OSHA Inspection: COLONIAL AUTO COLLISION, INC.

Issued

Mar 10, 2016

Abate by

Jul 21, 2016

Penalty

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

Hazardous substances 108013772460H130

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:    In the paint shop at 1359 Grafton Street Worcester, MA: On or about January 12, 2016, the employer had not established or implemented a written respiratory protection program for employees performing painting and paint preparation activities and wearing half-face, air purifying respirators and filtering facepiece device (FFPD) respirators.

Issued

Mar 10, 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:  In the paint shop at 1359 Grafton Street Worcester, MA: On or about January 12, 2016, the employer had not provided a medical evaluation to paint shop employees who are required to wear tight-fitting, air purifying respirators while perfoming paint preparation and spray coating activities.

Issued

Mar 10, 2016

Abate by

Jul 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  In the paint shop at 1359 Grafton Street Worcester, MA: On or about January 12, 2016, the employer did not ensure employees were fit-tested prior to wearing tight-fitting, air-purifying respirators while performing spray coating applications.

Issued

Mar 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1080137724602590H130

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29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    In the paint shop at 1359 Grafton Street Worcester, MA 01604:  On or about January 12, 2016, the employer had not identified or evaluated the respiratory hazards in the workplace including, but not limited to, Ethyl Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, 1,6-Hexamethylene Diisocyanate (HDI) Homopolymer and HDI monomer, for employees who perform spray coating preparation and spray coating application.

Issued

Mar 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1377H130

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29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(i): Places of employment were not kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allowed:    In the paint mixing room at 1359 Grafton Street Worcester, MA: On or about January 26, 2016, the employer did not ensure that the cabinet door handles were kept clean of aliphatic Isocyanates which potentially exposed paint shop employees to a skin contact with Isocyanates.

Issued

Mar 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,020 Reduced

Hazardous substances 04401080137724602590

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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:  (In the auto body shop at 1359 Grafton Street Worcester, MA: On or about January 12, 2016, the employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program for employees in the paint shop who use a variety of automobile coatings and solvents containing hazardous chemicals, including,  but not limited to, 1,6-Hexmethylene Diisocyanate (HDI) Homopolymer, HDI monomer, n-Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Benzene, Xylene and Toluene.

Issued

Mar 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1080137724602590H130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not compile a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (SDS):  In the auto body shop at 1359 Grafton Street Worcester, MA: On or about January 12, 2016, the employer did not compile a list of hazardous chemicals with a product identifier referenced to the corresponding SDS for the various automotive cleaners, primers, base coats, clear coats and solvents used in the facility.

Issued

Mar 10, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 13772460H130

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:  In the paint shop and auto detailing bay at 1359 Grafton Street Worcester, MA:  On or about January 12, 2016, the employer did not ensure that employees performing automotive spray coating and detailing had received effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals in the workplace including, but not limited to, PPG EC530 Performance Clearcoat, PPG ECH5075 Standard Hardener, PPG DT885 Reducer, PPG ED391 Standard Undercoat Hardener, Keystone Key APC and Keystone Key Extreme.