OSHA Inspection: R&J TRUCKING, INC.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:    a) At the facility employees worked with contact hazards such as, but not limited to grinders, power tools, fuel powered engines, and were exposed to contact and inhalation hazards when working with chemicals such as, but not limited to fuels, oils, grease, transmission fluids, hydraulic fluids, anti-freeze, cleaners, and degreasers. The employer had not conducted a workplace hazard assessment to determine the hazards of the job tasks and the personal protective equipment necessary to protect employees exposing them to inhalation and contact hazards.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is 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) At the establishment, employees had been issued 3M 6200 half-face respirators for voluntary use when cleaning tanker trucks and had not been medically evaluated.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.  a) At the establishment, employees had been issued 3M 6200 half-face respirators with organic vapor cartridges and HEPA pre-filters for voluntary use when cleaning tanker trucks and had not been fit-tested to ensure a good face piece to face fit.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Nov 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces.     NOTE: Proper application of the decision flow chart in Appendix A to section 1910.146 would facilitate compliance with this requirement.    a) At the establishment, employees cleaning the interiors of dry bulk tanker trailers by spraying the interiors of the tanks from the hatches located at the top of the trailers, entered confined spaces when they put their heads through the hatch in order to view their work.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $1,250 Reduced

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.  a) In the truck washing bay, employees washing tanker trucks were exposed to corrosive and toxic chemicals such as, but not limited to Super Power Bright, Aluminate, and 4,4 - Biphenol and emergency facilities for the quick drenching of eyes and body were not available exposing employees to contact hazards.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer shall ensure that each operator has successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5).  a) The employer had not ensured that powered industrial truck operators were trained prior to allowing employees to operate the company's fork lift trucks.

Issued

Sep 3, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $3,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall 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 physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.   a) Employees working with chemicals such as, but not limited to Aluminate, Super Power Bright, and 4,4 Biphenol had not received information and training to include the presence of the chemicals, the health hazards of the chemicals, and the measures the employer had implemented to protect employees from the hazards of the chemicals during use.