OSHA Inspection: WEBTECH INCORPORATED

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(d)(4)(iv): The ventilating equipment and any lighting fixtures were not operated by the same switch located outside of the door. A pilot light was not installed adjacent to the switch when Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), were dispensed within the room.     a) Flammable storage room: The lights and ventilation system were not operated by the same switch, on or about 6/20/13.    b) Flammable storage room: A pilot light was not installed at the switches for the ventilation system to indicate its operational status, on or about 6/20/13.    c) Flammable mixing/storage room: The pilot light was inoperable, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(d)(7)(iv): Materials which wiould have reacted with water were stored in the same room with flammable liquids:     a) Flammable storage room: Two 30-gallon containers of hydrochloric acid were stored with class one and class two flammable vinyl pastes and resins, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(ii)(b)(1): The quantity of liquid that may be located outside of an inside storage room or storage cabinet in a building or in any one fire area of a building exceeded 25 gallons of Category 1 flammable liquids in containers:     a) Print press area: The amount of category one flammable ink mixtures  stored outside of the flammable storage room at the print presses that were not in use was approximately 275 gallons, on or about 7/15/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

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) Press area: Flammable ink mixtures and solvents were transferred into five gallon drums that provided ink to the pressed via pouring from drums and empty  plastic coffee containers, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Feb 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i): Adequate precautions were not taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors:     a) Press area: 5-gallon cans and 55-gallon drums that provided category one ink mixtures to the presses were not grounded, on or about 6/20/13.     b) Press area lines 1, 2 and 3: Hoses used to transfer category one ink mixtures from 5-gallon cans and 55-gallon drums into the press were not grounded, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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), were dispensed into containers without the nozzle and container being electrically interconnected.    a) Flammable storage room: 55-gallon drums of flammable resins, such as, but not limited to, Paraloid A-101 and Paraloid A-646, were not electrically interconnected to transfer containers during dispensing, on or about 6/20/13.    b) Mixing room: Hand pumps transferring flammable mixtures of resins, inks and solvents from 55-gallon drums were not electrically interconnected to transfer containers during dispensing, on or about 6/20/13.    c) Press area: Safety cans of flammable solvents, such as ethyl acetate, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl ethyl ketone, toluene and acetone, were not electrically interconnected to five and 55-gallon drums of ink mixtures, which  feed into the printing presses, during transfer, on or about 6/20/13.    d) Press area: Five gallon drums of inks, such as but not limited to, Penn Color White Vinyl Paste, Penn Color Carbon Black Vinyl Paste, Penn Color Irgazin Yel VYHH Vinyl Paste, Penn Color Solvent Red Vinyl Paste, Penn Color Red Vinyl Paste and Penn Color DNA Orange Vinyl Paste, were not electrically interconnected to five and 55-gallon drums of ink mixtures, which fed into the press, during transfer, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

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) Throughout facility: The employer did not provide medical evaluations for employees provided MSA ½ face Comfo Classic respirators for voluntary use, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Feb 9, 2014

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    a) Print press area: The employer did not ensure that employees utilized lockout tagout procedures when conducting activities, such as, but not limited to filter replacement on presses one and two where there were unguarded belts, chains and sprockets and re-webbing of film, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Feb 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation:    a) Print press area: The employer did not provide lockout tagout training to authorized employees that conduct activities such as, but not limited to filter replacement on the presses one and two where there are unguarded belts and chains and sprockets and re-webbing of film, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Feb 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(B): Affected employees were not instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedure:    a) Print press area: The employer did not provide lockout tagout training to affected employees that worked in areas where maintenance or service activities were conducted such as, but not limited to filter replacement on the presses and re-webbing of film, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Feb 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:      a) Print press area: Employees did not apply locks to disconnect switches when conducting activities, such as, but not limited to filter replacement on the presses one and two where there are unguarded belts and chains and sprockets and rewebbing of film, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:     a) Break room area: A rotating arm (dog) along the shaft holding the cylinder on the wash off machine was not guarded, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):     a) Large maintenance shop: A guard on a Packard Precision vertical band saw model 818 was not adjusted during use to protect the operator from the blade except at the point of operation, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Grinding machinery was not used with work rest(s) to support offhand grinding work:     a) Large maintenance shop: The work rest on a Central Machinery Industrial bench grinder stock # S33886, serial # 002622 was removed, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end and projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft:    a) Finishing area: An unguarded shaft on the hot stamp machine measured one inch in diameter and protruded two inches, on or about 6/20/13.     b) Lab: An unguarded shaft on the hot stamp machine closest to the press room measured one inch in diameter and protruded two and a half inches, on or about 6/20/13.     c) Press room printer two: An unguarded roller shaft located near the control panel measured one inch in diameter and protruded one and one quarter inches, on or about 6/20/13.    d) Press room printer three: An unguarded roller shaft four slots in from the beginning of the machine measured one inch in diameter and protruded one and a quarter inches, on or about 6/20/13.     e) Press room printer three: Seven unguarded cylinder shafts measured one inch in diameter and protruded one and a quarter inches, on or about 6/20/13.    f) Press room printer three: An unguarded shaft on the unwind shaft  that feeds the film into the press, measured one inch in diameter and protruded one and a quarter inches, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):     a) Finishing area second slitting machine: A pulley operating a ½ inch belt at 1725 RPM on a slitting machine was not guarded, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i): Vertical or inclined belt(s) were not enclosed by guard(s) conforming to the requirements specified at 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):  a) Finishing area second slitting machine: A ½ inch belt operating a slitting machine was not guarded, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 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) Engraving department: A compressed air gun used with a tos Trencin lathe did not have a reducer to reduce the pressure to 30 psi, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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) Throughout facility: The employer did not provide training to the employees on the hazardous chemicals used in the facility, such as, but not limited to, hydrochloric acid (a corrosive), Paraloid A-101 40%, A-646 and B66T resins, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, ethyl acetate, toluene, acetone, naphtha, oil, UCAR and Neocryl powder vinyl resins and various Penn Color vinyl pastes, such as, but not limited to white 10W865D, carbon black 10B410 and DNA orange 10Y1462, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:   a) Throughout facility: The employer did not provide effective and comprehensive annual training for employees provided MSA ½ face Comfo Classic respirators for voluntary use, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2)(iii): Monthly inspections of hooks, with a certification record which includes the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the inspection and the serial number, or other identifier, of the hook inspected, were not performed:(a)(LOCATION OF CRANE)(IDENTIFICATION AND TYPE OF CRANE)(DESCRIBE SPECIFIC CONDITION(S) AND HAZARD(S))NOTE: DOCUMENT INSTRUCTIONS AND SAFETY PROGRAM RE: THIS HAZARD  a)    Engraving department: Frequent inspections of the hook on a CM Lonestar crane were not documented, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2)(iv): Monthly inspections of hoist chains, with a certification record which includes the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the inspection and an identifier of the chain which was inspected, were not performed:  a)   Engraving department: Frequent inspections of the chains on a CM Lonestar crane were not documented, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(3): Complete inspections of the crane was not being performed at intervals as generally defined in paragraph (j)(1)(ii)(b) of this section:   a)    Engraving department: Periodic inspections of the CM Lonestar crane did not include internal inspections of the units, on or about 6/20/13.

Issued

Sep 23, 2013

Abate by

Oct 18, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and 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, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical    a) Engraving department: Bottles of oil and naphtha were not labeled with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provided at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, on or about 6/20/13.   b) Wash off area next to lunch area: Bottles of stripper, oil, naphtha and toluene were not labeled with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provided at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, on or about 6/20/13.  c) Print press area: A plastic container of ethyl acetate used to wash cylinder parts was not labeled with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provided at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, on or about 6/20/13.