OSHA Inspection: DRAGON PRODUCTS, LTD.

Issued

2015-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $2640.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:  (a) In the production building, the employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if tanks that employees entered to perform welding were permit-required confined spaces.

Issued

2015-11-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $2640.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or  combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:  (a) Outside, near a door to the production building, oxygen cylinders were stored near acetylene and liquid petroleum gas cylinders.

Issued

2015-11-06 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:  (a) In the production building, employees who voluntarily wore half mask air-purifying respirators had not been medically evaluated to determine their fitness to wear the respirators.