-12-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operators performance was not conducted at least once every 3 years        a) At the facility, on or about 10/18/12: Employees authorized to drive forklifts had not received refresher training within the past 3 years.        Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.