OSHA Inspection: TANIS, INC.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels (dB) measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:     (a)     There was no hearing conservation program implemented for employees such as the brush-making machine operator who was exposed to noise at a level of 91.5 decibels during the 519 minute sampling period, measured on the A scale, which exceeded the adjusted action level of 84.4 dBA.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:  (a)    In the area of the brush making machines the dirty cleaning rags, designated for laundering, were placed in the oily rag safety can that was defective in that the cover did not self-close.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:  (a)     The air guns used for cleaning at the EW125LS and E2305D brush making machines exposed employees to air pressures of approximately 95 p.s.i.

Issued

2013-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1020(g)(1)(i): Upon first entering into employment, and/or at least annually thereafter, the employer did not inform current employees of the existence, location, and availability of any records covered by 29 CFR 1910.1020:    (a)     There had been no annual notification done for employees regarding their rights to access medical and workplace monitoring records.