OSHA Inspection: PPC GREATSTUFF, LLC

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2): An exit access was not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points. Where there is only one exit access leading to an exit or exit discharge, the width of the exit and exit discharge was not at least equal to the width of the exit access.   a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure the aisle leading to the east fire exit on the third floor of the facility was unobstructed.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

Hazardous substances 0430

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29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii): Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 degrees F (37.8 degrees C), were not dispensed into containers unless the nozzle and container were electrically interconnected.   a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees were bonding containers when dispensing flammable liquids from the 55 gallon MEK drum into safety cans on the first floor.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

Hazardous substances 03202590

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29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation did not include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.   a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure air monitoring was conducted to determine employee exposures to P2 Primer when the substance was used to clean plastic parts prior to printing.  The primer contained xylene and ethylbenzene.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(4)(ii): All sweepings, solid or liquid wastes, refuse, and garbage was not removed in such a manner as to avoid creating a menace to health and as often as necessary or appropriate to maintain the place of employment in a sanitary condition.   a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure the workplace was sanitary due the large amount of bird feces on the ground outside of the first floor door that employees used to access the break area.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(5): Every enclosed workplace was not so constructed, equipped, and maintained, so far as reasonably practicable, as to prevent the entrance or harborage of rodents, insects, and other vermin. A continuing and effective extermination program was not instituted where their presence is detected.   a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure the front office was kept free of mice.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

Hazardous substances 9020

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29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(3)(i): Building and facility owners did not determine the presence, location, and quantity of ACM and/or PACM at the work site. Employers and building and facility owners did not exercise due diligence in complying with these requirements to inform employers and employees about the presence and location of ACM and PACM.  a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer had not determined the presence, location, and quantity of asbestos in the facility.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9020

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29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(3)(iii): Building and facility owners did not inform employers of employees, and employers did not inform employees who will perform housekeeping activities in areas which contain ACM and/or PACM of the presence and location of ACM and/or PACM in such areas which may be contacted during such activities.   a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees performing housekeeping activities were informed of the presence and location of asbestos in the facility.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9020

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29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(7)(iv): The employer did not provide, at no cost to employees who perform housekeeping operations in an area which contained ACM or PACM, an asbestos awareness training course, which at a minimum contain the following elements: health effects of asbestos, locations of ACM and PACM in the building/facility, recognition of ACM and PACM damage and deterioration, requirements in this standard relating to housekeeping, and proper response to fiber release episodes, to all employees who perform housekeeping work in areas where ACM and/or PACM is present. Each such employee was not trained at least once a year.  a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees involved in house keeping activities in the production area were trained on the following topics:      1. The health effects of asbestos      2. The location of asbestos in the facility      3. Recognition of ACM damage and deterioration      4. Requirements of this standard relating to housekeeping

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

Hazardous substances 04302584

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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 for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:  a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure the written hazard communication program identified how to label containers of chemicals.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 04302584

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i):  The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the identity of the hazardous chemical(s) contained therein.  a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure the safety cans of MEK and small bottles of PA Thinner located throughout the printing area were labeled as to the identity of the substances in the containers.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 04302584

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii):  The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical(s) contained therein.  a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure the safety cans of MEK and small bottles of PA Thinner located throughout the printing area were labeled as to the physical and health hazards of the substances in the containers.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 04302584

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers 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 was introduced into their work area. Information and training was not designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information was not always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.  a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure employees working in the shop area were trained on the following topics:  1. How to read and understand the information on the MSDS's.  2. Physical and health effects of the chemicals in the work area.  3. Labeling requirements for containers.  4. Location of the hazard communication program.  5. Location of the MSDS's.

Issued

2014-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit."  a. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure the fire exit on the east side of the second floor was marked as a fire exit.  b. PPC Greatstuff, LLC located at 250 Wayne Street, Defiance, Ohio:  On or about December 19, 2013, the employer did not ensure the fire exit for the first floor leading from the stairway was marked as a fire exit.