OSHA Inspection: EBEL YACHT WORKS, LLC

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $2323.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees working at or near and indoor dry-type dust collection system handling combustible wood dust were exposed to explosion, deflagration and fire hazards during the operation and maintenance of the exhaust system:    On or about November 21, 2016:    a)  An indoor dust collector (Blue baghouse) with negative pressure air-material inlet and multiple enclosed dry dust filter bags was used to collect combustible wood dust produced by wood working machinery including but not limited to a stroke sander, a shaper, and a table saw.        i)  Employees were exposed to combustible wood dust explosion hazards as the dust collector lacked means of protecting employees from over-pressurization that may result from an internal combustible dust deflagration.        ii)  Employees were exposed to combustible wood dust deflagration propagation hazards as the dust collector lacked means to isolate employees (via the unit's upstream and downstream ducting) from flame front propagation that may result from an internal combustible dust deflagration.        iii)  Employees were exposed to combustible dust fire hazards as the dust collector exhausted filtered air directly indoors and lacked means to detect and prevent the transfer of the hazardous byproducts of dust collector fire (such as fire, embers, smoke, and toxic gases) back into the facility.        iv)  Employees were also exposed to combustible dust fire hazards during the opening of the dust collector's material discharge bin (via a slide gate) for the transfer of collected dust as the unit lacked mean to detect and extinguish any sparks or embers that might be present in the collector.    Among other methods, feasible and acceptable means of abatement include following the principles and recommendations in National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) Standard 664 "Standard for the Prevention of Fires and Explosions in Wood Processing and Woodworking Facilities, 2017 ed." - Sections 8.2.2.6.1.6 (location of dust collectors); 8.2.2.6.3 (protection for dust collectors with deflagration hazards); 8.2.2.7 (provisions for recycling of air-material separator exhaust); and 8.2.4 (conveying system isolation).

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):  Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be provided where the exit route is not substantially level:    On or about November 11, 2016, the north wall's exit route was not free and unobstructed. A pile of waste vinyl foil blocked the exit route and the emergency exit door at the back of the facility.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(9):  Cleaning. Spray booths shall be so installed that all portions are readily accessible for cleaning. A clear space of not less than 3 feet on all sides shall be kept free from storage or combustible construction:    On or about November 21, 2016, spray booths were not installed so that all portions were readily accessible for cleaning and a clear space of 3 feet on all sides of the spray booth were not kept free from storage or combustible construction:     a)  The north closed face cross-draft spray booth contained combustible wood cabinets and wood dollies located immediately up against the north wall of the spray booth which did not allow for readily accessible cleaning of the booth's walls.    b)  The center closed face cross-draft spray booth contained painting equipment installed on the south wall of the spray booth and a combustible wood cabinet constructed into the south wall of the spray booth which did not allow for readily accessible cleaning of the booth's walls.     c)  The south closed face cross-draft spray booth contained combustible wood cabinets and a wood dolly located immediately up against the south wall of the spray booth which did not allow for readily accessible cleaning of the booth's walls.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(e)(2):  Quantity. The quantity of flammable liquids or liquids with a flashpoint greater than 199.4 °F (93 °C) kept in the vicinity of spraying operations shall be the minimum required for operations and should ordinarily not exceed a supply for 1 day or one shift. Bulk storage of portable containers of flammable liquids or liquids with a flashpoint greater than 199.4 °F (93 °C) shall be in a separate, constructed building detached from other important buildings or cut off in a standard manner:    On or about November 21, 2016, quantities of flammable liquids, which were kept in the vicinity of spray operations, exceeded the minimum amount needed for a 1 day or one shift supply:    a)  The north closed face cross-draft spray booth contained multiple five-gallon containers of flammable urethane components during spray operations on the day the spray operator only used a small portion of those containers. A five-gallon container of flammable polyester components was located in the spray booth during spray operations on the day polyesters were not used in the spray booth.    b)  The south closed face cross-draft spray booth contained a 5-gallon container of flammable polyester component and a 1 gallon container of acetone during spray operations on a the day the spray operator used the blue adhesive spray.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):  In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the following provisions of this section, as applicable:    On or about November 21, 2016, the employer did not establish or implement a written respiratory protection program when respirators were necessary to protect employees who were wearing tight-fitting half-face respirators with organic filter cartridges while working in cross-draft spray booths and spray coating with adhesives, urethanes and polyesters.    All provision of 29 CFR 1910.134(c) through (m) must be covered in written respiratory protection program. Key elements include, but are not limited to the following:    1)  Respirator selection  2)  Medical evaluations  3)  Fit testing  4)  Training on use/maintenance/care/limitations of respirators  5)  Recordkeeping

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):  General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator:    On or about November 21, 2016, the employer did not provide medical evaluations to determine employees' abilities to use respirators when employees, who were wearing tight-fitting half-face respirators with organic filter cartridges, were working in cross-draft spray booths and spray coating with adhesives, urethanes and polyesters.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1):  The employer shall ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph:    On or about November 21, 2016, the employer did not ensure that employees passed an appropriate QLFT or QNFT when employees, who were wearing tight-fitting half-face respirators with organic filter cartridges, were working in cross-draft spray booths and spray coating with adhesives, urethanes and polyesters.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

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:    On or about September 27, 2016, the employer did not develop, document or utilize procedures for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were exposed to hazards from electrical energy and pneumatic energy when they engaged in belt changes activities on the Kundig Magiq 2-Brillian widebelt sander machine in the woodworking area.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 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:    On or about September 27, 2016, the employer did not provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program were understood by employees who were exposed to hazards from electrical energy and pneumatic energy when they engaged in belt changes activities on the Kundig Magiq 2-Brillian widebelt sander machine in the woodworking area.    All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A) through (C) must be provided to employees exposed to the above hazards. Key elements include, but are not limited to the following:    1)  Authorized employees - receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, magnitude of the energy available, and methods/means necessary for energy isolation.  2)  Affected employees - instructed in the purpose and use of the energy control procedures.  3)  All other employees - instructed about the procedures and about the prohibition relating to attempting to restart or reenergize machines/equipment which are locked-out/tagged-out.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d):  Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the elements and actions and shall be done in the sequence as required by 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)-(6):    On or about September 27, 2016, employees were exposed to potentially hazardous electrical and pneumatic energy when they were engaged in belt changes activities on the Kundig Magiq 2-Brillian widebelt sander machine in the woodworking area. The employer did not ensure that the Plant Manager and Fabrication employees implemented energy control application steps prior to allowing them to reach into the Kundig widebelt sander machine to conduct belt changes. The machine was not deenergized prior to the employees engaging in the belt changes.    As a result, the remaining applicable energy control elements, involving machine isolation [1910.147(d)(3)], lockout/tagout device application [1910.147(d)(4)], dissipation of residual energy [1910.147(d)(5)(i)], and verification of isolation [1910.147(d)(6)] were not implemented to protect employees from machine servicing hazards.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i):  The employer shall 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):    On or about November 21, 2016, the employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely due to the employer did not train or evaluate forklift operators in the elements specified in this paragraph (l).

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6):  Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation:    On or about November 21, 2016, the employer did not certify that each powered industrial truck operator was trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l).

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1):  Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.:    On or about November 11, 2016, one or more methods of machine guarding were not provided to protect CNC operator employees in the areas around the Stratus/SUP CNC Router machine. Operators were exposed to ingoing nip points and struck by hazards from to the moving carriage of the CNC Router machine.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(r)(4):  The mention of specific machines in paragraphs (a) thru (q) and this paragraph (r) of this section, inclusive, is not intended to exclude other woodworking machines from the requirement that suitable guards and exhaust hoods be provided to reduce to a minimum the hazard due to the point of operation of such machines:    On or about November 11, 2016, one or more methods of machine guarding were not provided to protect CNC operator employees in the areas around the Stratus/SUP CNC Router machine from the rotating parts and caught between hazards created by the machine's point of operation.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 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, and which also includes the following:    On or about November 11, 2016, the employer did not maintain a written hazard communication program when employees were working with hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to urethanes (containing isocyanates), polyesters, acetone, other flammables, and wood dust.    All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.1200(e) through (h) must be covered in a written hazard communication program. Key elements include, but are not limited to the following:    1)  Chemical inventory list  2)  Safety Data Sheets (SDS)  3)  Labeling of containers  4)  Employee information and training

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii):  Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  On or about November 11, 2016, in the spray finishing area, the employer did not label approximately seven (7) 55-gallon metal drums of waste acetone with; 1) a product identifier and 2) words, pictures, symbols or a combination thereof to inform employees of the physical and health hazards of the contents within.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)    On or about November 11, 2016, the employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical when safety data sheets were kept in the front office and employees were working with hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to urethanes (containing isocyanates), polyesters, acetone, other flammables, and wood dust in the woodworking and spray finishing facility which was physically separated from the front office building.

Issued

2017-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-15 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 material safety data sheets.    On or about November 11, 2016, the employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals in their work areas at the time of their initial assignment or whenever a new physical or health hazard was introduced into the work area when employees were working with hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to urethanes (containing isocyanates), polyesters, acetone, other flammables, and wood dust.    All provisions of the employee information and training paragraph of the "Hazard Communication" standard 1910.1200(h)(1) through (h)(3) must be provided to employees. Key provision include, but are not limited to the following:    1)  Requirements of the standard  2)  Operations where hazardous chemicals are present  3)  Location of SDS and written Hazard Communication Program  4)  Physical and health hazards of chemicals  5)  Means to protect self from chemicals (procedures, work practices, PPE, etc.)