OSHA Inspection: ORANGE COUNTY IRONWORKS, LLC

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 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 December 12, 2014, in the facility, for employees wearing half-face cartridge respirators while spray painting structural and miscellaneous steel building components. The employer did not develop a written respiratory protection program.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 22, 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) On or about December 12, 2014, in the facility, for employees wearing half-face cartridge respirators while spray painting structural and miscellaneous steel building components. The employer did not provide a medical evaluation prior to requiring the use of respirators in the painting area.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer shall ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph.   (a) On or about December 12, 2014, in the facility, for employees wearing half-face cartridge respirators while spray painting structural and miscellaneous steel building components. The employer did not ensure that employees required to wear a respirator passed an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) prior to use.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of 1910.134 (k)(1)(i) through (k)(1)(vii):     (a) On or about December 12, 2014, in the facility, for employees wearing half-face cartridge respirators while spray painting structural and miscellaneous steel building components. The employer did not conduct a training program for respirator use that included the topics covered in 1910.134(k)(1)(i) through (k)(1)(vii).

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:       a) On or about December 12, 2014, in the facility, for employees exposed to hazardous materials such as xylene, Stoddard solvent, toluene, manganese and chromium while manufacturing structural and miscellaneous steel building components. The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program which included a list of hazardous chemicals present at the site.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 22, 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) On or about December 12, 2014, in the facility, for employees exposed to hazardous materials such as xylene, Stoddard solvent, toluene, manganese and chromium while manufacturing structural and miscellaneous steel building components. The employer did not provide information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area upon initial assignment.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(c)(6): Electrical wiring and equipment not subject to deposits of combustible residues but located in a spraying area as herein defined were not explosion-proof type approved for Class I, group D locations and did not otherwise conform to the provisions of subpart S of this part, for Class I, Division 1, Hazardous Locations:     (a) On or about December 12, 2014, in the spray painting area, within the area used by employees to spray flammable primer containing a reducer onto structural and miscellaneous steel building components, a Magic Chef Refrigerator and Sharp Microwave were being used and plugged into standard electrical outlets. Air sampling showed that xylene was present in the area near these non-explosion proof pieces of equipment.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(e)(3): Original closed containers, approved portable tanks, approved safety cans or a properly arranged system of piping was not used for bringing flammable liquids or liquids with a flashpoint greater than 199.4 °F (93 °C) into spray finishing room(s):      (a) On or about December 12, 2014, in the miscellaneous steel spraying area, an open plastic container holding paint gun parts for cleaning, contained lacquer thinner manufactured by Hawthorne Paint Company. A closed approved safety can was not used to clean the paint gun parts.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(e)(2): The quantity of flammable liquids or liquids with a flashpoint greater than 199.4 °F (93 °C) kept in the vicinity of spraying operations was not the minimum required for operations and exceeded a supply for 1 day or one shift:       (a) On or about December 12, 2014, in the paint spray area of the facility, for the four pallets in the structural and miscellaneous steel spray painting areas, containing 0340 Gray Anti-Corrosive Primer and Reducer 182, flammable liquids manufactured by Hawthorne Paint Company.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(e)(9): Flammable liquids used in spraying operations were transferred from one container to another without both containers being effectively bonded and grounded to prevent discharge sparks of static electricity:     (a) On or about December 12, 2014, in the spraying area, the Wagner Procoat Airless Paint Sprayer was not grounded and the five gallon metal Anti-Corrosive Primer, a flammable liquid being sprayed onto structural steel building components  was not bonded to the paint sprayer.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  (a) On or about December 12, 2014, in the facility, for employees grinding steel building components with Makita model portable hand held while wearing 3M N95 disposable respirators. Employees were not provided information on Appendix D of 1910.134.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 December 12, 2014, in the facility, for the Pro Safety Services LLC report dated September 25, 2014, that summarized the results of air sampling conducted during spray painting operations. The employer did not inform current employees of the existence, location and availability of this exposure record.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 December 12, 2014, in the facility, for the Pro Safety Services LLC report dated September 25, 2014, that summarized the results of air sampling conducted during spray painting operations. The employer did not inform current employees of the person responsible for maintaining and providing access to these exposure records.

Issued

Mar 18, 2015

Abate by

Apr 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 December 12, 2014, in the facility, for the Pro Safety Services LLC report dated September 25, 2014, that summarized the results of air sampling conducted during spray painting operations. The employer did not inform current employees of their rights to access these exposure records.