OSHA Inspection: ON-TIME SCREEN PRINTING & EMBROIDERY, LLC

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $2200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, and service rooms shall be kept clean and orderly and in a sanitary condition.    WORKSHOP:      1.  The power cords of the two (2) Rigid fans in the dark room used for air circulation for the screens were creating a tripping hazard.        2.  The cardboards under the screen printers were creating a tripping hazard.

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-12-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present.    WORKSHOP:   The employer had not assessed the workplace to determine necessitate and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees.

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE.     WORKSHOP: The employer had not trained the employees on the Workplace Hazard Assessment for personal protective equipment (PPE).

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6236.00 · Current $3800.00 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.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a site specific hazardous energy control lockout/tagout program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written energy control procedures and employee training for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the dryer.

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.   WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented written step-by-step energy control procedures in the machine specific for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the dryer.

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees.   WORKSHOP:   The employees, as "authorized, affected and/or other" types were not provided with training and information in the controlling of potentially hazardous and unexpected releases of energy sources (lockout/tagout) during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the dryer.

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(C): Unless specifically permitted otherwise in paragraph (g)(1)(ii) of this section, flexible cords and cables may not be run through doorways, windows, or similar openings.       WORKSHOP:  The flexible cords of the two (2) Rigid fans in the dark room traveled around the dark room floor, went through a door way and then plugged into an outlet in the Embroidery Department.

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4988.00 · Current $1500.00 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, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program including the Globalized Harmonized System where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) Remove IR10, Remove IR 14, and Chromablue emulsion.

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 safety data sheets.    WORKSHOP:  The employees, required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) Remove IR10, Remove IR 14, and Chromablue emulsion were not provided with training and information in the hazard communication program, including Globalized Harmonized System (GHS).

Issued

2016-11-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.  WORKSHOP: The employee wearing double strapped filtering dust mask was not provided with training and basic information in Appendix D.