OSHA Inspection: SPECIALTY POLYMER SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $2100.00

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.    a) The employer did not keep the outdoor storage pad area, clean and orderly.  Employees were exposed to slip, trip and fall hazards due to wooden pallets, cardboard and broken plastic parts spilled onto the walkway throughout the storage area.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:    a) The employer did not ensure that exit route(s) were kept unobstructed.  Cartons had been stacked around and was blocking the west exit route.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses:    a) The employer did not ensure employees that are exposed to eye hazards, and who wears prescription lenses were provided with prescription eyeglasses or eye protection that is worn over the prescription lenses. An employee wearing non safety rated prescription glasses was exposed to eye hazards during crushing and grinding operations.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $4900.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse:    a) On or about July 25, 2016, the employer did not ensure the cartons stored in tiers was stable, secure and limited in height.  Employees are exposed to struck by hazards while working near storage cartons that were stacked in an unstable and unsecure manner.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a  powered industrial truck:      a) On or about July 25, 2016, the employer did not ensure each operator completed powered industrial truck operator training.  Two employees operated powered industrial trucks without successfully completing the required training.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(B): Refresher training in relevant topics was not provided to the operator involved in an accident or near-miss incident;    a) On March 15, 2016 a collision between two forklift operators occurred.  There was no refresher training for operators who had been involved in accidents or near miss incidents.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7): Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:      a) The employer did not ensure that industrial trucks were being examined before being placed in service.  At the time of the inspections three forklifts were operating that had not received a daily inspection.

Issued

2016-08-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.     a) On or about March 15, 2016, a recordable injury occurred when an employee injured their back, and was not recorded.      Abatement Certification and Documentation is required