OSHA Inspection: REMEDY STAFFING

Issued

Feb 5, 2015

Abate by

Feb 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,485 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    a.) Bison Laboratories' production area - On or about 8/18/14, temporary employees dispense and fill containers of sodium hypochlorite, a corrosive.  Remedy did not verify that the workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment, for required use of PPE for workplace tasks. The host employer, Bison, provides a variety of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees to use, including: half face gloves; face shield; and safety glasses.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2015

Abate by

Feb 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  a) Bison Laboratories, Inc. - On or about 8/19/14, Remedy employees fill containers of sodium hypochlorite, a corrosive liquid.  The employees do not use goggles.  Employees use safety glasses or prescription glasses with disposable plastic side shields which did not form a protective seal around the eyes and prevent corrosive liquids from entering around the glasses.  The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye and face protection when exposed to splash hazards from liquid chemicals.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2015

Abate by

Mar 12, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $1,485 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:    a.) At Bison Labs facility - On or about 8/19/14, Remedy's employees use half-face elastomeric respirators while working with, and around, chemicals such as sodium hypochlorite.  The employer has not developed and implemented a written respiratory protection program with the required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2015

Abate by

Feb 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Bison Laboratories, Inc. production area - On or about 8/19/14, employees wear half face elastomeric respirators while working with sodium hypochlorite.  The employer did not determine if the voluntary use of the elastomeric respirator did not in itself create a hazard for the employees using the respirator.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Feb 5, 2015

Abate by

Feb 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:   a) Bison Laboratories production area - On or about 8/19/14, temporary employees work with corrosive chemicals including sodium hypochlorite, while voluntarily donning half face elastomeric respirators.  The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED