OSHA Inspection: FLIGHT SERVICE GSE LLC

Issued

Sep 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

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) The employer did not provide the abatement certification for citation 1, item 1; citation 1, item 2; citation 1, Item 3; and citation 2, item 1.  These items addressed a written hazard communication program, maintaining safety data sheets, providing hazard communication training and evaluating respiratory hazards, respectively.

Issued

Jun 3, 2015

Abate by

Jul 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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)  A written hazard communication program was not developed for employees working with shop materials, such as but not limited to:  paints and other chemicals.

Issued

Jun 3, 2015

Abate by

Jul 1, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:  The company did not maintain safety data sheets for the paint or other chemicals used.

Issued

Jun 3, 2015

Abate by

Jul 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area and chemical-specific information was not always available through labels and material safety data sheets.  Employees working in the shop were not informed or trained on the occupational health hazards of the chemicals they work with, such as but not limited to paint.

Issued

Jun 3, 2015

Abate by

Jul 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2037

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:  Employees petroleum distillates exposure was not evaluated when employees applied paint to equipment.