OSHA Inspection: STANDISH X-RAY

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:    a) Establishment    A written respiratory protection program was not established and implemented for a warehouse employee using a half face cartridge type respirator on a voluntary basis while diluting photographic fixers and developers to working strength.    Violation occurred on or about 5/7/13.

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  a) Establishment  The employer did not provided a medical evaluation for a warehouse employee using a half face cartridge type respirator on a voluntary basis while diluting photographic fixers and developers to working strength.  Violation occurred on or about 5/7/13.

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    a) Mixing room    An eyewash was not provided for employees diluting photographic developer (Part 1 pH 10.6; Part 2 pH 2.9) to working strength.    Violation occurred on or about 5/7/13.

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(2):  Employers and building and facility owners did not exercise due diligence in complying with these requirements to inform employers and employees about the presence and location of asbestos containing material (ACM) and presumed asbestos containing material (PACM):      a) Back storeroom, film storeroom    The employer did not inform an employee who swept floors and rearranged equipment and supplies that pipe insulation which was found to contain 30% asbestos was present in the work area.    Violation occurred on or about 5/7/13.

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(5)(i):  Labels were not affixed to all raw materials, mixtures, scrap, waste, debris, and other products containing asbestos fibers, or to their containers:       a) Back storeroom, film storeroom    The employer did not did not put up signs or labels to identify pipe insulation which was found to contain 30% asbestos in rooms where employees swept floors and rearranged equipment and supplies.    Violation occurred on or about 5/24/13.

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(7)(iv): The employer did not provide, at no cost to employees who perform housekeeping operations in an area which contains presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM) and/or other asbestos-containing material (ACM), an asbestos awareness training course:    a) Back storeroom, film storeroom    The employer did not train an employee who swept floors of the hazards associated with asbestos.  Bulk samples taken of pipe insulation on the floor was found to contain 30% asbestos.     Violation occurred on or about 5/7/13.                  ABATEMENT NOTE:         AWARENESS LEVEL TRAINING SHOULD INCLUDE HEALTH EFFECTS OF ASBESTOS, LOCATIONS OF ACM AND PACM IN THE BUILDING/FACILITY, RECOGNITION OF ACM AND PACM DAMAGE AND DETERIORATION, REQUIREMENTS IN THE STANDARD RELATING TO HOUSEKEEPING, AND PROPER RESPONSE TO FIBER RELEASE EPISODES, TO ALL EMPLOYEES WHO PERFORM HOUSEKEEPING WORK IN AREAS WHERE ACM AND/OR PACM IS PRESENT.  EACH EMPLOYEE SHALL BE SO TRAINED AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced

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 described how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) would be met:    a) Establishment    A written hazard communication program was not established and implemented for employees diluting photographic fixers (acetic acid) and developers (hydroquinone, potassium hydroxide) to working strength.    Violation occurred on or about 5/8/13.

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:  a) Establishment  The employer did not have MSDS for White Mountain Imaging T2 Automatic X-Ray Developer Concentrates (hydroquinone, potassium hydroxide) or Fixer Concentrates (acetic acid), which were the products currently in use.  Violation occurred on or about 5/8/13.

Issued

2013-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Establishment  Employees diluting photographic fixers (acetic acid) and developers (potassium hydroxide, hydroquinone) to working strength were not trained on the hazards of the chemicals being handled.  Violation occurred on or about 5/8/13.