OSHA Inspection: WAHLCO-D.W. TOOL INC.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Dec 18, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,390 · Current $2,695 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):     Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm including severe buns to employee(s) in that employee(s) were exposed d from fugitive dust emissions.    a/  Inside of the Reclaim Department, employee(s) were exposed to explosive dust hazards due in part to the separator being located inside of the building.  The location of the separator would exasperate the effects of any detonation occurring as a result of the excessive explosive dust throughout the department.    One method of abatement to correct this apparent hazard is to locate the separator outside of the building as required by NFPA 654-2013, paragraph 7.13.1.1.1.     DISCLAIMER:    a/  The employer is not limited to the abatement method(s) suggested by OSHA.  b/  The employer is responsible for selecting and implementing an effective abatement method.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,310 · Current $1,155 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  On or 04/23/2015, in the Reclaim Department,  where the employer provided and required the employees to wear N95 Respirators, a written respiratory was not established and implemented.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  On or about 04/23/2015,  medical evaluation was not performed for employees wearing N95 Respirators while conducting cleaning operations.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  On or about 04/23/2015, in the Reclaim Department, where workers wore N95 Respirators during the weekly cleaning operations, the employees were not fit tested with the respirators.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,925 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:  On or about 04/23/2015, inside of the Reclaim Department, employee(s) were using an air hose to blow down explosive dust that accumulated on all surfaces outside of the process equipment.  The air pressure was not reduced to 30 p.s.i. or less.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,925 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i): Openings through which conductors entered cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:  Inside of the Reclaim Department, the following live conductors possessed unused openings:  a/  A 120 volt control box to the Small Bale Buster (Reclaim DP3-1).  b/  A 120 volt dual receptacle box with a damaged face plate located under a bagger machine.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,410 · Current $2,205 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  On or about 03/24/2015, in the Reclaim Department, where manufacturer rejected diapers were recycled, the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for the chemicals contained in the diapers was not made available. The Recycling process generated excessive dust to be released in the work place. Safety Data sheet for the dust was not available for employees to review.

Issued

Aug 17, 2015

Abate by

Oct 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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:  On or about 03/24/2015, in the Reclaim Department where Manufacturer rejected diapers were recycled, the workers were not given effective training on the hazards present in the chemical present in the diapers. The Recycling process generated excessive dust that was classified as explosive. The employees were not aware of the the containt of the dust.