OSHA Inspection: TOTAL AUTO BODY, LLC

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:   (a) In the body shop, a worker was permitted to use a self-supplied half-face cartridge type respirator when using filler.  No medical evaluation had been provided to determine whether this worker was medically able to use the respirator.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) In the body shop, hazardous chemicals were stored and used, including, but not necessarily limited to, primer and filler.   Although the employer had implemented some elements of a hazard communication program, such as providing access to material safety data sheets, no written hazard communication program had been developed.

Issued

2014-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:   (a) At the body shop where workers used hazardous chemicals, such as but not limited to filler, information and training on the hazardous chemicals was not provided until the completion of a 90 day probationary period.