OSHA Inspection: DELTA ARSENAL LLC

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 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.   Location: Gun Ranges, 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492  Each employee required to wear tight fitting negative pressure half face negative pressure respirators while cleaning the gun range was not provided with a medical evaluation.

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested at least annually.  Location: Gun Ranges, 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT  Each employee wearing/using a tight fitting negative pressure half face respirator while cleaning the gun range was not provided with respiratory fit testing.

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $840 Reduced

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.  Location: Equipment lockers, 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, Connecticut  Half face negative pressure tight fitting half face respirator used while cleaning the gun range contained over 100 micrograms of lead during wipe sampling/testing.

Issued

May 5, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2): The employer did not conduct an initial determination to determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level.  Location: Location: Gun Ranges, 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492  An initial determination to determine employee lead exposure at or above the action level in the firing range was not conducted.

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(2): Respiratory protection was not provided to supplement engineering and work practice controls, that did not control employees exposure to or below 50 micrograms per meter cubed:  Location: Firing Range, 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492  Each employee exposed to over 50 micrograms of lead per meter cubed with engineering and work practice controls in place were not required to wear respirators to lower their exposure.

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(ii): Written compliance programs for lead did not include all the required sections:   Location:  342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492  The written lead compliance program did not included all required sections including (B), (C), (D), (E) and (H).

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $840 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:  Location: 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492  Work surfaces such but not limited to lockers, cash registers and gunsmith areas were not maintained as free as practical of lead accumulations.

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(m)(2)(i): 29 CFR 1910.1025(m)(2)(i):  The employer did not post warning signs in each work area where the permissible exposure limit was exceeded:  Location: Gun Range Entrance, 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492  Warning signs were not posted where the permissible exposure limit for lead was exceeded.

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 8, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(n)(2)(i): Records of medical surveillance for lead exposure required by 29 CFR 1910.1025(j) were not established and/or accurately maintained for each employee subject to medical surveillance:  Location: 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492  Medical surveillance records for lead exposures as required by 29 CFR 1910.1025(j) were not maintained.

Issued

May 5, 2016

Abate by

Jun 1, 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: 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492  Employees using products and chemicals were not provided with training and information as defined in paragraph (h) at the time of their initial assignment, whenever a new chemical was introduced into the workplace and was not provided with the Global Harmonization System that was required to be completed by December 1, 2013.