OSHA Inspection: TRANSPORTATION COLLABORATIVE INC

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1523.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(a)(3)(ii): The minimum platform width for any work level was less than 20 inches for mobile scaffolds (towers):    (a) On or about November 25, 2014, on the school bus assembly line, for employees working off the three mobile work platforms to install the roof panels on the bus. The platform width of the mobile platforms ranged from 13" to 16".

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(a)(3)(viii): A climbing ladder or stairway was not provided for proper access and egress:   (a) On or about November 25, 2014, on the school bus assembly line, for employees working off the three mobile work platforms to install the roof panels on the bus.  A climbing ladder or stairway was not provided for proper access and egress.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(a)(4)(ii): All scaffold casters were not provided with a positive wheel and/or swivel lock to prevent movement:  (a) On or about November 25, 2014, on the school bus assembly line, for employees working off the three mobile work platforms to install the roof panels on the bus. The casters on the mobile work platforms were not provided with a positive wheel and/or swivel lock to prevent movement.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1523.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:    (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the facility, for employees manufacturing school buses and performing such tasks as fabrication, MIG welding, grinding, plasma cutting, assembly, electrical installations and painting. The employer provides portable fire extinguishers throughout the facility and expects employees to use them in the event of a fire.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1523.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(3): Abrasive wheels used on vertical portable grinder(s) (right angle head grinders) were not provided with safety guard(s) having a maximum exposure angle of 180 degrees and located between the operator and wheel:    (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the welding area, for welders using an unguarded Makita 95557PB 4.5" angle grinder to grind galvanized steel bus parts.  The missing safety wheel guard exposed the employees using this grinder to the hazards of flying metal chips, sparks, as well as fragments of the wheel, if it broke.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $1523.00 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:    (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the school bus assembly area, for workers welding the galvanized steel front canopy of the school bus to the frame, fabricating galvanized steel bus parts, installing fiberglass insulation material and installing the metal sides and roof of these Type A school buses. Employees performing this work were exposed to such hazardous materials as Henkel H8600 Part A and B, containing methyl methacrylate, galvanized hot rolled steel plate, Harris Lead Solder, Dynaflux Anti-Spatter 200A containing methylene chloride, zinc dust and welding fumes including iron oxide fume, manganese and zinc oxide fume. The employer did not establish and implement a written hazard communication program that included a list of hazardous chemicals.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 November 25, 2014, in the school bus assembly area, for workers welding the galvanized steel front canopy of the school bus to the frame, fabricating galvanized steel bus parts, installing fiberglass insulation material and installing the metal sides and roof of these Type A school buses. Employees performing this work were exposed to such hazardous materials as Henkel H8600 Part A and B, containing methyl methacrylate, galvanized hot rolled steel plate, Harris Lead Solder, Dynaflux Anti-Spatter 200A containing methylene chloride, zinc dust and welding fumes including iron oxide fume, manganese and zinc oxide fume. The employer did not provide effective information and training to welders and assembly line workers.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $3045.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:    (a) On or about December 15, 2014, on the assembly line in the facility, for a worker on top of the Type A school bus installing rivets and caulking holes along the roof seam without using a personal fall protection system.  The worker climbed on top of the bus by standing on the railings of the mobile scaffolding without using fall protection or an safe means to reach the top of the bus.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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) On or about December 15, 2014, in the production areas, the employer did not ensure that all workers in the production area manufacturing school buses wore ANSI approved safety glasses or equivalent protection as required by the employer's policies.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $3045.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the welding section of the school bus assembly line ,for welders required to wear half face negative pressure respirators while performing MIG welding on the front canopy of the school bus and fabricating bus parts at fixed welding stations.  The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program.      (b) On or about January 23, 2015, in the welding area, for a welder wearing a Miller half face respirator while fabricating bus parts at a fixed work station. Air sampling showed that the welder was exposed to zinc oxide fume above the Permissible Exposure Limit of 5 milligrams per cubic meter.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 2610

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of zinc oxide fume listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 5 milligrams per cubic meter of air:     (a) On or about January 23, 2015, in the welding area, for a welder fabricating bus parts at a fixed work station. Air sampling conducted for 403 minutes on January 23, 2015, revealed that the worker was exposed to a time weighted average for zinc oxide fume of 5.2 milligrams per cubic meter of air. Zero exposure was assumed for 77 minutes  of the 480 minute exposure time.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 2610

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 or about January 23, 2015, in the welding area, for a welder fabricating bus parts at a fixed work station. Air sampling conducted for 403 minutes on January 23, 2015, revealed that the worker was exposed to a time weighted average for zinc oxide fume of 5.2 milligrams per cubic meter of air.  Zero exposure was assumed for 77 minutes.      The employer did not implement feasible engineering and administrative controls to achieve compliance with 1910.100(a)(2) .      Examples of feasible engineering controls include:  purchasing a commercially available portable local exhaust system, training workers on the effective use of engineering controls and the importance of keeping their heads out of the path of the fumes, operating all general exhaust fans in the building and/or erecting a welding bench with a slotted hood to perform this work.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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) On or about November 25, 2014, in the welding section of the school bus assembly line ,for welders required to wear negative pressure half face respirators while performing MIG welding on the front canopy of the school bus and fabricating bus parts at welding fixed stations.  The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to employees before requiring the use of these half face respirators.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the):       (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the welding section of the school bus assembly line ,for welders required to wear negative pressure half face respirators while performing MIG welding on the front canopy of the school bus and fabricating bus parts at fixed welding stations.  The employer did not require that employees passed an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) prior to requiring the use of these half face respirators.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee can demonstrate knowledge of 1910.134(k)(1)(i) through (k)(1)(vii):      (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the welding section of the school bus assembly line ,for welders required to wear half face negative pressure respirators while performing MIG welding on the front canopy of the school bus and fabricating bus parts at fixed welding stations.  The employer did not institute a training program before requiring welders to wear these negative pressure half face respirators.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1020(g)(1)(i): Upon first entering into employment, and/or at least annually thereafter, the employer did not inform current employees of the existence, location, and availability of any records covered by 29 CFR 1910.1020:   (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the facility, for employees manufacturing Type A school buses. The employer did not inform current employees either initially or annually that an industrial hygiene report prepared by Industrial Hygiene Consultants outlining sampling data collected on November 11, 2013, at the facility existed and was available for review.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1020(g)(1)(ii): The employer did not inform current employees upon their first entering into employment and at least annually thereafter, of the person responsible for maintaining and providing access to records covered by 29 CFR 1910.1020:  (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the facility, for employees manufacturing Type A school buses. The employer did not inform current employees either initially or annually of the person responsible for maintaining and providing access to exposure records such as the industrial hygiene report prepared by Industrial Hygiene Consultants outlining sampling data collected on November 11, 2013, at the facility.

Issued

2015-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1020(g)(1)(iii): Employees were not informed upon first entering into employment and/or at least annually thereafter of their right to access their medical and/or exposure records:  (a) On or about November 25, 2014, in the facility, for employees manufacturing Type A school buses. The employer did not inform current employees either initially or annually of their right to access the industrial hygiene report prepared by Industrial Hygiene Consultants outlining sampling data collected on November 11, 2013, at the facility