OSHA Inspection: COSMETIC CONCEPTS, INC.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $500 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) Warehouse: Drums containing 535 gallons of nail polish, which is class IB flammable liquid, were stored in the warehouse, on or about 06/20/13.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $500 Reduced

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), was dispensed into containers unless the nozzle and container are electrically interconnected.      a) Production: An employee was dispensing nail polish, which is class IB flammable liquid, into ½ OZ glass vials through a metal dispenser without electrically bonding the nozzle to the dispenser, on or about 06/20/13.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Production: Appendix "D" was not provided to those who wear N-95 filtering facepiece respirators voluntarily, on or about 06/20/13.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Production: Employees handle nail polish containing hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, ethyl acetate, nitrocellulose, n-butyle acetae, and isopropanol.  The employer did not develop and implement a worksite specific written hazard communication program, on or about 06/20/13.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Production:  The material safety data sheets for nail polish was not readily accessible to the employees during work shifts, on or about 06/20/13.

Issued

Aug 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Production:  Employees were not provided the information and training on the hazard(s) associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, n-butyle acetate, ethyl acetate, nitrocellulose, and isopropanol, on or about 0/20/13.