OSHA Inspection: INSUL-PRO, INCORPORATED

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii):     The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:      Location:  Site  Employer did not develop and implement a written respirator program where employees apply spray insulation containing Isocyanate a respiratory sensitizer.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $0 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:     Location: Site    The employer uses isocyanates (Demilec's A-PMDI), polyurethane foam (Heatlok Soy 200), and   Hilti-Corp's CFR-1 Cleaner and did not develop a written Hazard Communication Program describing how the following items will be met:    1. Labeling and other forms of warning;  2. Material Safety Data Sheets;  3. Employee information and training.    Additionally, a list of hazardous chemicals known to be present in the workplace must be compiled.  Methods used to inform employees of the hazards associated with nonroutine tasks and the informing of contractors of workplace hazards must also be addresssed.  The written program must be made available upon request.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $880 Reduced

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:     Location:     Where employees apply spray-on insulation containing Isocyanate, the employer did not evaluate personal exposure of Isocyanate which is a known respiratory sensitizer.