OSHA Inspection: SOUTHWEST GREENS OF OHIO

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard"); and    a.  At the work site located at 7375 Davis Road in Hilliard, Ohio, the employer provided voluntary disposable dust masks to employees who were applying sand to an artificial turf installation.  The employer had not provided employees with the information in Appendix D of the respiratory protection standard.

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).    a.  At the work site located at 7375 Davis Road, Hilliard, Ohio, the employer provided half-face respirators for employees who chose to wear them.  The employer had failed to have all employees who wore half-face respirators medically cleared prior to wearing the respirator.

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  At the work site located at 7375 Davis Road, Hilliard, Ohio, the employer provided half-face respirators for employees who chose to wear them.  The employer had failed to have all employees who wore half-face respirators fit tested prior to wearing the half-face respirator.

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes 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 will be met, and which also includes the following:    a.  At the work site located at 7375 Davis Road, Hilliard, Ohio, the employer had not developed a written hazard communication program for employees who worked with hazardous chemicals such as (but not limited to) silica and gasoline.

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)    a.   At the work site located at 7375 Davis Road, Hilliard, Ohio, the employer did not have any material safety data sheets available for employees who were exposed to hazardous chemicals that included (but were not limited to) silica and gasoline.

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall 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 chemical 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 safety data sheets.    a.  At the work site located at 7375 Davis Road, Hilliard, Ohio, the employer did not train employees on the hazardous of materials being used by employees which included (but were not limited to) silica and gasoline.

Issued

2013-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:    a.  At the work site located at 7375 Davis Road, Hilliard, Ohio, the employer did not have a written hazard assessment of the work site.  Employees prepared sites and installed artificial turf surfaces.