OSHA Inspection: LEXMAR USA

Issued

Oct 13, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,850 · Current $1,995 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1):  The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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 must be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    a) Facility, on or about August 8, 2016 - The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures where employee performed servicing and maintenance of equipment such as but not limited to: the blue ripper (rail) saw and hand held edger.

Issued

Oct 13, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $1,495 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:    a) Facility, on or about August 8, 2016 - The employer did not maintain a written hazard communication program.  Employees used hazardous solvents such as but not limited to:  100% Acetone, Stone shield polisher which contained methanol; Marble filler 1000 which contained styrene, toluene and methanol; and solid quartz stones.

Issued

Oct 13, 2016

Abate by

Nov 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with either product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical or information specified under paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (v) of this section for labels on shipped containers:        a) Fabrication Area, on or about August 8, 2016 - A spray bottle of ProShield, a flammable solvent, which contained naphtha hydrates was not marked, labeled or tagged with product identifiers.

Issued

Oct 13, 2016

Abate by

Nov 24, 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 are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s):     a) Fabrication Area, on or about August 8, 2016 - The safety data sheets were not maintained when employees used hazardous solvents such as but not limited to:  100% Acetone, Stone shield polisher which contained methanol; Marble filler 1000 which contained styrene, toluene and methanol; and solid quartz stones.

Issued

Oct 13, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not 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 chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area:    a) Fabrication Area, on or about August 8, 2016 - The employer did not provide information and training on hazardous chemicals employees were exposed to in the workplace such as but not limited to silica generated from grinding, sawing and fabricating granite, and flammable solvents such as 100% acetone.

Issued

Oct 13, 2016

Abate by

Dec 31, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation had been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identified the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    a) Fabrication Area, on or about August 8, 2016 - The employer did not maintain a written certification to document a workplace hazard assessment related to personal protective equipment such as but not limited to: hearing protection, safety glasses, respiratory protection, and gloves while fabricating granite stone surfaces.

Issued

Oct 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): An employer provided respirators at the request of employees, but the employer did not provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard"):   a) Fabrication Area, on or about August 8, 2016 - The employer did not provide employees who used tight-fitting elastomeric dust mask Appendix D of the respiratory protection standard.

Issued

Oct 13, 2016

Abate by

Nov 24, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(1): The employer did not provide the inspection, maintenance and testing of all portable fire extinguishers in the workplace:    a) Fabrication Area, on or about August 8, 2016 - The fire extinguishers were not inspected, maintained and tested by the employer.