OSHA Inspection: CAPA

Issued

2016-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2975.00 · Current $952.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:    Employees working in the pipe production and manufacturing line and were exposed to a high noise level and not provided annual audiometric testing.

Issued

2016-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1785.00 · Current $952.00 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:       Employees working in the welding manufacturing line were not provided with a  medical evaluation prior to being required to wear a half face respirators.

Issued

2016-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:    Employees working in the welding manufacturing line were not provided with annual fit test prior to being required to wear half face respirators.

Issued

2016-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2380.00 · Current $952.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:      At this establishment employees working in a pipe fabrication and molding warehouse employees  were exposed to lead due to lack of housekeeping:    Monitoring was conducted to ascertain lead presence and exposure. On December 8th, 2015 the wipes samples were taken to ascertain lead exposure from different work surfaces, such as, but not limited to lunchrooms, and employees hands:    a) WIPE #1  3.7030

Issued

2016-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(k)(1): Surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of cadmium:  At this establishment employees worked in a pipe fabrication warehouse employees were exposed to Cadmium due to inadequate housekeeping:  Monitoring was conducted to on December 8th, 2015 the wipes samples were taken to ascertain Cadmium exposure from different work surfaces, such as, but not limited to lunchrooms, and employees hands stations:  a) WIPE #2. - Cadmium 0.6310 Sampling number (EE2) 228166  b) Wipe #5. - Cadmium 1.9670 Sampling number (EE5) 228171