OSHA Inspection: LUSTER PRODUCTS INC

Issued

Dec 2, 2016

Abate by

Jan 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,810 · Current $2,405 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:       a. On or about August 1, 2016, in the compounding  area, the employees wore  half mask and full face respirators provided by the employer. The employees were not medically evaluated or trained in a respirator program. The employer did not establish and implement a respirator program.

Issued

Dec 2, 2016

Abate by

Dec 16, 2016

Penalty

Initial $4,810 · Current $2,405 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(b): The employer did not base the selection of the appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the task(s) to be performed, conditions present, duration of use.     a. On or about August 1, 2016, in the compounding area, the employer did not evaluate the performance of the gloves used by employees required to work with powdered caustic.  Employees  were provided thin nitrile gloves which did not provided adequate protection thereby exposing employee's skin to the hazards associated with  chemicals such as, but not limited to, sodium hydroxide.

Issued

Dec 2, 2016

Abate by

Jan 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,810 · Current $2,405 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:       a. On or about August 1, 2016, in the work area, the employees were not adequately trained in the hazards associated with chemicals such as, but not limited to, sodium hydroxide.

Issued

Dec 2, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, the employer did not report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.     a. On or about August 1, 2016, the employer did not contact OSHA within 24 hours when an employee at the facility sustained a work related hospitalization.