OSHA Inspection: EDGECOMB POTTERS

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

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:    Edgecomb Potters -     On or about February 1, 2016, the employer did not have a written respiratory protection program for employees who use respirators on a mandatory basis and are spraying with silica, zinc oxide, iron oxide and titanium dioxide in the workplace.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Edgecomb Potters -   On or about February 1, 2016, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation for the employee who used the half face respirator when applying glazes containing chemicals (such as silica, titanium dioxide, zinc and iron oxide) in the workplace.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    Edgecomb Potters -     On or about November 18, 2016 and February 1, 2016, the employer did not provide a fit test for the employee who used the half face respirator when applying glazes containing chemicals (such as silica, titanium dioxide, and iron oxide) in the workplace.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): Respirators were not cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of 29 CFR 1910.134 or equivalent procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer:  Edgecomb Potters -   On February 1, 2016, half face respirators used in spraying pottery with hazardous chemicals such as titanium dioxide and iron oxide in the preparation area were not cleaned or disinfected after each use.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable, and effective annual training to employees who were required to use respirators:     Edgecomb Potters -     On or about February 1, 2016, the employer did not provide an effective annual respirator training for those employees who wore a respirator on a mandatory basis when spraying with chemicals such as but not limited to silca, iron oxide, and titanium dioxide in the workplace.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1800.00 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:    Edgecomb Potters -     On or about November 18, 2015, the employer did not establish a written Hazard Communication Program for employees using chemicals such as but not limited to silica, titanium dioxide, and iron oxide in the workplace including proper labeling and training.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in use  Edgecomb Potters -   On or about November 18, 2015, the employer did not have safety data sheets for all hazardous chemicals, a safety data sheet for the glazes made at the facility nor current safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals used in the preparation area.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Edgecomb Potters -   On or about November 18, 2015, employees were not provided with effective training and information regarding the chemicals such as but not limited to hazardous chemicals such as silica, zinc oxide, and titanium dioxide located in the preparation areas of the workplace.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $360.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.     Edgecomb Potters -     On or about February 1, 2016, the employer did not record the following workplace injuries or illnesses on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent for the calendar year of 2015 -     a)    Employee obtained a thumb injury in the finishing room at Edgecomb Potters, Edgecomb, Maine in December, 2015.  The employee was transferred to another work area.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:  Edgecomb Potters -   On or about November 18, 2015, employees were not using proper personal protective equipment on their hands when dipping pottery in glazes containing chemicals such as but not limited to feldspar, china clay, iron oxide and titanium dioxide.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2): Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:  Edgecomb Potters -   The portable fire extinguishers provided in the workplace were not inspected on a monthly basis.

Issued

2016-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:  Edgecomb Potters, Front Room, On the Wall Containing the Employee Information Board -   On or around February 1, 2016, the face cover plate was missing on an outlet box, exposing employee to contact with electrical current due to live parts.