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OSHA Inspection: AO EYEWEAR, INC.

Complaint inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of AO EYEWEAR, INC. in 529 ASHLAND AVE STE 3, SOUTHBRIDGE, MA 01550 (NAICS 339115). OSHA activity number 341031094.

What this inspection record means

OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Establishment
AO EYEWEAR, INC.
Site address
529 ASHLAND AVE STE 3
City
SOUTHBRIDGE
State
MA
ZIP
01550
Mailing
529 ASHLAND AVE STE 3, SOUTHBRIDGE, MA 01550
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
339115
Employees
46
Ownership type
A

6 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.134 C01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 27, 2016
Abate by
Mar 2, 2016
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0730

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    Polishing Department:  On or about 11/2/15, employees were required to wear respirators while polishing eyewear, and there was no written respiratory protection program.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1750
  • — Z (S) $3500

1910.134 E01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 27, 2016
Abate by
Mar 2, 2016
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0730

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:  Polishing Department: On or about 11/2/15, employees were required to wear respirators while polishing eyewear, and they had not been provided medical evaluations.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1910.134 K03

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 27, 2016
Abate by
Mar 2, 2016
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0730

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  Polishing Department: On or about 11/2/15, employees were required to wear respirators while polishing eyewear, and they had not been provided training.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1910.212 A03 II

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 10 exposed
Issued
Jan 27, 2016
Abate by
Apr 29, 2016
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2240

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    On or about 11/2/15, employees operating the soldering machines were exposed to the hazards of puncture wounds, injection of solder, and burns, from the soldering needles, due to lack of guarding of the soldering machines to prevent the employees from having any parts of their bodies in the danger zones during the operating cycle.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1750
  • — Z (S) $3500

1910.219 C02 I

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 27, 2016
Abate by
Mar 2, 2016
Penalty
Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting:    On or about 11/2/15, employees operating the Baldor buffing/polishing machines were exposed to safety hazards due to lack of enclosure of the shafting.    Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $2450
  • — Z (S) $4900

1910.1200 E01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 12 exposed
Issued
Jan 27, 2016
Abate by
Mar 2, 2016
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 07302240

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:    On or about 11/2/15, employees were working with hazardous materials such as, but not limited to, EcoBraze 38255TSN, and a written hazard communication program had not been developed.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (S) $3500

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 341031094.

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