OSHA Inspection: CONTAINER REPAIR SERVICE

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered    a)  Top Of Containers:  Employees are conducting grinding work on top of containers, at a working height in excess of 8 feet above a lower level, without any means of fall protection, on or about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:   a)  Inside Work Area - Employees are required to wear 3M half face respirators while conducting grinding and painting work without their employer establishing a respiratory protection program, on or about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  a)  Inside Work Area - Employees are required to wear 3M half face respirators while conducting grinding and painting work but have not had medical evaluations completed prior to their initial wear, on or about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 19, 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)  Inside Work Area - Employees are required to wear 3M half face respirators while conducting grinding and painting work, but had not received fit testing prior to their inital wear, on or about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jun 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $714 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet:  (a) Outside Work Area - Oxygen and propane cylinders are stored together without separation, on or about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 5, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:  (a) Inside Building - a pendant style outlet, supplying power to a plasma cutter system, had an opening on the rear of the box exposing the energized parts, on or about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   (a)  Throughout Facility - employees are using paints, with hazardous chemical contents, without a developed hazard communication program, on or about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use:  (a)  Throughout Facility - employees are using materials as part of the production process without the material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use, on about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  (a)  Throughout Facility - employees are welding, grinding and painting containers using materials with hazardous chemical contents without receiving training on the hazardous chemicals, on or about 4/12/13.

Issued

Jun 14, 2013

Abate by

Jul 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(5): The employer did not evaluate the competency of the operator who had previously received training appropriate to the truck and working conditions encountered.    a)  Throughout Facility - forklift operators who have received training from other employers have not been evaluated to ensure compentency prior to their initial use of a forklift for their new employer, on or about 4/12/13.