OSHA Inspection: ST. LOUIS MARBLE CO.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

May 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $500 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.    Floors, elecrical panel boxes, electrical fittings,conduits, storage racks, overhead rafters, structural beams, walls, employee break rooms and restrooms were not kept free from settled dust.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1):     The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    In the finishing area, employees conducting grinding and buffing operations using powerd tools, were exposed to noise level above 85 dBA on 8 hr. Time Weighted Average (TWA), the employer did not establish an effective hearing protection program.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

Apr 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a):     Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:    Employees working with chemicals that can irritate the skin, were not required to wear protective gloves.    (1) Near the spraying booth the employee was wiping down (cleaning) fixtures mold with a solution containing Thrimethylbenzene without wearing protective gloves(2) Employee conducting spraying operation was not using gloves to protect him from skin injuries.    (3) Employee working in the mixing area was not using gloves to protect him from skin injuries.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

May 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c):     Where employees were 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:    At the plant, where chemicals such as styrene and Trimethylbenzene were used on regular basis, eye wash apparatus to allow the employees reinse their eyes was not made availeble.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

Apr 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i):     Openings through which conductors entered cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed.    Near the mixing area, an electrical box located on the west wall had fittings that were not effectivelly closed.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

Apr 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii):     Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed.    In the finishing area, an electrical panelbox located on the east wall with 3(three) missing breakers, the unused openinimngs were not closed.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

Apr 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d):     In every building or structure, the loads approved by the building official were not marked on plates of approved design and were not securely affixed:      Above the grinding booth stucture, molds of unknown weight were stored while the weight limit for such structure was not marked on plates. This condition pose a crash hazard on those employees working beneath the structure.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

Apr 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134 App D:     The employer shall provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer:    In the mixing area employee using a N95 respirators was not provided with information contained in appendix D of this standard.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

Apr 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1):     Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries    1. Near the water cooler in the finishing area a portable fire extinguisher was not mounted.     2. In the finishing area, a portable fire extinguisher was left on the floor.    3. Nearthe staff rest room, a portable fire extinguisher was not mounted.

Issued

Mar 28, 2013

Abate by

May 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6):     The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):    On the production floor,  where fork trucks are used on daily basis, the employer did not certify that each operator was trained.