OSHA Inspection: PRINT PROZ, INC.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $765.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2): The employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with sections i and ii of this paragraph (c)(2) for employees who chose to wear respirators where respirator use was not required:    a)  On or about, November 9, 2012, and at times prior, employees who wore respirators were exposed to the inherent hazards of respirator use because the employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program which included, among other things, medical evaluations and information and training on the use, storage, maintenance, and limitations of the respirator.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-15 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 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 November 9, 2012, and at times prior, employees wore half-face elastomeric respirators without first being medically evaluated to ensure that they was physiologically able to wear the respirator.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $705.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure and employee training to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of 	stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated, and rendered inoperative in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4):                a)  On or about November 9, 2012, and at times prior, employees were exposed to amputations and other injuries because the employer did not establish an energy control program and ensure that procedures were developed to control hazardous energy while employees were engaged in servicing or maintenance of machines.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $765.00 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:    a)  On or about November 9, 2012, and at times prior, employees were exposed to eye injuries from corrosive chemicals, such as HC-100 Ghost Stain Remover, which were used in the dark room without access to a suitable eyewash facility in the immediate area.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $765.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv):  Flexibles cords and cables were used for purposes prohibited by subparagraphs (a) through (e) of this paragraph:     a)  On or about November 9, 2012, and at times prior, employees were exposed to electrical shock and fire hazards because flexible cords (extension cords) were attached by ties and metal hooks to building surfaces.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):  The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:    a)  On or before November 9, 2012, the employer did not verify, through written certification, that a hazard assessment of the workplace had been performed to determine the type of personal protective equipment necessary to protect employees from hazardous chemicals, flying chips and particles, and power tools.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii):  Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:      a)  On or about November 9, 2012, and at times prior, several containers of chemicals including solvents used to clean screens were not labeled with the identity of the hazardous chemicals contained within.  Without such information, employees were exposed to potential overexposure to the chemicals and/or hazardous reactions between incompatible chemicals.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-01-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)    a)  On or about November 9, 2012, and at times prior, employees working with a variety of hazardous chemicals such as corrosive HC-100 Ghost Stain Remover and a variety of other solvents used in the screen room, did not have access to information pertaining to the hazards of those chemicals because the employer did not ensure that material safety data sheets were readily accessible to employees.

Issued

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-02-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.32(a): At the end of the calendar year the employer did not create, certify and post the OSHA 300A annual summary of injuries and illness for the previous year:    a)  The employer did not certify the OSHA 300A forms at the end of each year for 2008-2011 in that the certification signatures were completed one or two months before the finish of each calendar year.