OSHA Inspection: JUAN FERNANDO MAYEN

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

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:  On or about June 23, 2016, at this establishment in the workshop, the employer did not institute a continuing, effective Hearing Conservation program for employees engaged in woodworking and exposed to noise equaling or exceeding an 8-hour Time-Weighted Average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels (dBA):  a) An employee, who was making cabinet doors and using various woodworking machines throughout the workshop, was exposed to continuous and intermittent noise of 87.1 dBA during a 447 minute sampling period on June 23, 2016.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures in any workplace where respirators were necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators were required by the employer:  On or about June 22, 2016, the employer did not develop or implement a written respiratory protection program for an employee who is exposed to fumes during painting of cabinets and doors.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about June 22, 2016, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation as required for an employee who wears a half-face respirator while painting wooden cabinets and doors at customer sites.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  On or about June 22, 2016, the employer did not have his employee who wears a respirator fit-tested prior to the employee wearing a half-face respirator while painting wooden cabinets and doors at customer sites.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(b)(3): Provisions were not made to prevent woodworking machine(s) from automatically restarting upon restoration of power after power failure:  On or about June 27, 2016, employees working in the workshop manufacturing wooden cabinets and doors were using a table saw that lack anti-restart after power failure. The employer did not have provisions to prevent the machine from automatically restarting after power failure.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:  On or about June 22, 2016, employees working in the workshop manufacturing wooden cabinets and doors were using table saws without guards. The employer did not ensure table saws had guards.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2): Hand-fed circular ripsaw(s) were not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator:  On or about June 22, 2016, employees working in the workshop manufacturing wooden cabinets and doors were using table saws without a spreader. The employer did not ensure table saws had spreaders.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Hand-fed ripsaw(s) did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator:  On or about June 22, 2016, employees working in the workshop manufacturing wooden cabinets and doors were using table saws without non-kickback fingers. The employer did not ensure table saws had non-kickback fingers.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  On or about June 22, 2016 in the workshop, there were visible amounts of fine wood dust on machinery. The employer did not keep adequately keep the workplace clean.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(b): An emergency action plan was not in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review:  On or about June 22, 2016, employees were working in a woodworking shop. The employer did not have an emergency action plan in case of an emergency.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $240.00 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):  On or about June 22, 2016 in the workshop, employees were engaged in woodworking activities to build cabinets and doors. The employer had not performed a hazard assessment.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   On or about June 22, 2016 in the workshop, an employee was responsible for making repairs on a industrial sanding machine. The employer did not have a lockout/tagout program.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  On or about June 22, 2016, in the warehouse adjacent to the workshop and in back of the office, employees were operating a forklift without being trained and certified.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:   On or about June 27, 2016 in the workshop, employees engaged in making wooden cabinets and doors did not have adequate access to electrical panels. The employer did not keep sufficient access to electrical panels.

Issued

2016-07-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about June 22, 2016, at this establishment and at offsite worksites, employees were assembling wood cabinets with glues and finishing cabinets with paints, stains, and wood lacquers containing organic vapors. The employer did not have a hazardous communication program.