OSHA Inspection: BEKAERT CORPORATION

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $2,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(3)(iii): 29 CFR 1910.141(d)(3)(iii)  Body soap or other appropriate cleansing agent convenient to the showers was not provided:     On or about November 12, 2014 and prior thereto, soap was not provided in the front locker room showers for lead bath cleaners who were required to shower after their shift.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(3)(v): 29 CFR 1910.141(d)(3)(v)  Employees who used showers were not provided with individual clean towels:  On or about November 12, 2014 and prior thereto, towels were not provided in the front locker room showers for lead bath cleaners who were required to shower after their shift.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Jun 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $2,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:       a.       A wipe sample taken on or about November 14, 2014, indicated lead was present on the right side of the sink in the First Aid Room.  Employees using the First Aid Room were exposed to lead.       b.      Two wipe samples taken  on or about November 14, 2014, indicated lead was present on the bench in the wire drawing locker room.  Employees using the bench were exposed to lead.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Jun 15, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(2)(ii): Change rooms were not equipped with separate storage facilities for protective work clothing and equipment and for street clothes to prevent cross contamination from lead:       On or about November 14, 2014 and prior thereto, lead bath cleaners were not provided with separate storage facilitates for their personal clothing and personal protective equipment such as boots and safety glasses worn in the lead bath area.   Employees stored personal clothing in the same locker as boots and safety glasses worn in the lead bath work area.  Wipe samples taken from employee's lockers indicated lead was present.  Employees were exposed to the hazard of contaminating their personal clothes with lead.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $6,000 · Current $2,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(3)(iii): The employer did not ensure that employees who were required to shower per 29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(3)(i) did not leave the workplace wearing any clothing or equipment worn during the work shift:     On or about November 14, 2014 and prior thereto, lead bath cleaners left the workplace wearing caps that were worn in the lead bath work.  This condition exposed employees to lead from their caps.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.31(b)(2): The employer did not record injuries and illnesses on the OSHA Form 300 for employees obtained from a temporary help service, employee leasing service, or personnel supply service, that were supervised by the employer on a day-to-day basis:    On or about November 12, 2014 and prior thereto, injuries and illnesses of employees of The Employment Company (TEC) were not recorded on Bekaert Corporation's OSHA Form 300 for calendar year 2014.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(8)(i): When an employer arranged to have employees of another employer (contractor) perform work that involved permit space entry, the host employer did not inform the contractor that the workplace contained permit spaces and that permit space entry was allowed only through compliance with a permit space program:   On or about December 11, 2014, employees of Northwest Fire Protection entered a pit to test the back flow regulator for the sprinkler system that was classified by Bekaert Corporation as a permit required confined space.  Employees of Northwest Fire Protection were not informed that the space was a permit required confined space and was to be entered with a permit required space program.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(8)(ii): When an employer arranged to have employees of another employer (contractor) perform work that involved permit space entry, the host employer did not apprise the contractor of the elements, including the hazards identified and the host employer's experience with the space, that made the space in question a permit space:    On or about December 11, 2014, employees of Northwest Fire Protection entered a pit to test the back flow regulator for the sprinkler system that was classified by Bekaert Corporation as a permit required confined space.  Employees of Northwest Fire Protection were not informed of the hazards identified that made the pit a permit required confined space.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(8)(i): Within fifteen working days after the receipt of exposure monitoring results, each employee was not notified in writing or by posting the results in an appropriate location of the results which represented that employee's exposure to lead:  On or about December 10, 2014 and prior thereto, lead bath cleaners had not been notified of the results of lead monitoring conducted on or about November 6, 2014.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(ii)(F): The written compliance program did not include a work practice program:  On or about November 12, 2014 and prior thereto, the written lead compliance program did not include housekeeping procedures to control lead exposures on environmental surfaces in the locker rooms, first aid room where respirators were cleaned and in the break room.  This condition exposed employees to lead.

Issued

Apr 21, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(iv): Written compliance programs for lead were not revised and updated annually to reflect the current status of the program:  On or about November 12, 2014 and prior thereto, the written lead compliance program had been reviewed with items such as the following sections marked to verify and or update:  Section 2.2, 10.2, 10.4, 10.5 Addendum A.  As of November 12, 2014 the program had not been revised and updated to reflect the current status.