OSHA Inspection: CINCINNATI FURNITURE RESTORATION, LLC

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00401060P108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(ii): "Containers." Flammable or combustible liquids shall be stored in tanks or closed containers.    (a) A five gallon container used to store waste stain and lacquer from the cleaning of the spray gun was not covered.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00401060P108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(3): Floors. The floor surface of a spray booth and operator's working area, if combustible, shall be covered with noncombustible material of such character as to facilitate the safe cleaning and removal of residues.    (a) The tiled floor of the paint booth was not covered with a non-combustible material and had a layer of paint residue.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $300 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00401060P108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(iv): Space within the spray booth on the downstream and upstream sides of filters were not protected with approved automatic sprinklers:    (a) The paint booth used to apply Category 2 lflammable liquids such as stains and lacquers, was not protected by an automatic sprinkler system.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00401060P108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(9): A clear space of not less than 3 feet on all sides was not kept free from storage or combustible construction:    (a) A clear space of not less than 3 feet on all sides of the paint booth was not kept free from storage, in that the left side of the booth was 9" from the wall, and the rear side of the paint booth was 26" from the wall where a cardboard box and wooded debris were stored.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Feb 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00401060P108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(e)(2): The quantity of flammable or combustible liquids kept in the vicinity of spraying operations exceeded minimum required for operations and ordinarily exceeded a supply for 1 day or one shift:    (a) Three five gallon containers used for waste stain and lacquer from several days of painting were kept 54" from the front opening of the paint booth.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Feb 25, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:    (a) The employer did not require employees to use adequate eye protection such as goggles or a face shield, while applying paint strippers, stains and lacquers.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

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) The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to the employees prior to requiring them to use half-face respirators in the workplace.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Mar 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(g)(3)(i): The employer did not select and provide to employees, the appropriate atmosphere-supplying respirator specified in 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(i)(A) and selected or used half masks:    (a) The employer did not select and provide the Finishers with a full-face atmosphere-supplying respirator at a minimum, and selected a half-face respirator, when the Finishers were exposed to methylene chloride at 2.2 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit and 8 times the OSHA short term exposure limit.    Abatement Schedule    Step 1:  Effective respiratory protection shall be provided to and used by exposed employees 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.    NOTE: Prior to requiring an employee to use a tight-fitting respirator, a medical evaluation and fit-test must be provided to the employee in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 173022702460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:    (a) When respirators were required to be used in the workplace, the employer did not develop and implement a written respirator program.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1)(i): Where methylene chloride was present in the workplace, the employer did not determine each employee's exposure:    (a) The employer did not determine each employees exposure to methylene chloride by taking a breathing zone air sample of each employee, or through representative air monitoring, when the Finishers were exposed to methylene chloride at levels exceeding the OSHA permissible exposure limit and OSHA short term exposure limit, as revealed by representative air monitoring conducted on December 11, 2012.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of methylene chloride exceeded or could reasonably be expected to exceed either the 8-hour Time Weighted Average Permissible Exposure Limit or the Short Term Exposure Limit:    (a) The employer did not establish a regulated area when the Finishers were exposed to methylene chloride at 2.2 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit and 8 times the OSHA short term exposure limit.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(c)(1): The employer did not ensure that no employee(s) was exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene chloride in excess of twenty-five parts per million as an 8-hour TWA:    (a) On December 11, 2012, a Finisher was exposed to methylene chloride while using the Flow-Over unit in the stripping room, at a level of 55 parts per million (PPM) as an 8-hour Time-Weighted Average (TWA), during a sampling period of 33 minutes, which was 2.2 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit of 25 PPM as an 8-hour TWA.      Abatement Schedule    Step 2:  A written detailed plan of abatement shall be implemented to the Area Director outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposures 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:    (1) Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options which may include, but are not limited to:       a.  Positioning the Finisher upstream from the operation;       b.  Using a local ventilation system to capture the vapors at the point of operation;       c.  Increasing the general ventilation in the stripping room, and;       e.  Substitution of the chemical used in the process.     (2) Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;    (3) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;    (4) Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls.    All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.  Ninty-day progress reports are required during the abatement period.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Mar 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(c)(2): The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene chloride in excess of 125 parts per million as determined over a sampling period of 15 minutes:    (a) On December 11, 2012, a Finisher was exposed to methylene chloride while using the Flow-Over unit in the stripping room, at a level of 1000 parts per million (PPM) during a sampling period of 16 minutes, which was 8.0 times the OSHA Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL) of 125 PPM as a 15-minute STEL.      Abatement Schedule    Step 2:  A written detailed plan of abatement shall be implemented to the Area Director outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposures 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:    (1) Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options which may include, but are not limited to:       a.  Positioning the Finisher upstream from the operation;       b.  Using a local ventilation system to capture the vapors at the point of operation;       c.  Increasing the general ventilation in the stripping room, and;       e.  Substitution of the chemical used in the process.     (2) Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;    (3) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;    (4) Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls.    All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.  Ninty-day progress reports are required during the abatement period.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(f)(1): Engineering and work practice controls. The employer shall institute and maintain the effectiveness of engineering controls and work practices to reduce employee exposure to or below the PELs except to the extent that the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever the feasible engineering controls and work practices which can be instituted are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the 8-hour Time-Weighted Average (TWA) PEL or 15-minute Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL), the employer shall use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest levels achievable by these controls and shall supplement them by the use of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of paragraph (g) of this section.    (a) The employer did not implement engineering/work practice controls for the employees that used the Flow-Over unit in the stripping room, to reduce and maintain the employee exposure to methylene chloride below 125 PPM as a 15-minute STEL, without respect to the use of respirators, in that a finisher was exposed at 8.0 times the STEL during a sampling period of 16 minutes on December 11, 2012.    (b) The employer did not implement engineering/work practice controls for the employees that used the Flow-Over unit in the stripping room, to reduce and maintain the employee exposure to methylene chloride below 25 PPM as an 8-hour TWA PEL, without respect to the use of respirators, in that a finisher was exposed at 2.2 times the PEL during a sampling period of 33 minutes on December 11, 2012.      Abatement Schedule    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.      In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(h)(1): Where needed to prevent methylene chloride induced skin or eye irritation, the employer did not provide clean protective clothing and equipment resistant to methylene chloride, at no cost to the employee, and/or did not ensure that each affected employee used it:    (a) The employer did not provide and require the finishers to use protective clothing for the arms, face and neck while applying paint strippers containing methylene chloride.       In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(i)(2): If it is reasonably foreseeable that an employee's eyes may contact solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater MC (for example through splashes, spills or improper work practices), the employer shall provide appropriate eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use, and shall ensure that affected employees use those facilities when necessary:    (a) Eyewash facilities were not provided in the shop area when 1718 Flo-Strip Chlorinated Paint and Varnish Remover containing 70-75% methylene chloride was used in the Flow-Over stripping room, and Klean Strip Adhesive Remover/Stripper containing 60-100% methylene chloride was used in the front shop area.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(l)(1): The employer shall provide information and training for each affected employee prior to or at the time of initial assignment to a job involving potential exposure to MC.    (a) The employer did not provide information and training for each employee exposed to methylene chloride at levels exceeding the 15-minute Short Term Exposure Limit and 8-hour Permissible Exposure Limit as revealed by monitoring conducted by OSHA on December 11, 2012, prior to their initial assignment involving exposure to methylene chloride.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 17302460

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) The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program when numerous chemicals were used used in the workplace.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 00401060P108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the identity of the hazardous chemical(s) contained therein:    (a) Two five gallon containers used to store waste stain and lacquer were not correctly labeled.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Mar 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 00400440173022702460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    (a) The employer did not provide training to all of the employees that used stains and lacquers that contained various organic chemicals.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.

Issued

Feb 12, 2013

Abate by

Apr 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0040106022702460P108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(6): Spray booth(s) having a frontal area larger than 9 square feet did not have metal deflectors or curtains not less than 2 1/2 inches deep installed at the upper outer edge of the booth over the opening:    (a) The spray booth having a frontal area of approximately 55 square feet did not have a metal deflector or curtain installed at the upper outer edge of the booth over the opening.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence, or written records.