OSHA Inspection: LMI AEROSPACE, INC. - FL ASSEMBLY

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,550 · Current $2,550

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by rotating parts:    1)   Location 6280, Jet Electric drill press (SN JD 3099, 606071) used approximately once every two weeks had an unguarded chuck.    2)   Desonnter drill press #2 (Model 32602, AFD-60) and Desonnter drill press #3 (Model 32522) used approximately daily had unguarded chucks.    3)   MSC milling and drilll press (SN 734473, Model 9512908) used approximately once per week had an unguarded chuck.    4)  Location Big G, 16 ' speed drill press (SN 2713000, Company ID 271155) had an unguarded chuck.

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

May 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $3,400

General-duty citation text

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):  For employees exposed to hexavalent chromium while using Alodine 1200S, including but not limited to employees mixing the Alodine 1200S solution or working at the Alodine bath station, initial monitoring had not been conducted.

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 4, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $3,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2)(i)(A)  The employer did not provide appropriate information and training for all employees exposed to chromium (VI), in that employees could not demonstrate knowledge of the contents of the Chromium (VI) standard, 29 CFR 1910.1026:  For employees exposed to hexavalent chromium while using Alodine 1200S, including but not limited to employees mixing the Alodine 1200S solution or working at the Alodine bath station, training on hexavalent chromium had not been conducted.

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

Jul 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:  The Alodine 1200S solution (hexavalent chromium) stored in a one -gallon plastic container in the storage cabinet, for employee use at the Alodine bath station, was not labeled with a hazard warning.

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

May 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,400 · Current $3,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(h)(1)  A hazard was present or was likely to be present from skin or eye contact with chromium (VI); however, the employer did not provide appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment at no cost to employees, and/or did not ensure that employees used such clothing and equipment:  For employees who used Alodine 1200S (hexavalent chromium), including but not limited to employees mixing the Alodine 1200S solution or working at the Alodine bath station, and did not wear impermeable gloves and apron, such as butyl or Silver Shield.  Employees wore MEDTECH powder free, 15 ml thick, latex examination gloves.

Issued

May 23, 2013

Abate by

Jul 11, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(c): Storage areas were not kept free from accumulation of materials that constituted hazards from tripping, fire, explosion or pest harborage: For the 1 gallon solution of Alodine 1200S stored in the flammable storage cabinet with acetone, methy ethyl ketone and isopropanol.