OSHA Inspection: LUMIMOVE, INC.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Mar 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:   a)  The company had not evaluated permit required confined spaces such as mixing tanks, chemical storage tanks and sump pits to prevent unauthorized entry.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Mar 6, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(3): When the employer decided its employees would not enter permit spaces, the employer did not take effective measures to prevent its employees from entering the permit spaces:   a) The company did not provide any means to prevent employees from entering spaces such as locks on hatches for mixing tanks, storage tanks and sump pits.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Mar 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:   a) The company had not developed or documented any procedures for securing equipment to a zero energy state during maintenance and servicing of such equipment as the LAROX crushing unit on the 5th floor, air handling conveyor system and mixer unit on the 4th floor.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Mar 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedures at least annually to ensure that the procedures and the requirements of this standard were being followed:   a)  The company has not conducted periodic inspection of the energy control program and procedures since February 23, 2011.  Equipment being used includes the LAROX crusher, pigment filling unit and conveyor air handling transport system for the pigments.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(c): Employees were exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) which exceeded 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air, as an 8-hour time-weighted average:   a)  The LAROX crusher operator working on the 5th floor was exposed to chromium VI at an 8-hour time weighted average of 0.0105 mg/m3, approximately 2.10 times the limit of 0.005 mg/m3;  This limit is established to prevent skin and mucous membrane ulceration, respiratory dysfunction, cancer or death.  The samples were collected on October 23, 2013 during a 420 minute sampling period;  exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 60 minutes not sampled.      Step 1:  Effective respiratory protection shall be provided and used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented, or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits.    Step 1 abatement date is xx/xx/2014.    Step 2:  Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposure to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation.  This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:  1.     Evaluation of engineering and/or administrative control options;  2.     Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;  3.     Procurement, installation, and operation of selected control measures;   4.     Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls.    Step 2 abatement date is xx/xx/2014.     Step 3:  Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.  All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Jun 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(f)(1)(i): Feasible engineering controls and work practices were not instituted to reduce and maintain employee exposures to chromium (VI) at or below the permissible exposure limit:   a)  The LAROX crusher operator working on the 5th floor was exposed to chromium VI at an 8-hour time weighted average of 0.0105 mg/m3 approximately 2.10 times the limit of 0.005 mg/m3 without adequate engineering controls and work practices implemented to reduce exposure below the permissible exposure limit.  Engineering controls to be considered include:          1. More frequent cleaning of the floor and surfaces where dust accumulates on the LAROX unit and the entire 5th floor area where equipment has been removed.      2. Install and require the use of a boot wash prior to entering the control room on the 5th floor.      3. Obtain and require the use of a HEPA vacuum to remove dust on clothing prior to the employee entering the 5th floor control room.      4. Increase exhaust ventilation around work areas of the LAROX or enclose the areas to avoid exposure while performing operations.      4. Implement additional cleaning for the 4th floor filling area where dust accumulates on surfaces and equipment.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Feb 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(j)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that all surfaces were maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of chromium (VI):   a)  The company did not have an adequate housekeeping program to clean areas of the 4th and 5th floor where chrome VI  accumulates to several inches thick on surfaces creating a potential for exposure to employees working in these areas.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Mar 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(vi): The employer did not perform additional monitoring when there had been a change in the production process, raw materials, equipment, personnel, work practices, or control methods that resulted or may have resulted in new or additional exposures to chromium (VI), or when the employer had any reason to believe that new or additional exposures had occurred:   a)  The company did not perform additional monitoring for chromium VI when equipment was removed and changes to the production of pigment occurred in the facility.

Issued

Jan 30, 2014

Abate by

Feb 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  The company had not written or maintained a hazard communication program that identifies how the company will implement compliance with the material safety data sheets, labeling and training for Lumimove rather than Wayne Pigment Company as identified in the document provided.