OSHA Inspection: AFFORDABLE METAL INC.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Abate by

Aug 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:   On or about March 24th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 3522 E 10th Ct. Hialeah FL, 33013, the employer did not implement an effective hearing conservation program for employees who were exposed to noise levels of 85.96 % dose or an equivalent sound level of 88.9 dBA. The sampling was performed for 426 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the un-sampled time of 54 minutes.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:  On or about March 24th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 3522 E 10th Ct. Hialeah FL, 33013, the employer did not implement a monitoring  program for employees who were exposed to noise levels of 85.96 % dose or an equivalent sound level of 88.9 dBA. The sampling was performed for 426 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the un-sampled time of 54 minutes.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Abate by

Aug 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(iii): Employee(s) required to use PPE by this section were not trained to know how to don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE:  On or about March 24th, 2016 , at the jobsite located at 3522 E 10th Ct. Hialeah FL, 33013, the employer did not ensure that employees were trained on how to put on, adjust, and wear ear plugs.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Abate by

Aug 23, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  On or about March 24th, 2016 , at the jobsite located at 3522 E 10th Ct. Hialeah FL, 33013, the employer did not ensure that where respirators were required, a written respiratory protection program was established, implemented and maintained following the guidance of Appendix D, for employees assigned to grinding operations in the warehouse and are required to wear respiratory protection such as NIOSH approved filtering N95 facepiece 3M respirator.

Issued

Jul 28, 2016

Abate by

Aug 23, 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:  On or about March 24th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 3522 E 10th Ct. Hialeah FL, 33013, the employer did not provide adequate training or information regarding the hazards of chemicals, according with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals with pictograms or representations as a part of the new SDS and label format.