OSHA Inspection: THE ONLY ORIGINAL BAGEL AND BIALY COMPANY INC.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2): An exit access was not at least 28 inches wide at all points:    a) Packaging Room    Exit access from a workstation between a conveyor and the pillow pack machine was reduced to about 24.5 inches between the pillow pack machine guard and vertical rails of the conveyor.    Violation occurred on or about 4/14/15.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    a) Packaging Room    An employee working at the quality assurance table was exposed to continuous noise levels that were equivalent to 76.9 percent of the allowable 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) of 100 percent (80 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level was 88.1 dBA, which exceeded the Action Level of 85 dBA.  The sampling duration was 475 minutes.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.     Violation occurred on or about 4/14/15.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:    a) Establishment    The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program for a worker who wore a half face cartridge type respirator on a voluntary basis while spray cleaning with bleach (sodium hypochlorite).    Violation occurred on or about 4/2/15.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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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) Establishment  The employer did not provide a medical evaluation for a worker who wore a half face cartridge type respirator on a voluntary basis while cleaning with bleach (sodium hypochlorite).  Violation occurred on or about 4/2/15.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by ingoing nip points:    a) Packing, QA table    Unguarded rollers on the end of the conveyor feeding the QA table exposed the worker at the QA table to the hazard of ingoing nip points between the rollers and the metal chain belt.    Violation occurred on or about 4/14/2015.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4270.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 50 parts per million:    Retarder #1    Employees cleaning the room with a gasoline power washer were exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA).    a) An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 45 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 1135.8 ppm CO level (SAE =  0.277).  The percent carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 42.4%.  Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account.  The calculated 8-hour Time Weighted Average exposure was 106.5 ppm CO, which is 2.13 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO.    b) An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 40 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 1048.1 ppm CO level (SAE =  0.212).  The percent carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 33.3%.  Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account.  The calculated 8-hour Time Weighted Average exposure was 87.3 ppm CO, which is 1.75 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO.    c) An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 40 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 1062.7 ppm CO level (SAE =  0.236).  The percent carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 30.6%.  Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account.  The calculated 8-hour Time Weighted Average exposure was 88.6 ppm CO, which is 1.77 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO.    d) An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 40 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 1270.9 ppm CO level (SAE =  0.232).  The percent carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 42.5%.  Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account.  The calculated 8-hour Time Weighted Average exposure was 105.9 ppm CO, which is 2.12 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO.      Violation occurred on or about 4/2/15.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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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):  a) Retarder #1  Employees cleaning the room with a gasoline power washer were exposed to carbon monoxide (CO).  a) An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 45 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 1135.8 ppm CO level (SAE =  0.277).  The percent carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 42.4%.  Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account.  The calculated 8-hour Time Weighted Average exposure was 106.5 ppm CO, which is 2.13 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO.  b) An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 40 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 1048.1 ppm CO level (SAE =  0.212).  The percent carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 33.3%.  Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account.  The calculated 8-hour Time Weighted Average exposure was 87.3 ppm CO, which is 1.75 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO.  c) An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 40 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 1062.7 ppm CO level (SAE =  0.236).  The percent carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 30.6%.  Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account.  The calculated 8-hour Time Weighted Average exposure was 88.6 ppm CO, which is 1.77 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO.  d) An employee was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 40 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated 1270.9 ppm CO level (SAE =  0.232).  The percent carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak level of 42.5%.  Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account.  The calculated 8-hour Time Weighted Average exposure was 105.9 ppm CO, which is 2.12 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO.  Violation occurred on or about 4/2/15  Effective means of abatement include, but are not limited to:      a) Limit the use of the gasoline power washer to outdoor activities,     b) Use an electric power washer for all indoor cleaning tasks.   .

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4270.00 Reduced

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) Establishment    The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees using a gasoline powered pressure washer and bleach in cleaning operations.  Workers using the pressure washer were exposed to carbon monoxide found in the exhaust when the unit was used indoors to clean equipment.    Violation occurred on or about 4/2/15.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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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) Establishment  Workers were not trained on the hazardous chemicals they were exposed to such as, but not limited to, carbon monoxide in exhaust from a gasoline power washer and sodium hypochlorite in bleach used for cleaning.   Violation occurred on or about 4/2/15.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $700.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): 29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): A log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent) was not completed in the detail required by the regulation:    a) Establishment    The 2015 log maintained by the employer contained cases involving back strains (cases 1 and 2) where the description provided was inadequate.      Violation occurred on or about 4/2/15.

Issued

2015-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Establishment  The employer did not provide the information in 29 CFR 1910.134 Appendix D to a worker who wore a half face cartridge type respirator on a voluntary basis while spray cleaning with bleach (sodium hypochlorite).  Violation occurred on or about 4/2/15.