OSHA Inspection: BOSTIK, INC.

Issued

2013-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(3): The employer did not train each employee involved in maintaining the on-going integrity of process equipment in the procedures applicable to the employee's job tasks to ensure that the employee could perform the job tasks in a safe manner.    (a) Location - Facility:  On or about 1/17/2013, employees involved in maintaining process equipment had not been properly trained on operating tolerences for that equipment.

Issued

2013-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(ii): Inspection and testing procedures did not follow recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.     (a) Location - Facility:   On or about 1/17/2013, employees involved in maintaining process equipment were not following recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP).

Issued

2013-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $27500.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(E):  The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provided clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information that addressed emergency operations.     (a) Location - Polyurethane Department:   On or About 1/15/2013, work instruction, "PU-018 - Discharge of SFA From Reactor to Appropriate Container," did not provide clear instructions related to emergency operations.  The instruction section on emergency operations said N/A.    Bostik, Inc., was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(E), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315298307, citation number 1, item number 9b and was affirmed as a final order on May 14, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 211 Boston St., Middleton, MA.