OSHA Inspection: ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL & MILLWORK, INC.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Nov 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:  a)  Throughout the Facility - Combustible dust (wood) was allowed to accumulate on the walls and machinery, creating a fire hazard.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Nov 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): Floor(s) of workroom(s) were not maintained in a clean condition:  a)  Throughout the facility - combustible dust (wood) was allowed to accumulate on the floor, creating a fire and tripping hazard.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Nov 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

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)  Throughout the Facility - The employer did not establish a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to hazardous substances such as, but not limited to, class II combustible wood dust, propane and WD-40 (containing aliphatic hydrocarbons and petroleum base oil), exposing employees to respiratory, eye, and skin irritation.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Nov 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  Throughout the Facility - The employer did not provide training to employees exposed to hazardous substances such as, but not limited to, class II combustible wood dust, propane and WD-40 (containing aliphatic hydrocarbons and petroleum base oil).  The training also did not include the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), exposing employees to respiratory, eye, and skin irritation.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Nov 18, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(6): At least annually after obtaining the baseline audiogram, the employer did not obtain a new audiogram for each employee exposed at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:  a)  An employee working on the molding machine was exposed to noise levels at 69.96% of the action level dose (8-hour time weighted average sound level of 85 decibels) or an equivalent sound level of 87.4 dBA during 461 minute sampling period on June 12, 2014.  The employee's previous audiogram was provided on April 20, 2012.

Issued

Sep 30, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  a)  Throughout Facility - Employees voluntarily using a N95 3M particulate filtering face piece respirator was not provided a copy of the Appendix D of the respiratory protection standard.