OSHA Inspection: PRECISION PHOTO-FAB, INC.

Issued

2015-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures in any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer:    a) Facility - On or about 04/14/15, the employer required employees to wear MSA-Comfo Classic half-face air-purifying respirators with organic vapor cartridges while performing spray coating.  The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2015-07-24 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: Note:  The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  a)  Facility - On or about 04/14/15, the employer required employees to wear MSA Comfo Twin-Cartridge air purifying half-face respirators with organic vapor cartridges while performing spray coating.  Employees were not provided a medical evaluation.  NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2015-07-24 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)  Facility - On or about 04/14/15, the employer required employees to wear MSA Comfo Twin-Cartridge half-face air-purifying respirators with organic vapor cartridges while performing spray coating.  Employees were not provided a qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT).  NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2015-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a): Table Z-1. An employee's exposure to any substance listed in Table Z-1, in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week exceeded the 8-hour time weighted average limit given for that substance in the table.    1) Spray area - On or about 05/05/15, employees were exposed to Nickel at an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) level of 1.4 mg/m3, approximately 1.3 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 1.0 mg/m3.  The exposure calculations are based on results obtained over 410 minutes of sampling with a zero increment used for the 70 minutes not sampled.     ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2015-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):  1) Spray area - On or about 05/05/15, employees were exposed to Nickel at an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) level of 1.4 mg/m3, approximately 1.3 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 1.0 mg/m3.  The exposure calculations are based on results obtained over 410 minutes of sampling with a zero increment used for the 70 minutes not sampled.   Feasible engineering controls were not implemented.   ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED