OSHA Inspection: BANKS MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(5)(v): Operators were not equipped with heavy canvas or leather gloves and aprons or equivalent protection to protect them from the impact of abrasives. Safety shoes were not worn to protect against foot injury where heavy pieces of work are handled.     a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure an employee performing abrasive blasting operation wore a heavy canvas or leather apron.      b. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure the employee performing abrasive blasting operation wore heavy canvas or leather gloves.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(7):  Dust were permitted to accumulate on the floor or on ledges outside of an abrasive-blasting enclosure, and dust spills were not cleaned up promptly. Aisles and walkways were not kept clear of steel shot or similar abrasive which may create a slipping hazard.       a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure sand was prohibited from accumulating on the floor and ledges outside of the abrasive blasting booth.     b. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure sand was prohibited from accumulating on the floor and ledges inside of the abrasive blasting booth.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00402460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(iv)(a): Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 degrees F (37.8 degrees C), were not kept in covered containers when not actually in use.     a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure an open top plastic 1 gallon container of toluene and acetone, used to clean the paint spray gun, was covered when not in use.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 004024602590

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. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees transferred category 2 flammable liquids such spray gun cleaner containing toluene and acetone, into closed containers for transport through the paint shop.       b. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees working in the paint shop dispensed category 2 flammable liquids such spray gun cleaner containing toluene and acetone, through a self-closing valve.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00402460

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 degrees F (37.8 degrees C), were not dispensed into containers unless the nozzle and container were electrically interconnected. Where the metallic floorplate on which the container stands while filling is electrically connected to the fill stem or where the fill stem is bonded to the container during filling operations by means of a bond wire, the provisions of this section were not deemed to have been complied with.       a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees dispensing spray gun cleaner containing toluene and acetone into open top plastic containers in the paint spray room, grounded and bonded the dispensing drum to the container.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00400320108024609010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program was not updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. The employer did not include in the program the following provisions of this section, as applicable.         a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure the company's written respiratory protection program was site specific and included procedures to ensure adequate air quality, quantity, and flow of breathing air to the air supplied abrasive blasting respirator used by the employee performing the abrasive blasting operation.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9965C326

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation did not include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.  a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about October 28, 2013, the employer did not determine employee exposures to alaphatic polyisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, and isophorone diisocyanate during painting operations.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

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. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.   a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure the employee performing the abrasive blasting operation was medically evaluated to wear an air supplied abrasive blasting hood.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0040032010802460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.   a. Banks Manufacturing company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure an employee required to wear a tight fitting half face respirator while performing spray painting operations was fit tested annually.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0040032010802460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i): The employer permited respirators with tight-fitting facepieces to be worn by employees who have facial hair.   a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about October 28, 2013, the employer did not ensure an employee who was required to wear a half face tight fitting respirator when performing spray painting operations was clean shaven.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0040032010802460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): The employer did not provide each respirator user with a respirator that was clean, sanitary, and in good working order. The employer did not ensure that respirators are cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of this section, or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer, provided that such procedures are of equivalent effectiveness.    a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure the respirator used by the employee performing paint spraying operations was sanitary.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 00400320108024609010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5): Respiratory protections retraining was not administered annually.    a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees who were required to wear tight fitting half face respirators and air supplied abrasive blasting hoods were provided annual training on the company's respiratory protection program.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(l)(1): The employer did not conduct evaluations of the workplace as necessary to ensure that the provisions of the current written program are being effectively implemented and that it continued to be effective.   a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure an evaluation of the company's respiratory protection program was conducted.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Apr 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c):  An employee's exposure to any substance listed in Table Z-3, in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week, exceeded the 8-hour time weighted average limit given for that substance in the table.     a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, an employee performing the abrasive blasting operation was exposed to respirable crystalline silica at 2.77mg/m3 as an 8-hour time weighted average exposure, which exceeded OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 1.32 mg/m3 by 209%.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Apr 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures were not used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134.   a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure effective engineering controls were in place to protect an employee performing the abrasive blasting operation, when he was exposed to respirable crystalline silica at 2.77mg/m3 as an 8-hour time weighted average, which exceeded OSHAs Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 1.32 mg/m3 by 209%.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0040032010802460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least described how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training would be met.     a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure a written hazard communication program was developed and implemented which covered employees working in the paint department and the abrasive blasting operation exposed to isocyanates, flammable liquids, and respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 00402460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i): Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(6) and (f)(7) of this section, the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the identity of the hazardous chemical(s) contained therein.     a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure the plastic bucket containing flammable liquids such as toluene and acetone used to clean the spray gun, was labeled as to the identity of the chemical in the bucket.     b. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about October 28, 2013, the employer did not ensure the metal safety can containing flammable liquids such as toluene and acetone used to clean the spray gun, was labeled as to the identity of the chemical in the bucket.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 00402460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(6) and (f)(7) of this section, the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings, or alternatively, words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.     a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure the plastic bucket containing flammable liquids such as toluene and acetone used to clean the spray gun, was labeled as to the physical and health hazards of the chemical in the bucket.    b. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about October 28, 2013, the employer did not ensure the metal safety can containing flammable liquids such as toluene and acetone used to clean the spray gun, was labeled as to the identity of the chemical in the bucket.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 00400320108024609010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.     a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees exposed to flammable liquids and respirable crystalline silica were provided with information and training on the following topics:      1. Explanation of the labeling system.      2. Physical and health hazards of the chemicals the employees are working with.     3. Explanation of the material safety data sheet.

Issued

Nov 21, 2013

Abate by

Dec 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 004024602590

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(d)(3)(ii): Storage cabinets were not designed and constructed to limit the internal temperature to not more than 325 deg. F. when subjected to a 10-minute fire test using the standard time-temperature curve as set forth in Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, NFPA 251-1969, which is incorporated by reference as specified in Sec. 1910.6. All joints and seams did not remain tight and the door did not remain securely closed during the fire test. Cabinets were not labeled in conspicuous lettering, "Flammable - Keep Fire Away."   a. Banks Manufacturing Company located in Grafton, Ohio:  On or about June 13, 2013, the employer did not ensure the flammable liquid storage cabinet located in the paint room which containing 55 gallon drums of spray gun cleaner and VMP naphtha, was properly labeled "Flammable-Keep Fire Away".