OSHA Inspection: PENTA MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:    Note:  Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    a) Warehouse Area, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.    Employees accessing the overhead storage area for equipment/material are exposed to fall hazards of approximately 9 feet 4 inches to the work floor below.    Conditions noted on or about 4/30/2013.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(ii)(b)(2): The quantity of Category 2, 3 or 4 flammable liquid located outside of an inside storage room or storage cabinet in a building or in any one fire area of a building exceeded 120 gallons:    a) Loading Dock Area, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.    Approximately 1,155 gallons, in twenty one 55 gallon drums, of 99.5% ethyl acetate (flash point of 26.6 F) were present in the loading dock area.    b) Warehouse Area, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.    Approximately 5,210 gallons, of flammable liquids, including, but not limited to, 400 gallons of N-valeraldehyde (flash point of 53.6 F) were divided into drums on the warehouse racks.         Condition noted on or about 4/30/2013.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances V108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(iv)(d): Flammable or combustible liquids were not drawn from or transferred into vessels, containers, or portable tanks within a building only through a closed piping system, from safety cans, by means of a device drawing through the top, or from a container or portable tanks by gravity through an approved self-closing valve:    a) Warehouse Area, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.    Flammable liquids including, but not limited to, N-valeraldehyde (flash point 53.6 F) are regularly dispensed from 55 gallon drums through plastic spigots which were not self-closing.    Conditions noted on or about 4/30/2013.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances V108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i): Adequate precautions were not taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors:    a) Warehouse Area, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.    Flammable liquids including, but not limited to, N-valeraldehyde (flash point 53.6 F) are regularly dispensed from 55 gallon drums into a smaller metal can without electrical grounding of the dispensing system.    Conditions noted on or about 4/30/2013.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances V108

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii): Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), were dispensed into containers without the nozzle and container electrically interconnected:   a) Warehouse Area, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.  N-Valeraldehyde, flash point  53.6 F, is dispensed routinely from a 55 gallon drum into a smaller metal can without electrically bonding the can to the drum.  Condition noted on or about 4/30/2013.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

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) Stink Room, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Oknet Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039    The employer did not provide medical evaluations for employees who voluntarily use a 3M full-face respirator equipped with HEPA/Organic Vapor cartridges.           Conditions noted on or about 4/30/2013.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a) Stink Room, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.  Employees voluntarily using a 3M Full-face respirator equipped with HEPA/Organic Vapor cartridges were not provided basic information on respirator usage, maintenance, storage, and the physiological effects when worn.    Conditions occurred on or about 4/30/2013.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:     a) Stink Room, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.     Approximately 110 gallons, of flammable liquids including, but not limited to, 70 gallons of piperidine (flash point of 60.8 F) and 40 gallons of pyrrolidine (flash point of 37.4 F) were present in the stink room area.      b) Cold Room, Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.     Approximately 65 gallons, of flammable liquids including, but not limited to, 65 gallons of isobutyraldehyde (flash point of -11.2 F) was present in the cold room area.       Conditions observed on or about 5/21/2013.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 00101040D650I201

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    a) Penta Manufacturing Company, 52 Okner Parkway, Livingston, NJ 07039.    The employer did not develop a written hazard communication program for workers using chemicals to include flammables such as, but not limited to, acetaldehyde, N-valeraldehyde, isobutyraldehyde, and acetol.       Conditions noted on or about 4/30/2013.