OSHA Inspection: SHARP IMAGE INC.

Issued

2016-11-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4240.00 · Current $2544.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(g)(2): All spraying areas were not kept as free from the accumulation of deposits of combustible residues as practical, with cleaning conducted daily if necessary:    The floor of the bedliner spray area had a heavy accumulation of ignitable overspray material. Hazard was last observed on or about September 30, 2016.

Issued

2016-11-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4240.00 · Current $2544.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2260

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    An appropriate eyewash station was not available for employees, in the Bottom Shop/Detail area, exposed to corrosive chemicals including, but not limited KO Heavy Duty Degreaser (sodium hydroxide).

Issued

2016-11-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5300.00 · Current $3180.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1073

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(1): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI) listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the ceiling concentration of 0.2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3).    October 6, 2016 - In the bed liner spray area of the upper shop, one employee was exposed to MDI vapor for a 15 minute time weighted average (TWA) of .5967 mg/m3, approximately three (3) times the ceiling limit of .2 mg/m3.

Issued

2016-11-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1073

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  Adequate engineering controls were not in place to reduce employee exposure levels of isocyanate based bed lliner spray. On October 6, 2016, an employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene bisphenyl isocyanate (MDI)  approximately three (3) times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) ceiling concentration of 0.2 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) listed in Table Z-1.

Issued

2016-11-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4240.00 · Current $2544.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1073

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area:    Employee(s) exposed to chemicals from spraying truck bed lining including , but not limited to forms of isocyanates, had not been properly trained on their physical and health hazards.