OSHA Inspection: NATURAL POLYMER INTERNATIONAL CORP

Issued

Feb 20, 2014

Abate by

Mar 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:     This violation most recently occurred on November 6, 2013, at the worksite located at 1909 10th Street, Suite 100, Plano, Texas, where the employer did not ensure employees don appropriate personal protective equipment while using corrosive chemicals.

Issued

Feb 20, 2014

Abate by

Apr 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment was isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    This violation most recently occurred on November  6, 2013, at the worksite located at 1909 10th Street, Suite 100, Plano, Texas, where the employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures for employees performing maintenance work on equipment.

Issued

Feb 20, 2014

Abate by

Mar 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    This violation was most recently occurred on or about November 6, 2013, at the workplace located at 1909 10th Street, Suite 100, Plano, Texas 75074, where employees were operating powered industrial trucks and had not been certified in their safe operation:    a.  A Clark #42 stand-up forklift; and   b.  A Nissan 35 sit-down forklift.

Issued

Feb 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures was not permanent, continuous, and effective:     This violation most recently occurred on November 6, 2013, at the worksite located at 1909 10th Street, Suite 100, Plano, Texas, where employees were exposed to electrical hazards while using extension cords without continuous ground.

Issued

Feb 20, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii): Flexible cords were not used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap:  This violation most recently occurred on November 6, 2013, at the worksite located at 1909 10th Street, Suite 100, Plano, Texas; where employees were exposed to electrical hazards from using flexible cords with splices.

Issued

Feb 20, 2014

Abate by

Apr 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers did not 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:      This violation most recently occurred on November 6, 2013, at the worksite located at 1909 10th Street, Suite 100, Plano, Texas, where the employer did not develop, implement, or maintain a written hazard communication program for employees who were using corrosive chemicals.