OSHA Inspection: THE OHIO PAINTING COMPANY, LLC

Issued

2016-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(4): The employer shall permit only those employees qualified by training or experience to operate equipment and machinery:    (a)  Employees stripping and painting the traffic lights and street lights in Sharonville, Ohio during the period July 20 - October 9, 2015, were not adequately trained on the proper operation of the JBL Articulating Boom Lift and the pressure washer, in that not all employees operating the JBL lift had received any training on the JBL lift and the employees who had received training on the JBL lift and pressure washer were not trained on how to use the equipment around power lines.

Issued

2016-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    (a)  Employees painting traffic lights and street lights in Sharonville, Ohio during the period July 20 - October 9, 2015, were not adequately instructed on the hazards connected with high voltage electrical lines.

Issued

2016-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means:    (a)  On or about August 21, 2015, employees working from a JLG Articulating Boom Lift, were exposed to 7200 volts of alternating current (VAC) when the water from the high pressure wand they were using, came into contact with a power line, forming a bridge back to the lift.

Issued

2016-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4000.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

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)  A hazard communication program had not been developed or implemented by the employer for employees who worked with chemicals, such as but not limited to, paint stripper.

Issued

2016-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 chemical 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 safety data sheets:  (a)  The employer did not train employees on the hazards of chemicals in the work area to include the use of paint stripper.

Issued

2016-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred:  (a)  The employer failed to record on a OSHA 300 log, the work-related injury and hospitalization of two employees that took place on August 21, 2015.