HOLMEN, WI —
OSHA Inspection: AGRICULTURAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of AGRICULTURAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION in 609 N HOLMEN DRIVE, HOLMEN, WI 54636 (NAICS 333111). OSHA activity number 340526656.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- AGRICULTURAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION
- Site address
- 609 N HOLMEN DRIVE
- City
- HOLMEN
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54636
- Mailing
- 609 N HOLMEN DRIVE, HOLMEN, WI 54636
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 333111
- Employees
- 14
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 C
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced
1730
General-duty citation text
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: The employer did not develop or implement a written respiratory protection program for chemical laboratory employees wearing a full face supplied air respirator.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $2000
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced
1730
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: The chemical laboratory employee, working with methylene chloride, was not medically evaluated prior to wearing a full face supplied air respirator.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $2000
1910.134 F01
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced
1730
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): The chemical laboratory employee, working with methylene chloride, wore full face supplied air respirator and was not fit tested prior to wearing the respirator.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $2000
1910.1052 D01 I
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced
1730
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1)(i): Where methylene chloride was present in the workplace, the employer did not determine each employee's exposure: The employer did not evaluate the chemical laboratory employee methylene chloride exposure. Methylene chloride was used to adhere two plastic pieces together.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1960
- — Z (S) $2800
1910.1052 K01 III
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced
1730
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1052(k)(1)(iii): The employer did not include methylene chloride in the hazard communication program established to comply with hazard communication standard (HCS) (1910.1200) and did not ensure each employee was trained in accordance with the requirements of HCS and paragraph (l) of this section: The employee working in the chemical laboratory was not trained or informed of the occupational health hazards of methylene chloride.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $2000
1910.1200 H03 II
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area: The chemical laboratory employee was not trained on the health hazards of dicyclohexylmethane 4,4-diisocyanate (DMDI), an ingredient in a two part urethane casting resin employee's used to fill flow cell caps.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 D01 III
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2015
- Abate by
- Nov 2, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: The chemical laboratory employee, filling flow cell rubber caps, was using dicyclohexylmethane 4,4-diisocyanate (DMDI)isocyanate and employees exposure was not evaluated.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 340526656.
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