OSHA Inspection: CREATIVE AUTOMATION, INC.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $4,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(iv)(a): 29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(iv)(a): Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 degrees F (37.8 degrees C), were not kept in covered containers when not actually in use:  (a) Spray finishing and assembly areas; Containers of toluene were not covered between each use.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(9)(iii): Combustible waste material and residues in a building or unit operating area were not kept to a minimum, stored in covered metal receptacles and disposed of daily:  (a) Spray finishing area; Flammable storage containers were not emptied daily.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jul 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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) Painting/Spray finishing area; A written respiratory protection program was not developed and implemented before employee(s) were required to wear full-face respirators.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jul 7, 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) Painting/Spray finishing area; Medical evaluation(s) were not performed before employee(s) wore full-face respirator(s).

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jul 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  (a) Painting/Spray finishing area; Fit testing was not performed before an employee wore a full-face respirator.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jul 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  (a) Painting/Spray finishing area; Respirator training was not provided before employees were required to wear full-face respirators during spray finishing operations.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jul 21, 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) Throughout the facility; Appendix D information was not provided for and/or reviewed with employees who voluntarily used filtering face piece respirators.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  (a) Fabricating area, drill presses; Guarding was not provided for chucks and flying metal chips.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jun 29, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(c)(2): The employer did not ensure that only qualified persons were working on energized circuits and that qualified persons were familiar with the proper use of special precautionary techniques, personal protective equipment, insulating and shielding materials, and insulated tools:   (a) Throughout the facility; Energized electrical work was performed by unqualified employees.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jul 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i): Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not using electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body to be protected and for the work to be performed:  (a) Throughout the facility; Electrically rated personal protective equipment was not worn during troubleshooting and maintenance operations performed on energized electrical equipment.

Issued

Jun 1, 2015

Abate by

Jul 21, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Throughout the facility; Training was not provided to inform employees of the Global Harmonization System changes for container labeling and safety data sheet (SDS) format.