OSHA Inspection: PRO-SPEC CORPORATION

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Abate by

Oct 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,482 · Current $7,482

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:   a) Wilden Acres Tank, Jonathan Drive - On or about May 27, 2016, the employer had not established a written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) for employees required to wear respirators in performance of duties including, but not limited to abrasive blasting and painting.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Abate by

Oct 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a) Wilden Acres Tank, Jonathan Drive - On or about May 27, 2016, The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested and required to wear respirators in performance of duties including, but not limited to abrasive blasting and painting.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Abate by

Oct 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(m)(2)(i): The employer did not establish a record of the qualitative and quantitative fit tests administered to an employee which included the information required by 29 CFR 1910.134(m)(2)(i)(A) through (m)(2)(i)(E):  a) Wilden Acres Tank, Jonathan Drive - On or about May 27, 2016, The employer did not establish a record of the qualitative and quantitative fit tests administered to employees required to wear respirators in performance of duties including, but not limited to abrasive blasting and painting.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $6,236

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(ii): Each employee on a single-point or two-point adjustable suspension scaffold was not protected by both a personal fall arrest system and a guardrail system:  a) Wilden Acres Tank, Jonathan Drive - On or about May 25, 2016, The employer did not ensure that an employee on a two point adjustable suspension scaffold was protected from falling by a personal fall arrest system. The employee was not anchored to a vertical lifeline when one of the outriggers failed.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Abate by

Oct 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:  a) Wilden Acres Tank, Jonathan Drive - On or about May 25, 2016, The employer provided outriggers to support a suspended scaffold that had been fabricated in the shop without calculations or documentation they could support 4 times the maximum intended load.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $6,236

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(11): Lifelines were not protected against being cut or abraded:  a) Wilden Acres Tank, Jonathan Drive - On or about May 27, 2016 vertical lifelines rigged for use with a suspended scaffold were not protected from abrasion by the top of the tank and the structures on the tank. This condition was observed again on June 20, 2016.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,742 · Current $3,742

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:  a) Wilden Acres Tank, Jonathan Drive - On or about May 27, 2016, An A-frame ladder (step ladder) was leaned against the tank and used in its unopened position to access the permanent ladder on the tank. This condition was again observed to exist on June 20, 2016.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  a) Wilden Acres Tank, Jonathan Drive - On or about May 27, 2016, The top step and top of a step ladder used to access the permanent ladder on the tank. This condition was again observed to exist on June 20, 2016.

Issued

Sep 21, 2016

Abate by

Oct 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $700

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.40(a): The employer did not provide an authorized government representative copies of requested records kept under Part 1904 within four (4) business hours:    a) On or about May 27, 2016, the employer failed to provide copies of OSHA Form 300, which were requested for calendar years 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 to date.