SOUTHBRIDGE, MA —
OSHA Inspection: AO EYEWEAR, INC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
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.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- 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
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 339115
- Employees
- 46
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 C01
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced
0730
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
0730
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: 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
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
0730
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016
- Abate by
- Apr 29, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced
2240
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2016
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced
07302240
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: 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
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Source
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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