OSHA Inspection: 5 WITS PRODUCTIONS, INC.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Abate by

Jun 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:      Shop: Workers who wore respirators during spray operations were not medically evaluated. A written program describing medical evaluation and respirator maintenance was not developed.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Abate by

May 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:    Shop: The rotating blade on the Northwood table saw was not guarded.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:        Shop: The distance between the abrasive wheel and the work rest was half inch.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:    Shop: The distance between the abrasive wheel and the adjustable tongue was one inch.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Abate by

May 19, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $500 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:        Shop: Employer did not develop and implement a Hazard Communication program as required by this section that include requirements such as written program and employee information and training for employees who are exposed to Dupli-Color Primer Surfacer, RoscoFlamex PA, and Bondo body-filler.

Issued

Mar 31, 2015

Abate by

May 19, 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:   Shop: Employer did not provide the advisory information on Appendix D to employees who voluntarily wear air purifying respirators.