OSHA Inspection: PRO-SPEC CORPORATION

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Abate by

Jan 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,360 · Current $6,360

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) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc. - On or about August 17, 2016, the employer did not provide employees a medical evaluation before the employee was fit tested or required to wear a respirator to conduct abrasive blasting and painting operations.

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Abate by

Jan 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting face piece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  a) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc. - On or about August 17, 2016, the employer did not ensure that each employee required to use a tight-fitting face piece had passed the appropriate fit testing prior to wearing the face piece to conduct abrasive blasting and painting operations.

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Abate by

Jan 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $6,360 · Current $6,360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(5)(iv): The employer did not ensure that the person authorized to perform the necessary sorbent bed and filter changes filled out a tag indicating by the signature and date that maintenance changes were performed:  a) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc. - On or about August 31, 2016, a sorbent bed and filter changes were not documented with a legible tag indicating the signature and date that maintenance changes were performed.

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,180 · Current $3,180

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): Where scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers, stairway-type ladders, ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used for access:  a) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc. - On or about August 31, 2016, employees were accessing two system scaffold platforms by climbing up on horizontal members.

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,240 · Current $4,240

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder.   a) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc. - On or about August 31, 2016, a portable aluminum ladder was being used at an angle such that the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder was in excess of one-quarter of the working length of the ladder.

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(16): Portable ladders with structural defects, such as, but not limited to, broken or missing rungs, cleats, or steps, broken or split rails, corroded components, or other faulty or defective components, were not either immediately marked in a manner that readily identifies them as defective, or tagged with "Do Not Use" or similar language, and were not withdrawn from service until repaired.  a) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc. - On or about August 31, 2016, a portable aluminum ladder was being used without shoes, cleats, or other anti-slip devices at the base to prevent inadvertent movement.

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(I): Protection was not provided to avoid damage to flexible cords and cables used for temporary wiring which passed through doorways or other pinch points:  a) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc.- On or about August 31, 2016, protection was not provided to avoid damage to a flexible extension cord that passed through a doorway to the blower room.

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv): Flexible cords were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  a) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc.- On or about August 31, 2016, the female connection of a flexible extension cord was not connected so that strain relief was provided to prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.

Issued

Jan 9, 2017

Abate by

Jan 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1207(d): The employer did not maintain training records to show that the training required by paragraphs (a) through (c) of this standard has been accomplished by identifying each employee's name, the name of the trainers, and the dates of training.  a) Pro-Spec Corporation DBA: Pro-Spec Painting Inc. - On or about August 17, 2016, the employer did not maintain training records to identify that employees performing construction work involving confined spaces had received training related to the hazards in the permit space and the methods used to isolate, control or in other ways protect employees from these hazards.