OSHA Inspection: PRESSED PAPERBOARD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

Issued

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to combustible paper dust explosion and deflagration hazards while working at or near a filter media-type dust collector (baghouse type air-material separator) system which was not adequately designed to prevent or minimize employee exposure in the event of an internal deflagration:    (a)  On or about August 26, 2013 the indoor AVSC filter media-type dust collector (baghouse type air-material separator) located inside the facility near the shipping area lacked means of 1) explosion protection and 2) deflagration propagation protection (isolation) to the upstream dirty-air inlet duct and associated processes, the downstream clean-air exhaust, and the unit's discharge hopper rotary airlock valve.

Issued

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1350.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures in any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer:    a) On or about August 26, 2013 the employer failed to establish and implement written respiratory protection program to address identification and evaluation of respiratory hazards, medical evaluations, fit testing, proper use or respirators, maintenance and care of respirators, training and information, programmatic evaluations, and recordkeeping. Employees were required to wear disposable 3M 8511 tight-fitting filtering facepiece respirators (dust masks) while cleaning the Bailmaster bailer.

Issued

2014-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) On or about August 26, 2013 the employer failed to provide medical evaluations for employees who are required to wear disposable 3M 8511 tight-fitting filtering facepiece respirators (dust masks) while cleaning the Bailmaster bailer.