OSHA Inspection: SPECTRUM PAINTING

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

Hazardous substances 1591

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:                          (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program to address chemical hazards in the workplace.  Employees were exposed to lead hazards while scraping lead-based paint from a building and were at risk of serious illness.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):  The employer did not 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.                          (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not ensure that employees were trained in the hazards present in the work areas.  Employees were exposed to lead hazards while scraping lead-based paint from a building and were at risk of serious illness.   Employees were not aware of the personal protective equipment (PPE) requirements, first aid measures, and potential safety and health effects of exposure to lead.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide training to employees who were manually scraping lead-containing paint. The employees were not familiar with the health hazards associated with lead exposure and the methods to use to protect from these hazards.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(F): The employer did not provide training as required under paragraph (l)(1)(i) of this section regarding 29 CFR 1926.59, Hazard Communication training; training as required under paragraph (l)(2)(iii) of this section, regarding use of respirators; and training in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.21, Safety training and education:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide safety training to employees manually scrapping lead-containing paint. The employees were not familiar with the health hazards associated with lead exposure, use of respirators and other methods to use to protect from these hazards.  Employees were at risk of serious illness from lead-related hazards.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(l)(2)(iii): The employer did not ensure that each employee was trained in the purpose, proper selection, fitting, use, and limitations of respirators:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide training as interim protective measures to employees manually scrapping lead-containing paint. The employees were not familiar with the proper use and limitations of respirators.  Employees were at risk of serious illness from exposure to lead.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 mg/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):          (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not determine if employees were exposed to lead above the action level while scraping paint from the exterior of a historic building.   Employees manually removed lead-containing paint from wood trim and windows.  The employees were exposed to lead hazards and at risk of serious illness.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not collect personal samples representative of a full shift, including at least one sample for each job classification in each work area, either for each shift or for the shift with the highest exposure level:          (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not determine if employees were exposed to lead above the action level while scraping paint from the exterior of a historic building.   Employees manually removed lead-containing paint from wood trim and windows.  The employees were exposed to lead hazards and at risk of serious illness.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(C): The employer did not provide change areas in accordance with paragraph (i)(2) of this section:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide change areas for employees as an interim protective measure, including but not limited to, separate storage facilities for protective work clothing and equipment and for street clothes and ensure that employees did not leave the workplace wearing any protective clothing worn during the work shift.  Employees routinely left the site wearing contaminated work clothes.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2)(i): The employer did not provide clean change areas as an interim protection for employees performing tasks as specified in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2), without regard to the use of respirators:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide change areas for employees as an interim protective measure, including but not limited to, separate storage facilities for protective work clothing and equipment and for street clothes and ensure that employees did not leave the workplace wearing contaminated clothing worn during the work shift.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(D): The employer did not provide hand washing facilities in accordance with paragraph (i)(5) of this section:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide hand washing facilities for employees as an interim protective measure, including but not limited to, hot and cold or tepid running water, hand soap or similar cleansing agent, and individual hand towels of cloth or paper or air blowers.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(5)(i): The employer did not provide adequate handwashing facilities in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.51(f), for use by employees exposed to lead:        (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide adequate hand washing facilities for employees scraping lead containing paint, including but not limited to, hot and cold or tepid running water, hand soap or similar cleansing agent, and individual hand towels of cloth or paper or air blowers.  Employees manually scraped and sanded lead-containing paint and were at risk of serious illness.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(E): The employer did not provide biological monitoring in accordance with paragraph (j)(1)(i) of this section to consist of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels:                        (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide biological monitoring for blood lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels for employees as an interim protective measure.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(j)(1)(i): The employer did not make available initial medical surveillance, consisting of biological monitoring in the form of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels, to employees occupationally exposed on any day to lead at or above the action level:       (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide biological monitoring for blood lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels for employees as an interim protective measure.  Employees manually scraped and sanded lead-containing paint, were exposed to lead hazards, and at risk of serious illness.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(e)(2)(i): Prior to commencement of the job, each employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to achieve compliance with paragraph (c) of this section:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not develop and implement a written lead safety program to protect workers from lead hazards.  Employees were exposed to lead hazards and at risk of serious illness.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):  Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:        (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not ensure that each working level of the scaffold, which was used by employees, was fully decked.  The employees were exposed to falls of an estimated 20 feet to the concrete ground below.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15):  Ladders were used on a scaffold to increase the working level height of employees:                          (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not ensure that employees using a 4 feet high step ladder which was placed on the working platform of a scaffold were protected from falling. Employees were at risk of falling approximately 28 feet to the concrete ground below.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level:                  (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not ensure that employees working from a scaffold were protected from falling.  The guard rail on the working level of the scaffold was equipped with a top rail but not a midrail. Employees were at risk of falling approximately 28 feet to the concrete ground below.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):  The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not ensure that employees received training on the hazards of working from a scaffold and the procedures to protect themselves from the hazards.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14000.00 · Current $14000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(A): The employer did not provide appropriate respiratory protection in accordance with paragraph (f) of this section:         (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer did not provide appropriate respiratory protection to protect employees from lead hazards.  The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program that included work-site specific procedures and elements for required respirator use, did not provide medical evaluations, fit testing, and did not provide training in the selection, use, care, and maintenance of respirators.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14000.00 · Current $14000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(B): The employer did not provide appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section:          (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio: the employer did not ensure thate coveralls or similar full-body work clothing; gloves, hats, and shoes or disposable shoe coverlets; and face shields, vented goggles, or other appropriate eye and face protection  were used.  The employees were exposed to airborne lead hazards and at risk of serious illness.

Issued

2014-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(g)(1): Where employees were exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit, without regard to the use of respirators; where employees were exposed to lead compounds which may cause skin or eye irritation (e.g. lead arsenate, lead azide); and as interim protection for employees performing tasks as specified in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2), the employer did not provide at no cost to the employee and ensure that each employee used appropriate protective work clothing and equipment that prevented contamination of the employee and the employee's garments:          (a)  Spectrum Painting, Bellefontaine, Ohio:  On or about September 19, 2013, at the worksite located at 632 W. Market Street, Lima, Ohio, the employer ensure the use of coveralls or similar full-body work clothing; gloves, hats, and shoes or disposable shoe coverlets; and face shields, vented goggles, or other appropriate eye, face and body protection.  The employees were exposed to lead hazards and at risk of serious illness.