OSHA Inspection: CHARLIES AUTOBODY, LLC

Issued

2013-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer shall administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program, as described in paragraphs (c) through (o) of this section, whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (slow response) or, equivalently, a dose of fifty percent. For purposes of the hearing conservation program, employee noise exposures shall be computed in accordance with appendix A and Table G-16a, and without regard to any attenuation provided by the use of personal protective equipment.   a) The employer had not developed and implemented a hearing conservation program for an auto body technician whose noise exposure equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 85 decibels A scale (dBA). The auto body technician was exposed to continuous noise at 88.3% which exceeded the AL (Action Level) of 50%, an 8-hour TWA sound level of 85 dBA. The employee's 8-hour TWA sound level was approximately 89.1 dBA during the 479 minute sampling period on May 8, 2013. Exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 1 minute not sampled.

Issued

2013-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:   a) At the establishment, where employees were exposed to contact and inhalation hazards such as, but not limited to, paints and paint vapors, dusts, metal fumes, projectiles, and excessive noise a hazard assessment had not been conducted and certified.

Issued

2013-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:  a) At the establishment, a developed and implemented written hazard communication program was not maintained.

Issued

2013-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.   a) At the establishment, where employees where exposed to contact and inhalation hazards from the chemicals they used such as, but not limited to, paints containing Ethyl Benzene, nButyl Acetate, Xylene, and Isophorone Diisocyanate, material safety data sheets were not maintained or available to employees to help protect them from inhalation and contact hazards.

Issued

2013-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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 physical or health 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 material safety data sheets.   a) At the establishment, where employees were exposed to contact and inhalation hazards of paints containing Ethyl Benzene, nButyl Acetate, Xylene, and Isophorone Diisocyanate, employees were not provided with information and training on the company's hazard communication program and the means the employees were to use to protect them from the hazards of their job.

Issued

2013-07-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).   a) at the workplace where employees spray painted vehicles with PPG "Fast Topcoat Hardener", containing isocyanates and organic vapors, the employer had not ensured that employees were medically evaluated to be able to safely wear the respirator and trained on the procedures for maintaining the respirator.