OSHA Inspection: HAVIS, INC.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,756 · Current $1,317 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(4): Employees who have been designated to use fire fighting equipment as a part of the emergency action plan were not provided training in the use of appropriate equipment upon initial assignment and at least annually thereafter:  a) Welding Area: Employees, welders, are potentially exposed to fire hazards while welding and the employees were not provided fire extinguisher training annually, on or about February 12, 2016.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Mar 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,756 · Current $1,317 Reduced

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:  a) Welding Area: Welders TIG and MIG weld mild steel using copper coated mild steel and tungsten wire and the safety data sheet for mild steel and the different wires were not maintained, on or about February 12, 2016.   No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Mar 7, 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) Welding Area: Employees, welders, voluntarily use 3M N95 filtering face piece respirators while welding or grinding and the employer did not provide the employees with the information in Appendix D of the standard, on or about February 12, 2016.   No abatement certification or documentation required.