OSHA Inspection: KOSTA'S UPHOLSTERY, LLC

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2850.00 · Current $1710.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition.    Facility:      1.  Wood dust, feathers, furniture, and other similar items on the floor created slips, trips and/or a fall hazards.  2.  Furniture, fabrics, foams, and other similar items were not stored in an orderly and sanitary condition.

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:  Basement Level:    1.  Exit routes from the woodshop were not kept free and unobstructed. 2.  The door leading to the upper level was blocked by furniture and other similar objects.

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2138.00 · Current $1283.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    Facility: A site-specific workplace hazard assessment to determine the necessitate and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees was not conducted.

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2850.00 · Current $1710.00 Reduced

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:    Facility:  The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards in the workplace where employees are performing tasks such as (but not limited to) gluing or touch up lacquer with products that contain  hazards chemicals such as (but not limited to) Mineral Spirits, and Silicon, Heptane, and Acetone.

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3563.00 · Current $2138.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1)(i): Where methylene chloride was present in the workplace, the employer did not determine each employee's exposure:    Facility:  A determine of each employee's exposure to Methylene Chloride while working with products such as but not limited to Sta'Put adhesive was not conducted.

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3563.00 · Current $2138.00 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:    Facility: A written hazard communication program was not developed and implemented for employees required to work with products and chemicals such as but not limited to Sta'Put, Camie 100, and other similar products.

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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).    Facility: Safety data sheets (SDSs) for each hazardous chemical in the workplace was not maintained and readily available during each work shift.

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Facility: Employees working with hazard products and chemicals such as but not limited to Sta'Put were not provided with information and training on the hazards associated with each product and chemical at the time of their initial assignment and/or whenever a new hazard was introduced into the workplace.

Issued

2016-11-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:     Facility:  Each employee using dust masks on a voluntary basis was not provided with the information contained within Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.