OSHA Inspection: PRE-INSULATED METAL TECHNOLOGIES

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

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:    At or about June 23, 2015 and times prior thereto, at the worksite located at 15000 Panatela Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas, the employer's respiratory protection program was missing elements required by the standard. These elements were, but not limited to, site specific procedures for the emergency use of the respirators, employee training for respiratory hazards, training of employees on respirators, and re-evaluating the respiratory program. This condition exposed employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(i): Selection of appropriate respirators was not based on the respiratory hazard(s) to which the worker was exposed and user factors that affect respirator performance and reliability:    At or about June 23, 2015 and times prior thereto, at the worksite located at 15000 Panatela Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas, employees were using 3M Particulate P100 cartridge on the respirators when responding to clean up isocyanate and other chemical spills. The cartridge did not protect against organic vapors. This condition exposed employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-16 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:(a)       On or about June 23, 2015 and times prior thereto, at the worksite located at or near 15000 Panatela Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas, the employer had not provided a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator. Employees are required to use respirators when working in the foam house where chemicals are being poured onto the panels and when cutting panels in the oriented strand board area. This condition exposes employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator.       On or about June 23, 2015 and times prior thereto, at the worksite located at or near 15000 Panatela Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas, the employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test or quantitative fit test prior to the first use or annually there after. This condition exposes employees to inhalation hazards.     Instance A: Employees required to used 3M half face respirators in the foam house for approximately 8 hours a day had not had either a qualitative or quantitative fit test done prior to use or annually thereafter.     Instance B: Employees required to use a filtering facepeice respirator in the oriented strand board cutting area had not had either a qualitative or quantitative fit test done prior to use or annually thereafter.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.     On or about June 23, 2015 and times prior thereto, at the worksite located at or near 15000 Panatela Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas, the employer did not have suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes in the work area for immediate emergency use. The chemicals labeled corrosive to the eye include, but is not limited to, VORACOR CM 759 Additive. This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards.     Instance A: In the chemical storage house, where the isocyanate and polyol is unloaded, the eye-wash station was located outside the room on the right side of the door. In the event of an emergency employees would open a door that is normally kept closed to get to the eye-wash station.     Instance B: In the foam house, where employees pour the chemicals to the panels, a suitable eye-wash station was not available. In the event of an emergency, employees would have to walk approximately 87 steps to the nearest eye-wash station that allowed for 15 minutes of continuous flush.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2500.00 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.      On or about June 24, 2015 and times prior thereto, at the worksite located at or near 15000 Panatela Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas, the vertical saw in the Oriented Strand Board Cutting Area was not equipped with guarding to protect employees from the hazards created at the point of operation. This condition exposed employees to cut-by hazards.

Issued

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(3): Regardless of height, open-sided floors, walkways, platforms, or runways above or adjacent to dangerous equipment, pickling or galvanizing tanks, degreasing units, and similar hazards were not guarded with a standard railing and toe board.    On or about August 12, 2015 and times prior thereto, at the worksite located at or near 15000 Panatela Parkway in Little Rock, Arkansas, employees were observed walking across an energized conveyor without any railings or toe boards to protect employees from falls. This hazard exposed employees to fall and trip hazards.