OSHA Inspection: SELMA GRANITE FABRICATION, LLC

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to serious bodily injuries and death from unsecured stone and marble slabs falling/tipping over due to not being sufficiently secured and braced while in storage and being inspected, viewed and analyzed when placed/set on wood and metal storage racks.    Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT 06461     On or about 12/21/15 an unsecured 58 inch wide, 116 inch long stone slab weighing between 800 and 1,200 pounds tipped over striking an employees resulting in multiple fractures and internal injuries requiring hospitalization.     While in the process of viewing the color of unsecured marble slabs that were in storage, and while attempting to view the second slab in the bundle, the first slab that was tilted forward to view the second slab fell onto an employee.

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $900 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     Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT 06461     A written respiratory protection program was not established and implemented the use of half face negative pressure respirators and N95 white filtering face pieces.

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.      Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT 06461   Each employee wearing half face negative pressure respirators and N95 white filtering face pieces were not provided with a medical evaluation prior to using the respirators.

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):      Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT 06461   Each employee utilizing half face negative pressure respirators and N95 white filtering face pieces were not provided with fit testing.

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training to employees who were required to use respirators:      Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT  06461   Each employees utilizing half face negative pressure tight fitting respirators and or N95 white filtering face piece were not provided training to ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of why the respirator was necessary proper fit, use, and maintenance of a respirator.

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):      Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT 06418    Each employee operating powered industrial trucks had not successfully completed a training program and evaluation as specified in paragraph (l) prior to utilizing the powered industrial trucks.

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not comply a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet.    Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT 06461     A complete list of all the hazardous chemicals used in the workplace with a product identifier was not maintained in the workplace.

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.   Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT 06461   Safety data sheets(SDSs) for each hazardous product and chemical such as but not limited to DuPont Bullet Proof Sealer and Painter Adhesive used at the facility was not present in the workplace.

Issued

Apr 11, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 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:  Location: 28 Roselle Street Milford, CT 06461   Effective information and training for each hazardous product and chemical including but not limited DuPont Bullet Proof Sealer and Painter Adhesive was not conducted at the time of initial employee assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into the work area.