OSHA Inspection: TAYLOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Aug 28, 2013

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 0360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is 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) An employee that was required to use a filtering face-piece respirator while buffing and grinding parts during did not receive a medical evaluation.

Issued

Aug 28, 2013

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 0360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is 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) The employer did not ensure that the Deburr Specialist was fit-tested when respirator usage was necessary to protect the employee from beryllium at levels exceeding the OSHA Ceiling Limit and Maximum Peak Concentration.

Issued

Aug 28, 2013

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 0360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(2) TABLE Z-2: Employees were exposed to airborne concentrations of beryllium, listed in Table Z-2, in excess of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air, as an acceptable Ceiling concentration:    (a) On July 9, 2013, a Deburr Specialist was exposed to beryllium while grinding and buffing aircraft wiper arms using an 8" bench grinder, at a level of 31 micrograms per cubic meter of air, during a sampling period of 31 minutes, which exceeded the OSHA 30-Minute Ceiling Limit of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air at 620% of the standard.

Issued

Aug 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(2) TABLE Z-2: Employees were exposed to airborne concentrations of beryllium, listed in Table Z-2, in excess of 25 micrograms per cubic meter of air, as an acceptable Maximum Peak concentration:  (a) On July 9, 2013, a Deburr Specialist was exposed to beryllium while grinding and buffing aircraft wiper arms using an 8" bench grinder, at a level of 31 micrograms per cubic meter of air, during a sampling period of 31 minutes, which exceeded the OSHA Maximum Peak Concentration of 25 micrograms per cubic meter of air at 124% of the standard.

Issued

Aug 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be 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) The employer did not implement engineering/work practice controls for the employees that grind and buff parts using the 8" bench grinder, to reduce and maintain the employee exposure to beryllium below 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air as a 30-Minute Ceiling Limit, without respect to the use of respirators, in that a Deburr Specialist was exposed at 6.2 times the OSHA 30-Minute Ceiling Limit during a sampling period of 31 minutes on July 9, 2013.  (b) The employer did not implement engineering/work practice controls for the employees that grind and buff parts using the 8" bench grinder, to reduce and maintain the employee exposure to beryllium below 25 micrograms per cubic meter of air as a Maximum Peak Concentration, without respect to the use of respirators, in that a Deburr Specialist was exposed at 1.2 times the OSHA Maximum Peak Concentration during a sampling period of 31 minutes on July 9, 2013.

Issued

Aug 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2037

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i): 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) A 55 gallon drum of hydraulic fluid in the southeast corner of the shop did not have a legible identity label.

Issued

Aug 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 10602037

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:  (a) A 55 gallon drum of hydraulic fluid in the southeast corner of the shop did not have a legible hazard warning label.    (b) A white plastic drum of degreaser in the southeast corner of the shop did not have a legible hazard warning label.