OSHA Inspection: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Issued

Feb 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of (carbon monoxide) listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of (50 pmm):   a)      On or about October 23, 2014, for the employee working at Keybank National Association as a manager, the employer failed to ensure that the employees 8 hour time weighted average to carbon monoxide did not exceed 50 ppm.  Employee exposure to carbon monoxide reached levels of 93.7 ppm with a severity of 1.874 due to a malfunction with the facility's boiler system.     b)     On or about October 23, 2014, for the employee working at Keybank National Association as a teller, the employer failed to ensure that the employees 8 hour time weighted average to carbon monoxide did not exceed 50 ppm.  Employee exposure to carbon monoxide reached levels of 69.1 ppm with a severity of 1.382  due to a malfunction with the facility's boiler system.      c)      On or about October 23, 2014, for the employee working at Keybank National Association as a teller, the employer failed to ensure that the employees 8 hour time weighted average to carbon monoxide did not exceed 50 ppm.  Employee exposure to carbon monoxide reached levels of 181.4 ppm with a severity of 3.628 due to a malfunction with the facility's boiler system.

Issued

Feb 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0560C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):   a.) On October 23, 2014,  KeyBank National Association located at 245 North Superior St. Toledo, Ohio, failed to implement adequate engineering controls to reduce employee exposure to carbon monoxide in that three employees working on the main floor of the bank were overexposed to carbon monoxide at an 8 hour time weighted average of 181.4 at the highest which exceeded the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 ppm by 362%.  Carbon monoxide originated from an improperly installed and operating boiler system.

Issued

Feb 19, 2015

Abate by

Mar 16, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560C730

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. On or about October 23, 2014,  KeyBank National Association located at 245 North Superior St. Toledo, Ohio, failed to develop, implement and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to carbon monoxide.

Issued

Feb 19, 2015

Abate by

Mar 16, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0560C730

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.) On or about October 23, 2014, KeyBank National Association located at 245 North Superior St. Toledo, Ohio, the employer failed to train employees on the elements of a written hazard communication program including the hazards of the chemicals in their work area.  Employees were exposed to hazards from carbon monoxide gas from the exhaust from the building's boiler heating system.