OSHA Inspection: BLYTHEVILLE PLATE WORKS

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  On or about August 14, 2013, and times prior to, at the establishment located at 5027 North County Road 1015 in Blytheville, Arkansas, a Lockout/Tagout Program had not been developed for employees required to service and/or perform maintenance on equipment such as but not limited to the roll and brake press machines.  Failure to do so exposed employees to caught-in hazards if the machines were unexpectedly energized.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

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:  On or about August 14, 2013, and times prior to, at the establishment located at 5027 North County Road 1015 in Blytheville, Arkansas, a Hazard Communication Program had not been developed for the benefit of employees using and/or exposed to hazardous chemicals and/or ingredients such as but not limited to welding rod fumes, nitrogen, argon, oxygen, enamel paints; and toluene, isopropanol and benzyl alcohol which was contained in the zinc primer being used by employees.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

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:  On or about August 14, 2013, and times prior to, at the establishment located at 5027 North County Road 1015 in Blytheville, Arkansas, Hazard Communication training was not provided for the benefit of employees using and/or exposed to hazardous chemicals and/or ingredients such as but not limited to welding rod fumes, nitrogen, argon, oxygen, enamel paints; and toluene, isopropanol and benzyl alcohol which was contained in the zinc primer being used by employees.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  On or about August 14, 2013, and times prior to, at the establishment located at 5027 North County Road 1015 in Blytheville, Arkansas, the employer did not have written certification to indicate that a hazard assessment had been perform in areas where employees are required to wear personal protective equipment such as but not limited to safety glasses or goggles, gloves, steel toe shoes, hearing protection and respirators.

Issued

Dec 27, 2013

Abate by

Jan 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  On or about August 14, 2013, and times prior to, at the establishment located at 5027 North County Road 1015 in Blytheville, Arkansas, employee wearing a 3M NIOSH half mask respirator while performing spray painting tasks had facial hair which prevented a proper seal.  This condition exposed employee to health hazaards.