OSHA Inspection: NELSON PAINTING

Issued

Aug 31, 2015

Abate by

Oct 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $920 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided:    On or before June 24, 2015, at a job site located at 516 Liberty Street, Wooster, Ohio, 44691, the employer failed to provide personal protective equipment including gloves for their employees involved in but not limited to painting and cleaning. Employees were working with hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to Super Clean, Tri Sodium Phosphate (TSP), and Xylene.

Issued

Aug 31, 2015

Abate by

Oct 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    On or before June 24, 2015, during the painting and cleaning of a roof at a job site located at 516 Liberty Street, Wooster, Ohio, 44691, the employer failed to ensure that employees were protected from head injury by providing and requiring the use of protective helmets.

Issued

Aug 31, 2015

Abate by

Oct 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    On or before June 24, 2015, during the painting of a roof at a  job site located at 516 Liberty Street, Wooster, Ohio, 44691, the employer failed to provide safety glasses to employees involved in but not limited to painting and cleaning roofs. Employees work with hazardous chemicals such as Super Clean, Tri Sodium Phosphate (TSP), and Xylene.

Issued

Aug 31, 2015

Abate by

Oct 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.      On or before June 24, 2015, at a job site located at 516 Liberty Street, Wooster, Ohio, 44691, during construction activities including but not limited to painting and cleaning, the employer failed to provide an eye wash station for employees using the hazardous chemicals: Super Clean, Tri Sodium Phosphate, and Xylene.

Issued

Aug 31, 2015

Abate by

Sep 5, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:      On or before June 25, 2015, during painting activities at the jobsite located at 516 Liberty Street, Wooster, Ohio, 44691, the employer failed to provide personal fall arrest systems to its employees working on top of a roof at approximately 12 feet tall.

Issued

Aug 31, 2015

Abate by

Sep 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    On or about June 24, 2015, the employer failed to implement and maintain a written hazard communication program at the site. Employees work activities included but were not limited to painting and cleaning roofs. Employees work with hazardous chemicals such as Super Clean, Xylene, and Tri Sodium Phosphate (TSP).

Issued

Aug 31, 2015

Abate by

Sep 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.    On or about June 24, 2015, the employer failed to provide safety data sheets at the site. Employees work with hazardous chemicals such as Super Clean, Xylene, and Tri Sodium Phosphate (TSP).

Issued

Aug 31, 2015

Abate by

Sep 8, 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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    a) On or about June 24, 2015, at the jobs site located at 516 Liberty Street, Wooster Ohio, 44691, employees who were performing painting and cleaning were not provided with information or training on the hazards of the cleaners and paints they work with.