OSHA Inspection: EDGEWATER FRP DOOR

Issued

Mar 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:    a) On 11/27/2013, employees were exposed to areas that were not kept clean and orderly in a sanitary condition. The employees were exposed to combustible dust in all working areas of the facility, including the frames department, assembly area, paint area (outside the booth), and shipping and receiving area. The dust had accumulated on the floor, window sills, wall ledges, shelves, and piping for dust collection system.  	  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Mar 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c):     Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:    a) Employees were exposed to hazards associated with unapproved electrical equipment in a Class II hazardous area in the facility. The motors of fans, saws, and grinders were located in the framing department of the facility. Unapproved electrical outlets were also found in the framing department.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Apr 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(d)(2):     The employer did not turn on the mechanical ventilation system while spraying operations were being conducted and for a sufficient time thereafter to allow vapors from drying coated articles and drying finishing material residue to be exhausted:    a) Employees performed spray activities in a spray booth with mechanical ventilation that is not turned on at the time of spray activities.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Apr 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c):     The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program which required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:    a)  Employees were utilizing half-mask respirators without having a respiratory program written and implemented at the facility.       All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.134 (c) must be covered in a respirator program. Key elements include, but are not limited to, the following:    1)	Procedures for selecting respirators for use in the workplace,  2)	Medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators,  3)	Fit testing procedures for tight-fitting respirators,  4)	Procedures for proper use of respirators,  5)	Procedures and schedules for cleaning, storing, inspecting, repairing, and maintaining,  6)	Procedure to ensure adequate air quality,  7)	Training of employees in the respirator hazards and proper use,  8)	Procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program          ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Apr 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e):     Medical evaluations for the use of respirators was not performed on employees required to use respirators:    a) Using a respirator may place a physiological burden on employees that varies with the type of respirator worn, the job and workplace conditions in which the respirator is used, and the medical status of the employee.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Apr 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f):     The employee was required to use a respirator without being fit tested with the same make, model, style and size of respirator that was to be used:    a)  Employees were utilizing a half-mask respirator without proper fit-testing. Respirators that do not fit properly may not protect employees from breathing air contaminated with harmful dusts and sprays.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Jun 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c):     An employee was exposed to nuisance dust in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average limits of 5 mg/m3 listed in Table Z-3:    a)  Employees were exposed to nuisance dust approximately two times the permissible exposure limit over the 8-hour time-weighted average noted in table Z-3 of 29 CFR 1910.1000. Employees grind and cut materials that produce respirable dust.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Jun 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)    Employees were exposed to respirable dust at a level above the permissible exposure limit noted in Z-3 of 29 CFR 1910.1000 without appropriate engineering controls.  Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Apr 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a) An employee was exposed to work activities that emitted sound levels that exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 85 dBA.      All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.95 (c) through (n) must be covered in a hearing conservation program. Key elements include, but are not limited to, the following:    1)	Noise level monitoring  2)	Audiometric testing  3)	Wearing of hearing protection  4)	Training Program  5)	Providing copies of standard to employees  6)	Recordkeeping        ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Feb 20, 2013

Abate by

Apr 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):      a)  The employer failed to maintain, implement, and develop a written hazard communication program.  Employees were exposed to inhalation hazards, eye and skin contact with chemical hazards used to assemble FRP doors. The following products were purchased at the facility: paint, body filler, acetone, and adhesives.    Chemical components of the products purchased include, but are not limited to:    1) styrene,  2) talc,   3) 4,4 diphenylmethane diisocyanate  4) benzoyl peroxides.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.