OSHA Inspection: KOREN INDUSTRIES, INC

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:   Location:  34 Summit Street Norwalk, CT   06854   A site specific respiratory protection program was not developed and implemented for employees required to wear half face negative pressure tight fitting respirators with particulate cartridges and Ballard airline filtering system.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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:      Location:  34 Summit Avenue Norwalk, CT  06854   An evaluation of all respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace such as but not limited to exposures to lead, ethyl benzene and xylene was not conducted.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

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:   Location: 34 Summit Avenue Norwalk, CT 06854   Each employee wearing half face negative pressure tight fitting respirators with organic cartridges were not provided with a medical evaluation.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):   Location: 34 Summit Ave, Norwalk, CT  06854     Each employee required to wear half face negative pressure tight fitting respirator with particulate cartridges was not qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative (QNFT) fit tested.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who has a workplace or operation covered by this standard shall initially determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level.  Location 34 Summit Ave, Norwalk, CT 06850  An initially determination of each employee's expose to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 ug/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) was not conducted.

Issued

2016-07-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(E): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with biological monitoring in accordance with 1926.62(j)(1)(i), to consist of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels:  Location 34 Summit Ave, Norwalk, CT 06850  Each employee with a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 was not provided with biological monitoring in accordance with 1926.62(j)(1)(i) to consist of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels.