OSHA Inspection: CENTRAL OHIO FABRICATORS, INC.

Issued

2017-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $2281.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall 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.  a) At the facility where employees were exposed to contact hazards such as, but not limited to flying sparks and metal projectiles, and inhalation hazards such as, but not limited to the vapors of paints and solvents, a workplace hazard assessment had not been performed.

Issued

2017-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $2281.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard"); and   a) At the establishment in the painting department, an employee performing compressed air spray painting wore a  3M 5201 respirator voluntarily to protect against the inhalation of paint vapors. The employee had not been provided the information contained in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.

Issued

2017-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).  a) At the establishment in the painting department, an employee performing compressed air spray painting wore a  3M 5201 respirator to protect against the inhalation of paint vapors. The employee had not been provided a medical evaluation to ensure that the respirator could be safely worn while performing work.

Issued

2017-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $2281.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.  a) At the establishment, an industrial truck operator working in the spray painting department had not received industrial truck operator refresher training in over eight years.

Issued

2017-02-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $2281.00 Reduced

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 chemical 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.  a) At the establishment the painter was exposed to contact and inhalation hazards when working with chemicals such as, but not limited to Sherwin Williams Ultra Deep Base, Industrial Enamel, Shopcoat Primer, Steel Spec-Fast Dry Alkyd Finish Coat and Xylene. The employer had not provided the painter with information and training on the health hazards of the chemicals.