OSHA Inspection: ROBERTS INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1785.00

Hazardous substances 0040083023909685

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:   a. Lower Building, PVC Area and Abrasive Blasting Area: The employer required employees to wear a half-mask air-purifying 3M Tekk Protection 6311 Paint Project tight-fitting, negative pressure elastomeric respirators. The employer did not ensure that employees were medically evaluated prior to donning the respirators. Observed on or about September 3, 2014.

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0040083023909685

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  a. Lower Building, PVC Area and Abrasive Blasting Area: Employees were required to wear half-mask air-purifying 3M Tekk Protection 6311 Paint Project tight-fitting, negative pressure elastomeric respirators when using Weld-On 719 Low VOC PVC Plastic Pipe Cement. The employer did not provide respirator fit tests to the employees required to wear the respirators. Observed on or about September 3, 2014

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1517.00 · Current $1517.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures:  a. Upper Building, Weld Shop, WP9 : Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards as the cover on an electrical box that was attached to an Eaton Heavy Duty Safety Switch was partially separated from its housing, exposing live wires. The employer did not ensure the live electric parts were guarded. On or about March 25, 2014

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $1785.00

Hazardous substances 0040083023909685

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. Lower Building, PVC Area: The employer did not provide non-English speaking temporary employees with the required training in a language and vocabulary they could understand.  Spanish speaking employees regularly applied Weld-On 719 Low VOC PVC Plastic Pipe Cement containing Tetrahydrofuran, Cyclohexanone, and Acetone onto PVC plastic.  Observed On or About September 3, 2014

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0040083023909685

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(ii): The written respiratory protection program did not contain provisions for medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators:  a. Lower Building, PVC Area: The written respiratory protection program did not include information concerning the administration of medical evaluations for employees required to use respirators.  The employer required employees to wear half-mask air-purifying 3M Tekk Protection 6311 Paint Project tight-fitting, negative pressure elastomeric respirators when using Weld-On 719 Low VOC PVC Plastic Pipe Cement.  Observed on or about September 3, 2014.

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0040083023909685

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(iii): The written respiratory protection program did not contain fit test procedures for tight-fitting respirators:  a. Lower Building, PVC Area: The written respiratory protection program did not include information concerning fit testing procedures for tight-fitting respirators. The employer required employees to wear half-mask air-purifying 3M Tekk Protection 6311 Paint Project tight-fitting, negative pressure elastomeric respirators when using Weld-On 719 Low VOC PVC Plastic Pipe Cement.  Observed on or about September 3, 2014.

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0040083023909685

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(ix): The written respiratory protection program did not contain procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program:   a. Lower Building, PVC Area and Abrasive Blasting Area: The written respiratory protection program did not include information concerning procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program. The employer required employees to wear abrasive blasting respirators and half-mask air-purifying 3M Tekk Protection 6311 Paint Project tight-fitting, negative pressure elastomeric respirators when using Weld-On 719 Low VOC PVC Plastic Pipe Cement.  Observed on or about September 3, 2014.

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(1): Each disconnecting means required by Subpart S of Part 1910 for motors and appliances was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:   a. Lower Building, Air Compressor Room: Employees used compressed air at the worksite throughout the day. The employer did not legibly mark the disconnecting boxes for the Kaeser Air Compressors to indicate the purpose. Observed on or about March 25, 2014.

Issued

2014-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(2)(i): At a multi-employer workplace, the employer's hazard communication program did not include methods the employer used to provide other employers with on-site access to a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical the other employer(s)' employees may be exposed to while working:    a. Lower Building, PVC Area: The employer's written hazard communication program did not provide methods the employer used to provide non-English speaking temporary employees with on-site access to safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical used on-site. Spanish speaking employees regularly used brushes to apply Weld-On 719 Low VOC PVC Plastic Pipe Cement onto PVC plastic. Observed on or about September 3, 2014.