OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN LOUVER COMPANY

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jun 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,975

Hazardous substances 9010

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:  a) On February 9, 2016, American Louver Company, Skokie IL, did not provide their employees, including contracted workers, hazard communication training on hazardous chemicals they work with and are exposed to in their workplace, such as crystalline quartz silica, a known human carcinogen, which is contained in the silica sand used to fill hollow plastic bases of construction barricades:  The hazard communication training must include the following elements specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200:           · The requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard;        · The hazardous chemicals in their work area, and the operations in the work area where          hazardous chemicals are present;        · The physical (i.e., flammable, combustible, oxidizing, reactive, etc.) and health hazards (i.e., carcinogenicity)         of the chemicals in the work area, and the measures employees can use to protect themselves, such as         work practices, housekeeping, personal protective equipment (PPE) to be used, and emergency procedures;        · The methods and observations used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area;        · The labeling system and the Safety Data Sheets (SDSs), and how the workers can obtain and use the          appropriate hazard information;        · The location and availability of the Safety Data Sheets (SDSs).  b) On February 9, 2016, American Louver Company, Skokie IL, did not provide employees the required training on the revised elements of the Hazard Communication Standard for labels (e.g., pictograms and signal words) and the new format of the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) (i.e., section changes & section order and types of information contained within each section of the SDS), which was due December 1, 2013.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

May 11, 2016

Abate by

Jun 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a) On February 9, 2016, American Louver Company, Skokie, IL, did not provide employees who voluntarily wear Uline brand N95-rated filtering facepiece respirators, Model S-19252, the information contained in Appendix D of the Respiratory Protection Standard 29 CFR 1910.134.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

May 11, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  a) On February 3, 2016, American Louver Company, Skokie, IL, did not ensure safety data sheets (SDS), including the SDS for US Silica, Silica Sand (contains crystalline quartz silica), a known human carcinogen, were readily available and accessible during each shift to workers when they were in their work area(s).  Exposed employees, including contract workers, used the silica sand to fill the hollow plastic bases of construction barricades.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).