OSHA Inspection: M. CASERTA, INC.

Issued

Apr 20, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.    M. Caserta, Inc. - On or about April 19, 2016, the employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated for citations that became a final order on January 21, 2016.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(5)(v): Operators were not equipped with heavy canvas or leather gloves and aprons or equivalent protection to protect them from the impact of abrasives. Safety shoes were not worn to protect against foot injury where heavy pieces of work are handled.    a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure employees performing the abrasive blasting operation were wearing heavy leather or canvas gloves andaprons.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program, as described in paragraphs (c) through (o) of this section, whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (slow response) or, equivalently, a dose of fifty percent.     a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not develop and implement an effective hearing conservation program to cover employees exposed to levels of high noise.  Employees were overexposed to noise at an eight hour time weighted average sound level of 97.9 dBA and 95.6 dBA during the abrasive blasting operation.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

Hazardous substances 259091309135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation did not include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.    a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not perform air monitoring to determine employee exposures to total dust and respirable dust when performing the abrasive blasting operation. Employees were exposed to total dust at a concentration of 29.49 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 15 mg/m3 by 196%.    b. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not perform air monitoring to determine employee exposures to  respirable dust and total dust when working on the ground supporting the abrasive blasting operation.    c. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not perform air monitoring to determine employee exposures to solvent vapors when performing the spray painting operation.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(3)(i): The employer did not monitor employee exposures and did not base initial determinations on the employee exposure monitoring results.  a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not perform air monitoring to determine employee exposures to lead dust when performing the abrasive blasting operation.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

Hazardous substances 25909135

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. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.    a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure employees wearing tight fitting half face respirators during spray painting operations and employees wearing tight fitting half face respirators during ground activities supporting the abrasive blasting operation were provided with a medical evaluation.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

Hazardous substances 25909135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph.    a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure employees were fit tested prior to requiring them to wear tight fitting full face respirators during spray painting operations and half face respirators during ground activities supporting the abrasive blasting operation.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(7): For oil-lubricated compressors, the employer did not use a high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm, or both, to monitor carbon monoxide levels.     a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure the air compressor used by the employees to supply air to their respirators and abrasive blasting equipment was provided with a carbon monoxide alarm.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

Hazardous substances 159125909135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee can demonstrate knowledge of at least the following from sections i through vi.    a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure employees wearing tight fitting full face respirators during spray painting operations, employees wearing loose fitting air supplied respirators during abrasive blasting operations, and employees wearing tight fitting half face respirators during ground activities supporting the abrasive blasting operation were provided with information and training on the following topics:        1.    Why the respirator is necessary and how improper fit, usage, or maintenance can compromise the protective effect of the respirator;        2.    What the limitations and capabilities of the respirator are;        3.    How to use the respirator effectively in emergency situations, including situations in which the respirator malfunctions;        4.    How to inspect, put on and remove, use, and check the seals of the respirator;        5.    What the procedures are for maintenance and storage of the respirator;        6.    How to recognize medical signs and symptoms that may limit or prevent the effective use of respirators; and        7.    The general requirements of this section.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2):  An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a "C", exceeded the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.    a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, employees performing the abrasive blasting operation were overexposed to total dust at a concentration of 29.49 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 15 mg/m3 by 196%.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Feb 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls were not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures were not used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose were not approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.   a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure engineering controls were used to eliminate employee exposures to total dust during abrasive blasting operations.  Employees were exposed to total dust at a concentration of 29.49 mg/m3 which exceeded the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 15 mg/m3 by 196%.   Step 1: Provide effective respiratory protection to and ensure it is used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits.    Step 2: A written detailed plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposures to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation.  This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:    (1)  Evaluation of engineering /administrative control options;  (2)  Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design; (3)  Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;  (4)  Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign .    All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.  90 day progress reports are required during the abatement period.    Step3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.    Feasible engineering controls include, but are not limited to the implementation of general exhaust ventilation.                    Step1: Abatement Date-                 Step2: Abatement Date-                 Step3: Abatement Date-

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 15919135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators were necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators were required by the employer, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program was not updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use.  a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program which covered employees who were required to wear respiratory protection when performing the abrasive blasting and spray painting activities.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 25909135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program which covered employees exposed to flammable liquids during the painting operation and hazardous levels of dust during the abrasive blasting operation.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 25909135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Chemical manufacturers and importers did not obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produced or imported. Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they used.  a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure safety data sheets were available for chemicals such as lead, total dust, 2-butoxyethanol, VM&P Naphtha, mineral spirits, and dipropylene glycol n-butyl ether which employees used when performing abrasive blasting and spray painting operations.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 25909135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area.    a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure employees performing abrasive blasting and painting operations exposed to substances such as but not limited to lead, total dust, 2-butoxyethanol, VM&P Naphtha, mineral spirits, and dipropylene glycol n-butyl ether were provided information and training on the following topics:  1.    The requirements of this section;  2.    Any operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals are present;   3.    The location and availability of the written hazard communication program, including the required list(s) of hazardous chemicals, and safety data sheets required by this section;  4.    Methods and observations that may be used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area   5.    The physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area;  6.    The measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used;   7.    The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i): Each employer who has a workplace in which there is a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level did not inform employees of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation.  a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure employees who were exposed to airborne concentrations of lead when performing the abrasive blasting operation where provided with information contained appendices A and B of the standard.

Issued

Nov 23, 2015

Abate by

Dec 24, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(5)(iv): Air purifying sorbent beds and filters did not have a tag containing the most recent change date and the signature of the person authorized by the employer to perform the change.   a. M. Caserta, Inc. jobsite located at 4600 Oak Harbor Road, Fremont, Ohio:  On or about June 24, 2015, the employer did not ensure the particulate filter for the Sullair air compressor was equipped with a tag that identified the date of the last filter change.