OSHA Inspection: CHAPMAN AIR CONDITIONING, INC.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 to employees:     a) In the warehouse where employees were exposed to an industrial storage rack collapse hazard.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 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:    (a) Metal Shop,  at least one (1) employee was required to wear a negative pressure half mask elastomeric respirator for protection against solvent mists containing methylene chloride compounds and against organic vapors.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(g)(2)(i): The employer did not implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134 (b) through (m) (except (d)(1)(iii)), which covers each employee required by 29 CFR 1910.1052 to use a respirator:  (a) Metal Shop,  at least one (1) employee was required to wear a negative pressure half mask elastomeric respirator for protection against solvent mists containing methylene chloride compounds and against organic vapors.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    (a) Metal Shop, during metal cutting shop operations, where at least one employee operating a unguarded drill press, was exposed to a point of operation hazard.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $4900.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(c)(2): The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene chloride in excess of 125 parts per million as determined over a sampling period of 15 minutes:   a) A metal shop employee, was exposed to methylene chloride at an airborne concentration of 520 parts per million of air, approximately 4.16 times the short term exposure limit (STEL) of 125 parts per million. Sampling was performed for 15 minutes during one shift.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(2): The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine each employee's exposure to methylene chloride:   (a) Metal Shop, the employer does not conduct initial monitoring for spray finishing employees to determine if they are exposed to methylene chloride.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(f)(1): The employer did not institute and maintain the effectiveness of engineering controls and work practices to reduce employee exposure to or below the permissible exposure limits and wherever the feasible engineering controls and work practices which can be instituted were not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the 8-hour time weighted average permissible exposure limit or short term exposure limit, the employer did not use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest levels achievable and did not supplement them by the use of respiratory protection that compiled with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1052(g):   The employer did not institute feasible engineering controls and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposures to methylene chloride at or below the short term exposure limit:  a) A metal shop employee, was exposed to methylene chloride at an airborne concentration of 520 parts per million of air, approximately 4.16 times the short term exposure limit (STEL) of 125 parts per million. Sampling was performed for 15 minutes during one shift.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of methylene chloride exceeded or could reasonably be expected to exceed either the 8-hour Time Weighted Average Permissible Exposure Limit or the Short Term Exposure Limit:    (a) Metal Shop, the employer failed to establish a regulated area when a metal shop employee's exposure to methylene chloride exceeded the Short Term Exposure Limit of 125ppm. A metal shop employee, was exposed to methylene chloride at an airborne concentration of 520 parts per million of air, approximately 4.16 times the short term exposure limit (STEL) of 125 parts per million.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(h)(1): Where needed to prevent methylene chloride induced skin or eye irritation, the employer did not provide clean protective clothing and equipment resistant to methylene chloride, at no cost to the employee, and/or did not ensure that each affected employee used it:     a) Metal Shop employees,  are exposed to methylene chloride at an airborne concentration of 520 parts per million of air, approximately 4.16 times the short term exposure limit (STEL) of 125 parts per million. The employer did not provide clean protective clothing or adequate eye protection to an employee in the metal shop performing spray finishing operations.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(j)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available for employees who were or potentially were  exposed to methylene chloride at or above the action level on 30 or more days per year, or above the 8-hour time weighted average permissible exposure limit or the short term exposure limit on 10 or more days per year:     (a) Metal Shop,  the employer does not make available medical surveillance, to employees occupationally exposed to methylene chloride at or above the short term exposure limit.

Issued

2015-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(k): The employer did not communicate the following hazards associated with MC on labels and material data sheets in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200, 29 CFR 1915.1200, or 29 CFR 1926.59, as appropriate): cancer, cardiac effects ( including elevation of carboxyhemoglobin), central nervous system effects, liver effects, and skin and eye irritation:    (a) Metal Shop, the employer did not communicate specific health hazards associated to methylene chloride to employees performing spray finishing operations.