OSHA Inspection: COSHOCTON RECYCLING, INC.

Issued

Sep 22, 2016

Abate by

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $1,782 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2): Where respirator use is not required:  29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall 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.  At the workplace, the employer provided employees half mask respirators for voluntary use without determining if the respirators created a hazard and did not provide the respirator users with the mandatory information contained in 29 CFR 1910.134 Appendix D.

Issued

Sep 22, 2016

Abate by

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2): Where respirator use is not required:  29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user.   a.  At the workplace, the employer provided employees half mask respirators for voluntary use without implementing medical evaluations, fit testing, respirator cleaning and storage procedures.

Issued

Sep 22, 2016

Abate by

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,564 · Current $1,782 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall 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 shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.  a.  At the workplace, the employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of equipment specific energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections.  Employees performed service and maintenance activities on equipment such as, but not limited to balers, aluminum crusher, and electrical equipment.

Issued

Sep 22, 2016

Abate by

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,564 · Current $1,782 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.  a.  At the workplace, the aluminum siding baler, had the slide gate guard removed allowing access to the ram as it lowered to compact the material, thereby exposing employees to a crushing hazard.

Issued

Sep 22, 2016

Abate by

Oct 12, 2016

Penalty

Initial $3,564 · Current $1,782 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii): Inside of buildings, cylinders shall be stored in a well-protected, well-ventilated, dry location, at least 20 (6.1 m) feet from highly combustible materials such as oil or excelsior. Cylinders should be stored in definitely assigned places away from elevators, stairs, or gangways. Assigned storage spaces shall be located where cylinders will not be knocked over or damaged by passing or falling objects, or subject to tampering by unauthorized persons. Cylinders shall not be kept in unventilated enclosures such as lockers and cupboards.  a.  At the workplace, the employer failed to secure oxygen cylinders to prevent the cylinders from being knocked over or damaged, thereby exposing the employees to a struck-by hazard.

Issued

Sep 22, 2016

Abate by

Oct 4, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage shall be separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.  a.  At the workplace, oxygen cylinders were stored with an acetylene cylinder, thereby exposing the employees to a greater hazard if a fire would occur.

Issued

Sep 22, 2016

Abate by

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,850 · Current $1,425 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall 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, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.    a.  At the workplace, the employer did not develop and maintain a written hazard communication program so that the employees were informed of the hazards associated with the chemicals they were exposed to, such as, but not limited to hydraulic fluid, gasoline, diesel fuel, refrigerated liquid oxygen, argon, and antifreeze.

Issued

Sep 22, 2016

Abate by

Oct 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall 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 physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.    a.  At the workplace, the employer did not provide effective information and training so that the employees were informed of the hazards associated with the chemicals they were exposed to, such as, but not limited to hydraulic fluid, gasoline, diesel fuel, refrigerated liquid oxygen, argon, and antifreeze.