OSHA Inspection: ROGERS PAINT COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Mar 1, 2016

Abate by

Jun 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    a) The employer did not evaluate employee exposure to total dust created when performing sand blasting, maintaining the blast pot, or working in the vicinity of sand blasting operations.    b) The employer did not evaluate employee exposure to respirable dust when performing sand blasting, maintaining the blast pot, or working in the vicinity of sand blasting operations.    c) The employer did not evaluate employee exposure to crystalline silica when performing sand blasting, maintaining the blast pot, or working in the vicinity of sand blasting operations.    d) The employer did not evaluate employee exposure to toxic metals, including, but not limited to, arsenic, zinc oxide, and lead when performing sand blasting of metal structures or working in the vicinity of sand blasting operations.    e) The employer did not evaluate employee exposure to hexamethylene diisocyanate when painting.

Issued

Mar 1, 2016

Abate by

Mar 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

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: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    The employer did not provide a medical evaluation prior to the sand blasters wearing supplied air and the painters wearing air purifying respirators.

Issued

Mar 1, 2016

Abate by

Mar 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    The employer did not fit test painters wearing tight-fitting face piece respirators prior to initial use of the respirators.

Issued

Mar 1, 2016

Abate by

Mar 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of why the respirator was necessary and how improper fit, usage, or maintenance could compromise the protective effect of the respirator:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)    The employer did not train employees wearing half-face elastomeric respirators and air supplied respirators, on the hazardous chemicals present and why the respirator was necessary, or how improper maintenance and usage could compromise the protective effect of the respirators.

Issued

Mar 1, 2016

Abate by

Mar 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    The employer did not develop a written hazard communication program that describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met to communicate the hazards of the chemicals the employees were working with, including, but not limited to, silica, hexamethylene diisocyanate and xylene.

Issued

Mar 1, 2016

Abate by

Mar 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  The employer did not train employees on the hazards of the chemicals they were working with, including, but not limited to, silica, hexamethylene diisocyanate and xylene

Issued

Mar 1, 2016

Abate by

Mar 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s).  The employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets for the paints and blasting sand were readily accessible during each work shift when employees were in their work area.

Issued

Mar 1, 2016

Abate by

Mar 22, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact.    The employer did not ensure that painters applying and having contact with isocyanate-based paint, used gloves.