OSHA Inspection: OHIO TAXIDERMY SUPPLY

Issued

Nov 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,224 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the following provisions of this section, as applicable:  Procedures for selecting respirators for use in the workplace; medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators; fit testing procedures for tight-fitting respirators; procedures for proper use of respirators in routine and reasonable foreseeable emergency situations; procedures and schedules for cleaning, disinfecting, storing, inspecting, repairing, discarding, and otherwise maintaining respirators; procedures to ensure adequate air quality, quantity, and flow of breathing air for atmosphere-supplying respirators; training of employees in the respiratory hazards to which they are potentially exposed during routine and emergency situations; training of employees in the proper use of respirators, including putting on and removing them, any limitations on their use, and their maintenance; and procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program.  a.  At the work site, employees wore half-face respirators while creating taxidermy mold templates and taxidermy forms as required by the employer.  The employer did not have a written respiratory protection program that included fit testing, training, medical clearance, etc.

Issued

Nov 4, 2013

Abate by

Nov 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i):  The employer shall not permit respirators with tight-fitting facepieces to be worn by employees who have:  29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function:  a.  At the work site, three employees wore half-face respirators while creating taxidermy mold templates and taxidermy forms as required by the employer.  Two of the employees were not clean-shaven.

Issued

Nov 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,224 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2): Portable extinguishers or hose used in lieu thereof under paragraph (d)(3) of this section shall be visually inspected monthly.  a.  At the work site, the employer had three portable fire extinguishers located throughout the work site.  The last documented inspection for each extinguisher was July 22, 1998.  The employer was unable to locate any more recent documentation for the monthly inspections.

Issued

Nov 4, 2013

Abate by

Dec 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are subjected to an annual maintenance check. Stored pressure extinguishers do not require an internal examination. The employer shall record the annual maintenance date and retain this record for one year after the last entry or the life of the shell, whichever is less. The record shall be available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.  a.  At the work site, the employer had three portable fire extinguishers located throughout the work site.  The employer had not ensured that each portable fire extinguisher had been checked annually.The last annual check was July 2, 1998.

Issued

Nov 4, 2013

Abate by

Nov 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,224 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, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:   29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using an identity that is referenced on the appropriate material safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,  a.  At the work site, the employer had a hazard communication program for employees that did not contain a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be in use at the work site which included (but were not limited to) isocyanates, denatured alcohol, acetone, butyl alcohol and styrene.

Issued

Nov 4, 2013

Abate by

Nov 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required material 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, microfiche, and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the material 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, the employer did not have all material safety data sheets (MSDS) for the chemicals used by employees to create, texture and finish a variety of taxidermic forms and accessories.  The chemicals included (but were not limited to) isocyanates, acetone, butyl alcohol, denatured alcohol and styrene.

Issued

Nov 4, 2013

Abate by

Nov 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 physical or health 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 material safety data sheets.  a.  At the work site, employees used chemicals such as (but not limited to) styrene, butyl alcohol, denatured alcohol, acetone and isocyanates to product taxidermic forms and accessories.  The employer had not provided employees with adequate training about the hazards of the chemicals they used or when new chemicals were introduced into the work area(s).