OSHA Inspection: METO LIFT, INC.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Nov 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,250 Reduced

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OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees     (a)Polishing Area: Employees operated grinding and polishing machines without local ventilation, on or about February 6, 2013.     (b)Polishing Area: The EBM-4 Booth Module was being used to capture dusts that were created during grinding and polishing of stainless steel. The dust tested positive for explosivity. The dust collector, which was installed indoors, was not intended to be used to collect explosive or combustible dusts, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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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)Establishment: Employees that polished and welded Stainless Steel were required to use a respirator and a medical evaluation was not provided, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.     (a) Machine Shop Area: The employer did not provide an eyewash where employees added water to the battery for the forklift, thus exposing employees to a prolonged corrosive chemical exposure to the eyes, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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.     (1) Welding Area: The employer did not provide an eyewash in the welding area where employees spray from an aerosol can Weld-Aid Nozzle Kleen #2 for welding. The product contains about 85 % Methylene Chloride, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI):      (a)Establishment: Employees that welded and polished Stainless Steel which generated fume and dust that contained Hexavalent Chromium were not monitored to determine their exposure, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1)(i)(B):     Taking personal breathing zone air samples that are representative of each employee's exposure.    (a)Establishment: Employees sprayed Weld-Aid Nozzle Kleen #2, which contains 85% Methylene Chloride, during welding of Stainless Steel but were not monitored to determine their exposure, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):     Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:      (a)Establishment: A written Hazard Communication Program was not developed, implemented or maintained for employees who polished, or welded Stainless Steel and sprayed Weld-Aid Nozzle Kleen #2, which contains 85% methylene Chloride. These processes created combustible dusts and hazardous chemicals including but not limited to Hexavalent Chromium, Nickel, Copper, and Methylene Chloride on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): Appropriate hazard warnings, or alternatively, 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, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.     (a)Establishment:  Employees polished and/or welded Stainless Steel and sprayed Weld-Aid Nozzle Kleen #2, which contains 85% methylene Chloride. These processes create combustible dusts and hazardous chemicals including but not limited to Hexavalent Chromium, Nickel, Copper, Brown Aluminum Oxide and Methylene Chloride but were not provided with appropriate labels, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1):     Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use     (a)Establishment: Material Safety Data Sheets were not made available to employees who polished and welded Stainless Steel and sprayed Weld-Aid Nozzle Kleen #2, which contains 85% Methylene Chloride. These processes create combustible dusts and expose employees to hazardous chemicals including but not limited to Hexavalent Chromium, Nickel, Copper, Aluminum Oxide and Methylene Chloride, but Safety Data Sheets were not available on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):     Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.     (a)Establishment: Employees polished and welded Stainless Steel and sprayed aerosol products.These activities generated hazardous chemicals including but not limited to Combustible Metal Dusts, Hexavalent Chromium, Nickel, Copper, Aluminum Oxide and Methylene Chloride but employees were not provided effective information and training on the hazards of the chemicals with which they worked, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Welding Area: The employer did not communicate the hazards of Methylene Chloride to employees who spray from an aerosol can Weld-Aid Nozzle Kleen #2 during welding. The product contains 85 % Methylene Chloride, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): The employer did not include chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program established to comply with the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), ensure that each employee had access to labels on containers of chromium (VI) and to safety data sheets, and was trained in accordance with the requirements of HCS and 29 CFR 1910.1026:     (a)Establishment: Employees welded and polished Stainless Steel, the fume and dust contains hexavalent chromium, but were not provided effective information and training on the hazards of hexavalent chromium, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    (a)Establishment: Employees that polished, and welded Stainless Steel were required to use a respirator, but no written Respiratory Protection Program had been established, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:    (a)Establishment: Employees that polished, and welded Stainless Steel were required to use a respirator, but training was not provided to employees, on or about February 6, 2013.

Issued

Jun 18, 2013

Abate by

Sep 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    (a)Establishment: Employees that polished, and welded Stainless Steel were required to use a respirator, but employees were not fit tested, on or about February 6, 2013.