OSHA Inspection: RESOURCE INNOVATION, INC.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 6, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean.       a) Production: The employer failed to ensure that the ledges, floor, piping, walls and equipment remained free from the accumulation of combustible dust. Employees were exposed to a fire/explosion hazard while performing duties involving the milling and packaging of product. A sample taken on January 14, 2015 was determined to be an explosive CLASS II combustible dust.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1660

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(D): The process safety information (PSI) pertaining to the equipment of the process did not include the relief system design and the design basis:            a) Resource Innovation: The employer's PSI (Process Safety Information) pertaining to the equipment in the process failed to provide the relief system calculations for the appropriate sizing of safety relief devices for the methanol distillation tower. Employees were exposed to a fire/explosion hazard while performing duties involving the manufacture of specialty chemicals.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1660

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(h)(2)(i): The employer, when selecting a contractor , did not obtain and evaluate information regarding the contract employer's safety performance and program:       a) Resource Innovation: The employer failed to perform a contractor's safety and health review for all contractor's utilized prior to contractor's performing various work duties at the facility. Employees and contracted workers were exposed to a fire/explosion hazard and other hazardous conditions while performing patching and repairing leaks, clean-up operations from spills and other situations, replacing piping, welding, performing electrical repairs and other service. i.e. methanol and other materials.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1660

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(n): The emergency action plan did not include procedures for handling small releases:     a) Resource Innovation: The employer failed to include procedures for handling small releases in the facility's written emergency action plan. Employees were exposed to a fire/explosion hazard and other hazardous conditions while performing patching and repairing leaks, clean-up operations from spills and other situations involving small emergency operations. i.e. methanol and other materials.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into their work area.     a) Resource Innovation: The employer failed to include training on the hazards of combustible dust and other aspects of combustible dust to minimize the potential of a fire/explosion hazard to occur. Employees were exposed to combustible dust hazards while performing assigned duties involving the milling of product. A sample taken on January 14, 2015 was determined to be a Division 1 CLASS II combustible dust.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1290

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)Resource Innovation - The employer failed to provide medical evaluations for employees required to utilize 3M 6900 full face respirators while performing assigned duties where an exposure existed to various materials such as, but not limited to, formaldehyde and other hazardous materials.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1290

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 appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):     a) Resource Innovation  - The employer failed to provide fit testing for employees required to utilize 3M 6900 full face respirators while performing operator and maintenance assigned duties involving highly hazardous materials, such as, but not limited to formaldehyde.