OSHA Inspection: BIOCHEM MANUFACTURING, INC.

Issued

Dec 21, 2016

Abate by

Feb 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $0 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    On or about 9/29/16, at the above address jobsite, employees who wear a tight fitting respirator were not provided with a medical evaluation.

Issued

Dec 21, 2016

Abate by

Jan 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,138 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    On or about 9/29/2016, at the above address jobsite, employees would enter mixing tanks without having the space evaluated to determine if it was a permit-required confined space.

Issued

Dec 21, 2016

Abate by

Jan 19, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The  point of operation of machines whose operation exposed an employee to injury, was not guarded:    On or about 10/13/2016 at the above addressed jobsite, employees were exposed to the hazard of working with a drill press (model 0016, SN:0129095) that was not guarded at the point of operation.

Issued

Dec 21, 2016

Abate by

Feb 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:   On or about 9/29/16, at the above address jobsite,  employees who wear a tight fitting respirator were not given the appendix D of the respirator standard.

Issued

Dec 21, 2016

Abate by

Feb 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:  Instances: 1. On or about 10/13/ 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not provide an eye wash for employees exposed to corrosive chemicals such as but not limited to phosphoric acid (70% solution) in the quality control laboratory.  2. On or about 10/13/ 2016, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not provide an eye wash for employees exposed to corrosive chemicals such as but not limited to phosphoric acid (70% solution) in the research and development laboratory.

Issued

Dec 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  On or about 09/29/016, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not evaluate the employees operating forklifts at the facility within 3 years from their last evalaution.