OSHA Inspection: TRIDENT ALLOYS, INC.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8370

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Workers and other persons adjacent to the welding area were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields:  In the welding area at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about March 17, the employer did not ensure that workers adjacent to the welding area were protected from the rays from a welding operation due to a lack of welding screen use.  In the arc cutting area at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about April 1, 2015, the employer did not ensure that workers adjacent to the welding area were protected from the rays from an arc cutting operation due to a gap in the welding curtain along with the curtain being torn and frayed.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:    In the arc cutting room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about April 1, 2015, the employer did not ensure there was sufficient access and working space in front of and around emergency disconnects for two welding systems and a hoist, in use at the time, due to placement of a storage cabinet, a floor pedestal fan and a trash can located immediately in front of the electrical equipment.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(h)(3): Work space about equipment. Sufficient space shall be provided and maintained about electric equipment to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment. In all cases, the work space shall be adequate to permit at least a 90-degree opening of doors or hinged panels.    In the foundry portion of the facility at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about April 1, 2015, the employer did not ensure that sufficient working space (for ready and safe operation and maintenance) was maintained in front of the VIP Inductotherm high voltage cabinet providing power for the foundry furnace in that a scale, slag bars, 55 gallon drums, brooms and 5 gallon buckets were being stored directly in front of the cabinet controls and access doors.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:    In the arc air cutting room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 10, 2015, the employer did not ensure that strain relief was provided on a flexible cord for one of the Miller Gold Star 652 welding power units which exposed the arc cutting employee to a contact with electrical current hazard.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i): Portable cord and plug connected equipment and flexible cord sets (extension cords) were not visually inspected before use on any shift for external defects (such as loose parts, deformed and missing pins, or damage to outer jacket or insulation) and for evidence of possible internal damage (such as pinched or crushed outer jacket):    In a grinding room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about April 1, 2015, the employer did not ensure a flexible extension cord, attached to a Metabo hand grinder being used by an employee performing grinding, was visually inspected before the shift for external defects in that the wire jacketing was split and the internal, insulated wires were accessible exposing the employee to a contact with electrical current hazard.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8870

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii): There was a defect or evidence of damage that could have exposed an employee to injury and the defective or damaged item was not removed from service and an employee was using it before repairs and tests necessary to render the equipment safe were made:    In a grinding room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about April 1, 2015, the employer did not ensure a damaged flexible extension cord, attached to a Metabo hand grinder being used by an employee performing grinding, was removed from service before the shift for external defects in that the wire jacketing was split and the internal, insulated wires were accessible exposing the employee to a contact with electrical current hazard.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Jul 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 07311520

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(1): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of Copper fume and Iron Oxide fume listed in Table Z-2 in excess of the 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) concentration of 0.1 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) and 10 mg/m3, respectively:  a) In the arc cutting room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 10, 2015, an employee, performing arc air cutting, was exposed  to a Copper fume airborne concentration of 0.21 mg/m3 which is 2 times the 8-hour TWA permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.1 mg/m3.  b) In the arc cutting room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 10, 2015, an employee, performing arc air cutting, was exposed to an Iron Oxide fume airborne concentration of 13 mg/m3 which is 1.3 times the 8-hour TWA PEL of 10 mg/m3.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Jul 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 07311520

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):  In the arc air cutting room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 10, 2015, the employer did not institute feasible administrative or engineering controls when an employee, performing arc air cutting, was exposed to a Copper fume airborne concentration of 0.21 mg/m3 which is 2 times the 8-hour, time-weighted average (TWA) permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.1 mg/m3 and an Iron Oxide fume airborne concentration of 13 mg/m3 which is 1.3 times the 8-hour TWA PEL of 10 mg/m3.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances S910SS13

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): An employee was exposed to respirable crystalline quartz silica in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average, calculated limit of the 0.5 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/m3) listed in Table Z-3:  In the sand reclamation and foundry area at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about May 6, 2015, a maintenance employee performing sand reclamation was exposed to respirable crystalline silica at a concentration of 0.835 mg/m3, which is 1.49 times the calculated, 8-hour TWA, permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.5 mg/m3 after accounting for sampling and analytical error.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010S910

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 (c):  In the sand reclamation and foundry areas at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about May 6, 2015, the employer did not institute feasible administrative or engineering controls to reduce an employee's overexposure to respirable crystalline quartz silica.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 06890691

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(c): Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (5 µg/m3), calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).  In the welding area of the clean room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 10, 2015, the employer did not ensure a welding employee was exposed below the 8-hour TWA permissible exposure limit (PEL) in that personal air monitoring showed the employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) of 9.95 ug/m3 which is 2 times the PEL.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Apr 29, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 06890691

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(f)(1)(i): Feasible engineering controls and work practices were not instituted to reduce and maintain employee exposures to chromium (VI) at or below the permissible exposure limit:  In the clean room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 10, 2015, the employer did not use feasible engineering and work practice controls to reduce a welder's exposure the lowest Chromium (VI) levels achievable in that personal air monitoring showed the welder was overexposed to an airborne concentration of Chromium (VI) at approximately 2 times the 8-hour time-weighted average permissible exposure limit (PEL).

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Jan 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 06890691

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2)(i)(A): The employer did not provide appropriate information and training for all employees exposed to chromium (VI), in that employees could not demonstrate knowledge of the contents of the Chromium (VI) standard, 29 CFR 1910.1026:    In the clean room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not provide appropriate information and training for all employees exposed to Chromium (VI) in that employees working in the clean room could not demonstrate knowledge of the contents of 29 CFR 1910.1026. 29 CFR 1910.1026(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) was, or could reasonably be expected to be, in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL):    In the clean room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 10, 2015, the employer did not establish a regulated area when personal air monitoring revealed a welder was overexposed to a Chromium (VI) airborne concentration of approximately 2 times the PEL.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Jan 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(e)(2): The employer did not ensure that a regulated area for chromium (VI) was demarcated from the rest of the workplace in a manner that adequately established and alerted employees of the boundaries of the regulated area:    In the clean room at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about June 10, 2015, the employer did not ensure that a Chromium (VI) regulated area was demarcated from the rest of the workplace in a manner that establishes and alerts employees in that personal air monitoring revealed a welder was overexposed to a Chromium (VI) airborne concentration of approximately 2 times the PEL.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Jan 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not make medical surveillance available for employees who develop signs and symptoms of overexposure to formaldehyde and for all employees exposed to formaldehyde in emergencies. When determining whether an employee may be experiencing signs and symptoms of possible overexposure to formaldehyde, the employer may rely on the evidence that signs and symptoms associated with formaldehyde exposure will occur only in exceptional circumstances when airborne exposure is less than 0.1 ppm and when formaldehyde is present in material in concentrations less than 0.1 percent:    In the mold assembly area at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about May 27, 2015, the employer did not make medical surveillance for a mold assembler who developed respiratory irritation and who was exposed to an 8-hour, time-weighted average, formaldehyde airborne concentration of 0.21 parts per million.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(1): The employer did not ensure that all employees who were assigned to workplaces where there was exposure to formaldehyde participated in a training program:    In the foundry at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about May 27, 2015, the employer did not ensure all employees working in the mold assembly and pouring areas were trained on the hazards of formaldehyde in that personal air monitoring revealed a mold assembler was exposed to a formaldehyde airborne concentration of approximately 0.21 parts per million (ppm).

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(2): The employer did not provide employees with information and training on formaldehyde at the time of their initial assignment and/or wherever a new hazard from formaldehyde was introduced into their work area:    In the mold assembly area at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about May 27, 2015, the employer did not provide a mold assembler employee information and training on formaldehyde at the time of initial assignment in that the mold assembler was exposed to an 8-hour, time-weighted average (TWA) formaldehyde airborne concentration of 0.21 parts per million (ppm).

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1290

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(3): The training program did not include the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(3)(i) through 29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(3)(vii):    In the mold assembly area at 181 Abbe Avenue Springfield, MA: On or about May 27, 2015, the employer did not ensure a mold assembler, who was exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) formaldehyde airborne concentration of 0.21 parts per million (ppm), was trained on the contents of 29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(3)(i) through (vii).