OSHA Inspection: SIGNATURE CONTROL SYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

2015-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): Floor(s) of workroom(s) were not maintained in a clean and, so far as possible, a dry condition:    Employees working around the CNC machines in the Molding Department were exposed to slips and falls on concrete floor due to the accumulation of water and oil from the leaking CNC equipment.

Issued

2015-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1470.00 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:     Employees in the Molding Department are exposed to hazardous by-products from the Acetal Copolymer resin and the employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program.

Issued

2015-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet (SDS) in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:  Employees in the Molding Department are exposed to hazardous chemicals and resins and by-products from the Acetal Coploymer.  The employer did not have a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they use or have the SDS's readily available.

Issued

2015-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Employees in the Molding Department handled different resins and are exposed to hazardous by-products from Acetal Copolymer and the employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area.

Issued

2015-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user   Employees engaged in production and maintenance activities in the Molding Department wore 3M tight-fitting elastomeric half mask respirators voluntarily and the employer had not developed or implemented those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user.

Issued

2015-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  Employees engaged in production and maintenance activities in the Molding Department voluntarily wore 3M tight-fitting half-mask elastomeric respirators and the employer had not provided the information in Appendix D of the Respiratory Protection Standard to the employees.