OSHA Inspection: PREMIER POWDERCOATING, INC.

Issued

2015-11-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $360.00 · Current $360.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a) Throughout the facility; the employer has not provided certification and documentation of abatement for the following citations that were issued on June 22, 2015 for inspection number 1021062; citation 1 item 1a, citation 1 item 1c, citation 1 item 1d, citation 1 item 2, citation 1 item 3b, citation 1 item 4a, citation 1 item 4b, citation 2 item 1, citation 2 item 2.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $1080.00

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) Abrasive Blasting Area; The employer did not have a written respiratory protection program where respirators were required for use when abrasive blasting.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  (a) Throughout the facility; The employer did not identify and evaluate employees exposure to respiratory hazards when abrasive blasting and powder coating.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Abrasive Blasting Area; Employee(s) required to wear half-mask elastomeric and air supplied hood respirators while abrasive blasting were not provided medical evaluations prior to use.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-12 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 appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  (a) Abrasive Blasting Area; Employee(s) required to wear half-mask elastomeric respirators while abrasive blasting were not provided a fit test prior to use.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $1080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(d): When determined by the computational formula specified in 29 CFR 1910.1000(d)(2)(i), employees were exposed to concentrations of more than one substance for which 8-hour time weighted averages are listed in Subpart Z of 29 CFR part 1910 in excess of the permissible exposure for the mixture. The employer did not ensure that employee exposure to concentrations of more than one substance did not exceed the permissible exposure for the mixture:   (a) Abrasive Blasting Area; An abrasive blaster was overexposed to a mixture of heavy metals consisting of copper fume, beryllium compounds, zinc oxide fume, cadmium, and iron oxide fume. The abrasive blaster was exposed to copper fume at an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 0.0058 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) of air, approximately 0.05 times the  permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.1 mg/m3, beryllium at an 8-hour TWA of 0.0002 mg/m3 of air, approximately 0.09 times the PEL of 0.002 mg/m3, zinc oxide at an 8-hour TWA of 0.1453 mg/m3 of air, approximately 0.03 times the PEL of 5.0 mg/m3, cadmium at an 8-hour TWA of 0.0009 mg/m3 of air, approximately 0.19 times the PEL of 0.005 mg/m3, and iron oxide at an 8-hour TWA of 6.7534 mg/m3 of air, approximately 0.67 times the PEL of 10.0 mg/m3. The exposure combination was approximately 1.04 times the permissible 8-hour TWA concentration for the mixture. Sampling was performed for 222 minutes during one shift. Zero exposure was assumed for the 258 minutes not sampled.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $1080.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(d)(1)(i): The employer did not determine whether any employee was exposed to cadmium at or above the action level:  (a) Abrasive Blasting Area; The employer did not determine employee(s) potential exposure to cadmium when abrasive blasting various metals; sampling indicated the employee was exposed to cadmium.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(m)(4)(i): The employer did not institute a training program for all employees who were potentially exposed to cadmium, ensure employee participation in the program, and maintain a record of the contents of such program:  (a) Abrasive Blasting Area; The employer did not institute a training program for all employees potentially exposed to cadmium when abrasive blasting.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $1080.00

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) Throughout the facility; The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program when employees were exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, silica, respirable dust, heavy metals, propane, etc. associated with abrasive blasting, powder coating, and other tasks.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-12 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) Throughout the facility; Initial hazard communication training was not provided to employees to inform them of the hazards associated with chemical exposure including, but not limited to, silica, respirable dust, heavy metals, propane, etc. associated with abrasive blasting, powder coating, and other tasks.   (b) 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.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(4)(iii): Air exhausted from blast-cleaning equipment was not discharged through dust collecting equipment:  (a) Abrasive Blasting Area; Air exhausted from the blast-cleaning equipment was discharged through two wall exhaust fans.

Issued

2015-06-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Powder Coating Area; The employer did not provide basic advisory information presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134 to employee(s) voluntarily wearing filtering facepiece respirators.