OSHA Inspection: BLIFFERT LUMBER CO.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): Floor(s) of workroom(s) were not maintained in a clean and, so far as possible, a dry condition:    (a)     In the drive through shed, the area under the Craftsman radial arm saw had excessive piles of saw dust.  (b)     Near door one/door two, the area under the DeWalt radial arm saw had excessive piles of saw dust.  (c)     Near door one/door two, the area under the Milwaukee panel saw had excessive piles of saw dust.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $2435.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:    (a)     The use of safety eye protection was not required such as when operating the table saw.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:    (a)     There was no Appendix D respirator information provided to the employee(s) who would wear the MSA elastomeric half-face piece respirator fitted with P100 filters.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    (a)     There was no medical evaluation provided to the employee(s) who would wear the MSA elastomeric half-face piece respirator fitted with P100 filters.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals or  were not packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve:  (a)     In the lunchroom the MSA elastomeric half-face piece respirator was not stored in a closed bag or container to keep it clean.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $2435.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    (a)     There was no program for lock out procedures in place to ensure that employees were protected from inadvertent start up on the DeWalt 14 inch radial arm saw.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i): Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware were not provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources:  (a)     There were no locks/tags provided to ensure that before the DeWalt 14 inch radial arm saw was serviced that all energy sources were isolated and locked out to prevent inadvertent start up.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(h)(1): The sides of the lower exposed portion of the blade of radial saw(s) were not guarded to the full diameter of the blade by a device that automatically adjusted itself to the thickness of the stock and remained in contact with the stock being cut to give maximum protection possible for the operation being performed:    (a)     In the drive through shed, the Craftsman 12 inch radial arm saw had the adjustable guard missing on the right side of the blade.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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:    (a)     There was no written chemical hazard communication program that addressed hazards such as combustible dust hazards and respiratory irritation hazards from materials such as the wood dust generated from sawing.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    (a)     There were no safety data sheets accessible to employees in the work area such as the lumber yard.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3): The employee training did not include the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(i) through (h)(3)(iv):    (a)     There was no chemical hazard training conducted that addressed hazards such as combustible dust hazards and respiratory irritation hazards from materials such as the wood dust generated from sawing.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The certification did not include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation:  (a)     Forklift training certifications were either out of date and did not indicate recent training or were from previous employers.

Issued

2016-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s):    (a)     The Yale forklift had a defective back-up alarm and had not been removed from service.