OSHA Inspection: SUPERIOR PROMOTIONAL BAGS

Issued

Sep 13, 2019

Abate by

Sep 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $425 · Current $425

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.  a) 501 Prospect St Unit 107, Lakewood, NJ: The employer failed to provide the area office with abatement documentation of all citations issued April 5th, 2017

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:     a)  Throughout facility: The employer did not ensure that employees using Tekmar TS-3 Cured Ink Remover that contains 70-90% methylene chloride and Bobs Haze Reducer and Degreaser, corrosive chemicals, used goggles, on or about 12/1/16.       NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employee(s) to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands were exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasion; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes:  a) Throughout facility: The employer did not ensure that an employee using Tekmar TS-3 Cured Ink Remover a corrosive chemical that contains 70-90% methylene chloride, used appropriate gloves, on or about 12/1/16.   NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a)  Throughout facility: The employer did not ensure that employees using Tekmar TS-3 Cured Ink Remover, a corrosive chemical that contains 70-90% methylene chloride, used appropriate gloves, on or about 12/1/16.  b)  Throughout facility: The employer did not ensure that employees using Tekmar TS-3 Cured Ink Remover, a corrosive chemical that contains 70-90% methylene chloride, used goggles, on or about 12/1/16.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $500 Reduced

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:    a) Screen washing room: The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to an employee required to wear a 3M half face air purifying respirator models 6001 and 5000 series when cleaning screens prior to the respirators use, on or about 12/1/16.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    a) Screen printing area: The employer did not provide an eyewash station in the immediate work area that was capable of providing 15 minutes of continuous flushing where employees used Tekmar TS-3, which contained 70-90% of methylene chloride, to remove ink stains from finished products, on or about 12/1/16.    b) Screen cleaning room: The employer did not provide an eyewash station in the immediate work area that was capable of providing 15 minutes of continuous flushing where employees used Bob's Haze Reducer and Degreaser and Screen Reclaimer Crystals to clean screens, on or about 12/1/16.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(i)(2): Where it was reasonably foreseeable that employees eyes may have contacted solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater MC (for example through splashes, spills or improper work practices), the employer did not provide appropriate eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use, and did not ensure that affected employees used those facilities when necessary   a) Screen printing area: The employer did not provide an eyewash station in the immediate work area that was capable of 15 minutes of continuous flushing where employees used Tekmar TS-3, which contained 70-90% of methylene chloride, to remove ink stains from finished products, on or about 12/1/16.  NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $500 Reduced

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:    a) Screen printing area: The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine each employee's exposure to methylene chloride, contained in Tekmar TS-3 at a concentration of 70-90%, when removing ink stains from finished products, on or about 12/1/16.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(l)(1): The employer did not provide information and training for each affected employee prior to or at the time of initial assignment to a job involving potential exposure to methylene chloride:    a) Screen printing area: The employer did not provide training to employees using Tekmar TS-3 to remove ink stains from finished products, which contained 70-90% methylene chloride, on or about 12/1/16.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Throughout facility:  The employer did not provide information and training to employees that used  chemicals in the facility, such as, but not limited to, Bobs Screen Wash, Bobs Adhesive Remover, Plastisol Screen Printing Inks, Screen Reclaimer Crystals, Camie 375 Screen Printers Flash Cure Spray, Camie 480 Screen Opener, S.E.X. Photopolymer Emulsion and corrosive chemicals Teckmar TS-3 Cured Ink Remover and Bobs Haze Reducer and Degreaser, on or about 12/1/16.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):      a) Throughout facility:  The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for the chemicals used in the facility, such as, but not limited to, Bobs Screen Wash, Bobs Adhesive Remover, Plastisol Screen Printing Inks, Screen Reclaimer Crystals, Camie 375 Screen Printers Flash Cure Spray, Camie 480 Screen Opener, S.E.X. Photopylmer Emulsion and corrosive chemicals Teckmar TS-3 Cured Ink Remover and Bobs Haze Reducer and Degreaser, on or about 12/1/16.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the information required by 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)(i) through 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(1)(v):    a) Throughout facility:  The employer did not ensure that bottles containing Bobs Screen Cleaner and Bobs Haze Reducer and Degreaser were labeled according to the standard, on or about 12/1/16.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which was used:     a) Throughout facility:  The employer did not have safety data sheets (SDS) for all of the chemical used in the facility, including, but not limited to, Bobs Screen Wash, Bobs Adhesive Remover, Plastisol Screen Printing Inks, Screen Reclaimer Crystals, Camie 375 Screen Printers Flash Cure Spray, Camie 480 Screen Opener, S.E.X. Photopolymer Emulsion and corrosive chemicals Teckmar TS-3 Cured Ink Remover and Bobs Haze Reducer and Degreaser, on or about 12/1/16.       NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:   a) Throughout facility: The employer did not provide the information contained in Appendix D of the regulation to employees that were provided Uline S-5687 and 3M 8271 P95 filtering facepiece respirator for voluntary use, on or about 12/1/16.    NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Apr 5, 2017

Abate by

May 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a) Screen washing room: The employer did not provide training to an employee required to wear a models 6001 and 5000 series half face air purifying respirator when cleaning screens prior to the respirator's use, on or about 12/1/16.  NOTE: THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.