OSHA Inspection: SINTEX WAUSAUKEE COMPOSITES INC.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(7):  Oil lubricated compressor(s) used to supply breathing air did not have a high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm(s) or both:    a) On 06/20/2013, an oil lubricated Electra Saver II compressor which was used to supply breathing air did not have a high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm or both.    Note:  If only a high-temperature alarm is used, the air supply shall be monitored to prevent carbon monoxide in the breathing air to exceed 10 ppm.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4):  When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:    a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not develop or implement a written permit space entry program when the employer had decided that maintenance employees would enter the permit-required confined space resin tanks to conduct cleaning operations.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees entered:  a)  On or about05/29/2013, the employer did not identify the hazards of the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks before maintenance employees were allowed to enter to conduct cleaning operations.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including specifying acceptable entry conditions:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not develop and implement the means and practices, including specific acceptable entry conditions, necessary for safe permit space entry into the for the FR and GR resin tanks.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(vi): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices to verify that conditions in a permit space were acceptable for entry throughout the duration of an authorized entry:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not develop or implement the means, procedures and practices necessary to verify that conditions in the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks were acceptable for entry throughout the duration of the authorized entries.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide, at no cost to the employees, testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5):    a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not provide testing and monitoring equipment needed to evaluate the potential toxic and flammable atmospheres present in the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks which maintenance employees were entering.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions existed before entry was authorized to begin:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not evaluate the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks by testing conditions in the permit spaces to determine if acceptable entry conditions existed before entry was authorized to begin.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing or monitoring the permit space as necessary to determine if acceptable entry conditions were being maintained during the course of entry operations:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not evaluate the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks by testing or monitoring the permit spaces as necessary to determine if acceptable entry conditions were being maintained during the course of entry operations.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(10): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the results of initial and periodic tests performed under 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5), accompanied by the names or initials of the tester:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the entry permit did not identify results of initial or periodic tests for the permit-required confined space for the FR and GP resin tanks which maintenance employees entered to conduct cleaning operations.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(j)(2): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor verified, by checking that the appropriate entries had been made on the permit, that all tests specified by the permit had been conducted and that all procedures and equipment specified by the permit were in place before endorsing the permit and allowing entry to begin:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not ensure that the entry supervisor verified on the entry permit that tests had been conducted prior to maintenance employees entering the permit-required confined space for the FR and GP resin tanks to conduct cleaning operations.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(viii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide, at no cost to the employees, rescue and emergency equipment needed to comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9):    a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not provide a chest or full-body harness to maintenance employees who were entering the permit-required confined space for the FR and GP resin tanks to conduct cleaning operations.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3)(i): Each authorized entrant did not use a chest or full body harness, with a retrieval line attached at the center of the entrant's back near shoulder level, or above the entrant's head:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, maintenance employees entering the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks did not use a chest or full body harness.  NOTE: Wristlets may be used in lieu of the chest or full body harness if the employer can demonstrate that the use of a chest or full body harness is infeasible or creates a greater hazard and that the use of wristlets is the safest and most effective alternative.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(10): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits as required by 29 CFR 1910.146:    a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the employer did not develop or implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use and cancellation of entry permit when maintenance employees entered the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(7): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the hazards of the permit space to be entered:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the entry permits that documented and authorized entry to the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks did not identify the hazards of the permit space.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(9): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the acceptable entry conditions:  a)  On or about 05/29/2013, the entry permit that documented and authorized entry to the permit-required confined space for the FR and GR resin tanks did not identify the acceptable entry conditions for the permit space.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

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)   On 06/06/2013, compressed air used for cleaning work parts and used by employees to blow dust off of their clothes and skin was measured greater than 100 p.s.i.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-08-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    a)  On or about 06/06/2013, the employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets (SDS) were readily accessible to employees who were working with hazardous chemicals such resin containing styrene, fiberglass and acetone.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.