OSHA Inspection: ESSEX DESIGN AND DISPLAY, INC.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

May 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,087 Reduced

Hazardous substances 004013802460

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:    Shop:  The employer did not establish and implement elements of a respiratory protection program 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 did not present a health hazard to the user.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

May 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 004013802460

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:    Shop:  The employees who were using tight fitting half face air-purifying respirators were not provide with a medical evaluation.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

May 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 004013802460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): Respirators were not cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of 29 CFR 1910.134 or equivalent procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer:    Shop:  The employer did not ensure that the employees who were using tight fitting half face air-purifying respirators were cleaned and disinfected appropriately.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

May 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 004013802460

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    Shop:  The employer did not provide the basic advisory information in Appendix D on respirators to the employees who were using tight fitting half face air-purifying respirators on voluntary basis.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

May 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,358 Reduced

Hazardous substances 004013802460

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:      Shop:  The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards for the employees who were applying spray adhesive.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

Apr 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,087 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    Shop: The employer did not ensure through conducting training and evaluation that the employees who were operating powered industrial forklift trucks (PIT) were competent to operate the PIT safely at all times.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

Mar 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,716 · Current $1,358 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:    Shop: The 10-inch table top ripsaw was not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

Mar 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2): Hand-fed circular ripsaw(s) were not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator:  Shop: The 10-inch table top ripsaw was not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator.

Issued

Mar 13, 2017

Abate by

Mar 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Hand-fed ripsaw(s) did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator:  Shop: The 10-inch table top ripsaw did not have kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator.