OSHA Inspection: ADVANCED COATINGS, INC.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,400 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(i): The spraying operations, except electrostatic spraying operations, were not designed, installed and maintained that the average air velocity over the open face of the booth (or booth cross section during spraying operations) shall be not less than 100 linear feet per minute:      (a)     Paint booth 1 had an average air velocity of 84 linear feet per minute at the open face.    (b)     Paint booth 3 had an average air velocity of 44 linear feet per minute at the open face.  (c)     Paint booth 4 had an average air velocity of 88 linear feet per minute at the open face.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(iv): Space within the spray booth on the downstream and upstream sides of filters were not protected with approved automatic sprinklers:  (a)     Paint booth 1 had no sprinklers in the booth nor behind the filters. (b)     Paint booth 2 had no sprinklers in the booth nor behind the filters.   (c)     Paint booth 3 had no sprinklers in the booth nor behind the filters.   (d)     Paint booth 4 had no sprinklers in the booth nor behind the filters.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(6): Each spray booth having a frontal area larger than 9 square feet did not have a metal deflector or curtain not less than 2 1/2 inches deep installed at the upper outer edge of the booth over the opening:  (a)     There was no metal deflector installed at paint booth 1 with a frontal area of 100 square feet. (b)     There was no metal deflector installed at paint booth 2 with a frontal area of 110 square feet.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(g)(2): All spraying areas were not kept as free from the accumulation of deposits of combustible residues as practical, with cleaning conducted daily if necessary:  (a)     Paint booth 1 had an accumulation of paint overspray on the front edges of the paint booth. (b)     Paint booth 2 had an accumulation of paint overspray on the front edges of the paint booth.   (c)     Paint booth 3 had an accumulation of paint overspray on the front edges of the paint booth.   (d)     Paint booth 4 had an accumulation of paint overspray on the front edges of the paint booth.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(m)(1): Spraying operations involving the use of organic peroxides and other dual component coatings were not conducted in approved sprinklered spray booths meeting the requirements of this section:    (a)     At paint booth number 1 the painting was being done outside of and in front of the booth while using the dual component, epoxy primer and epoxy hardener, paint.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Nov 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $3,600 · Current $2,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    (a)     Employees entered the parts drying ovens without utilizing the lockout standard operating procedure.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:  (a)     Employees entered the parts drying ovens without applying a lockout or tagout device.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(iv)(d): Flammable liquids were not drawn from or transferred into vessels, containers, or portable tanks within a building only through a closed piping system, from safety cans, by means of a device drawing through the top, or from a container or portable tanks by gravity through an approved self-closing valve:  (a)     Employees in the paint mixing room were allowed to draw Hentzen paint from the two 55-gallon drums that lacked self-closing valves.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)(2): The employer did not implement a change schedule for respirators not equipped with an End of Service Life Indicator that would ensure cartridges were changed before the end of their service life:  (a)     The employer did not implement a respirator cartridge change schedule for the painters and paint mixers who were required to wear negative pressure half-face piece respirators.

Issued

Oct 15, 2014

Abate by

Oct 27, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged, or marked with the identity and appropriate hazard warnings regarding the chemicals contained therein:  (a)     The employer did not ensure that the two sprayers that contained rust preventative were labeled with the identity and hazards.