OSHA Inspection: ILLINOIS MACHINE & TOOL WORKS, L.L.C.

Issued

Dec 24, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(2): The interior surfaces of spray booths were not smooth and continuous without edges and otherwise designed to prevent pocketing of residues and facilitate cleaning and washing without injury.    An employee engaged in spray finishing inside a booth and uses moveable tables to position and paint parts within the booth and the top of the tables ares constructed of a combustible material (plywood) and not designed to prevent residue pocketing and does not facilitate frequent cleaning and washing.

Issued

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(g)(2): All spraying areas were not kept as free from the accumulation of deposits of combustible residues as practical, with cleaning conducted daily if necessary:  An employee engaged in spray finishing inside a booth that was located with a spray room and the spray kitchen was not kept as clean as practical from spills, mixing and cleaining waste and overspray.

Issued

Dec 24, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(c)(7): Electric lamps outside of but within 20 feet of spraying area(s), and not separated therefrom by partition(s), were not totally enclosed to prevent the falling of hot particles and were not protected from mechanical injury by suitable guards:      An employee engaged in spray finishing with flammables inside a booth and used MEK to prep parts for paint inside a spray room (outside of the booth) and the overhead fluorescent lamps were located within 20 feet of the spray area and not enclosed or guarded.

Issued

Dec 24, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $2,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 043004400442

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    An employee egaged in spray finishing operations within the spray room was required to wear a Binks elastomeric half-mask respirator with combination cartridges and the employer had not evaluated the respiratory hazards associated the the paints, primers and methyl ethyl ketones used in the painting operation prior to selecting and requiring use of the respirator.

Issued

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 043004400442

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:    An employee egaged in spray finishing operations within the spray room was required to wear a Binks elastomeric half-mask respirator with combination cartridges and the employer had not provided a medical evaluation prior to requiring use of the respirator.

Issued

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 043004400442

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:    An employee egaged in spray finishing operations within the spray room was required to wear a Binks elastomeric half-mask respirator with combination cartridges and the employer was not conducting annual respirator fit-testing.

Issued

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 043004400442

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5): Respiratory protection retraining was not conducted annually:    An employee egaged in spray finishing operations within the spray room was required to wear a Binks elastomeric half-mask respirator with combination cartridges and the employer had not provided respiratory protection training on an annual basis.

Issued

Dec 24, 2013

Abate by

Jan 22, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(l)(1): Evaluations of the workplace were not conducted to ensure the written respiratory protection program was being effectively implemented:    Employees egaged in spray finishing operations within the spray booth were required to wear respiratory protection and the employer had not evaluated the workplace to ensure the respiratory protection elements had been implemented.