OSHA Inspection: ROMATIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY LLC1

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $4,365 Reduced

Hazardous substances 81108111

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:    Location: Eyelet Department    1.  A machine operator was exposed to continuous noise at 89.9% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 80 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately  89.2 dBA during the 403 minute sampling period on 05/25/16; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 197 minutes not sampled    2.  A machine operator was exposed to continuous noise at 90.04% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 80 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately  89.2 dBA during the 403 minute sampling period on 05/25/16; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 197 minutes not sampled

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k):    Eyelet:  Each employee exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels were not provided with hearing conservation training.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $3,492 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(6): At least annually after obtaining the baseline audiogram, the employer did not obtain a new audiogram for each employee exposed at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels :    Facility:  Each employee covered under the Hearing Conservation Program did not receive an annual audiogram.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $3,492 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    Facility:  A written respiratory protection program was not establish and implement for employees who were required to half face tight fitting respirators while working in and around hazardous chemicals such as (but not limited to) buffing compounds and dust.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3): The employer did not designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness:    Facility:  A program administrator qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee a respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of the program's effectiveness was not designated or in place.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable, and effective annual training to employees who were required to use respirators.    Facility: Comprehensive respiratory protection training, including items such as (but not limited to) necessity, proper fit, usage and maintenance, was not provided to each employee required to wear half face negative pressure tight fitting respirators.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $3,492 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:  In areas such as (but not limited to) lacquer, buffing, and degreaser, were chemicals such as (but not limited to) buffing compound, lacquer, and trichloroethylene are used, an identification and evaluation of all the respiratory hazards in the workplace was not conducted.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $3,492 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:    Facility:  A medical evaluation for each employee wearing tight fitting negative pressure half face respirators was not provided prior to using the respirators.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.    Facility:  Each employee wearing tight fitting negative pressure half-face respirators were not fit tested prior to using the respirators and at least annually.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $3,492 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 communications program was not developed and implemented that met the criteria specified in 29 CFR1910.1200(f), (g) and (h) in that topics such as but not limited to pictograms, signal words, product identification, hazard statements, precautionary statements.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 used in the workplace was not maintained.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.    Facility:  Each employee required to work with and handle chemicals such as (but not limited to) trichloroethylene, lacquer, and buffing compound, were not provided with information and training on the hazardous products and chemicals at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into the work area.

Issued

Oct 7, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:    Facility:  A workplace hazard assessment conducted for the workplace to determine if hazards were present or likely to be present which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) was inadequate.