OSHA Inspection: AQUA SOLUTIONS

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,605 · Current $4,877 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0790129014401730O107

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(3)(iv): Employees engaged in emergency response and exposed to hazardous substances presenting an inhalation hazard or potential inhalation hazard, did not wear positive-pressure self-contained breathing apparatus until such time that the individual in charge of the incident command system determined through the use of air monitoring that a decreased level of respiratory protection would not result in hazardous exposures to employees:    At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not ensure employees engaged in emergency response to hazardous substance spills wore positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus until a decreased level of protection was determined protective through air monitoring, exposing employees to an inhalation hazard.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,605 · Current $4,877 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii): Employees who participated as hazardous materials technicians, or were expected to participate as hazardous materials technicians, had not received at least 24 hours of training equal to the first responder operations level, and in addition have competency in the areas outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii)(A) through (q)(6)(iii)(I) and/or the employer did not so certify:    At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not ensure employees engaged in emergency response to control, contain or confine hazardous substance spills met technician level training requirements, exposing employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $2,661 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(h)(1): Where needed to prevent methylene chloride induced skin or eye irritation, the employer did not provide clean protective clothing and equipment resistant to methylene chloride, at no cost to the employee, and/or did not ensure that each affected employee used it:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, nitrile gloves provided to employees using methylene chloride were not chemically resistant, exposing employees to a chemical exposure hazard.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $343 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(a): The employer did not use an OSHA 300, 301 and 300A Form or equivalent.  Abatement Certification and Documentation is required.  At the establishment:  Errors were made in classification and counts of injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 and 300A Forms.      a)    2016 OSHA 300 Form:  Column M(2) total was incorrectly entered as zero and should have reflected 2 recorded injuries. b)    2015 OSHA 300 Form:  Cases 1 and 2; recorded lacerations to the finger were misclassified under (M)(6) All Other Illnesses instead of (M)(1) Injury.   c)    2015 OSHA 300 Form:  Column M total should indicate 2 recordable injuries, not zero. d)    2015 OSHA 300A Form:  Totals listed for Column M Injury and Illness Types was recorded as zero, but should reflect 2 recorded injuries listed on the 2015 300 Form. e)    2014 OSHA 300 Form:  Case Number 2, Chemical Burn to forearm, wrist and chin; was misclassified as (M)(2) Skin Disorder instead of (M)(1) Injury f)     2014 OSHA 300 Form:  Column M totals were recorded as zero when 3 recorded injuries were listed on the Form 300.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.32(a)(3): The employer did not certify an OSHA 300A Form or equivalent.   At the establishment:  The OSHA 300A Form was not certified by a company executive.       a)    2015 OSHA 300A Form was not signed by a company executive.  b)    2014 OSHA 300A Form was not signed by a company executive.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $498 Reduced

Hazardous substances O107

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(d): The employer did not have and maintain an employee alarm system with a distinctive signal for each purpose so that it complied with the requirements of 1910.165:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, the employer did not implement separate and distinct signals for each emergency including hazardous chemical spills, exposing employees to chemical exposure hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2): The employer did not develop an emergency response plan for emergencies which addressed the following minimum requirements of this standard: 1910.120(q)(2)(i) through 1910.120(q)(2)(xii):    At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore,  the employer did not develop an emergency response plan in advance that contained the required elements, including but not limited to emergency recognition, personnel roles, training, safe distances, evacuation procedures, personal protective equipment for employees engaged in emergency response to hazardous substance spills, and emergency equipment, exposing employees to chemical exposure hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $498 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(9)(i): Members of an organized and designated HAZMAT team and hazardous materials specialist did not receive a baseline physical examination and/or was not provided with medical surveillance as required in 29 CFR 1910.120(f):  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not ensure employees who were members of an organized and designated hazmat team, received baseline and continued annual medical surveillance, exposing employees to chemical exposure hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $498 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:   At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not certify the workplace was evaluated to ensure appropriate personal protective equipment was being provided where required to control hazards, exposing employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $498 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3): The employer did not designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not designate a program administrator who is qualified by appropriate training or experience for routine and emergency chemical exposure situations, resulting in program deficiencies including but not limited to assessment of exposure, selection of respirators, no cartridge change schedule, and annual training and fit testing, therefore exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $498 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:   At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not make reasonable estimate of employee exposures when employees used chemicals including but not limited to isopropal alcohol, 1-hexanethiol, cyanide, hydrogen cyanide, tetrachloroethylene, sulfuric acid, formic acid, and ferric nitrate, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(2): Employees who may have been exposed at or above the action level or STEL were not identified, and the exposure was not accurately determined for each identified employee:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not perform initial exposure monitoring to determine each affected employee's exposure when using formaldehyde, exposing employees to an inhalation hazard.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(2): The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine each employee's exposure to methylene chloride:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not perform initial exposure monitoring to determine each affected employee's exposure when using methylene chloride, exposing employees to an inhalation hazard.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $711

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)(2): The employer did not include the basis for the change schedule in the respirator program:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not implement a change schedule for chemical cartridges based on objective information or data to ensure cartridges being used by employees wearing air purifying respirators were changed before the end of their service life, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $711

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employees using a tight-fitting face piece respirator were not annually fit tested:   At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not ensure employees wearing air purifying respirators were fit tested on an annual basis, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $711

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not ensure employees wearing air purifying respirators received effective comprehensive training on an annual basis, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $711

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(3): Employees who have been designated to use fire fighting equipment as part of the emergency action plan were not provided training in the use of the appropriate equipment:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not provide employees expected to fight incipient stage fires with initial training in the use of portable extinguishers and at least annually thereafter, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $711

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(iv): The employer did not ensure that employees who declined to accept the hepatitis B vaccination offered by the employer signed the statement in appendix A:   At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not ensure employees that declined the Hepatitis B vaccination signed the statement required by mandatory Appendix A to the standard, exposing employees to bloodborne pathogen hazards..

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $498 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(1): The employer did not ensure that all employees who were assigned to workplaces where there was exposure to formaldehyde participated in a training program:  At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not provide training to employees exposed to formaldehyde according to the Formaldehyde Standard, or the health hazards, signs and symptoms associated with exposure to formaldehyde, exposing employees to acute and chronic health hazards.

Issued

Jan 23, 2017

Abate by

Feb 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(l)(3)(i): The employer did not inform each affected employee of the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1052 and the information available in its appendices and/or how to access or obtain a copy of it in the workplace:   At the facility:  On October 21, 2016, and times theretofore, the employer did not inform employees working with methylene chloride of the requirements of the standard and the information in the appendices, exposing employees to inhalation and dermal chemical exposure hazards.