OSHA Inspection: DURACOTE IC DISC CORPORATION

Issued

2017-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

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:    On or about January 10, 2017, employees permitted to wear a half mask air purifying respirator on an optional basis when wiping rollers on the UV line with methyl ethyl ketone had not been provided with Appendix D information.

Issued

2017-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    On or about January 10, 2017, employees permitted to wear half mask air purifying respirators while wiping rollers on the UV line had not been provided with a medical evaluation.

Issued

2017-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-04-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about January 10, 2017, the employer had not evaluated respiratory hazards on the UV line where employees wiping rollers were exposed to methyl ethyl ketone at a concentration of 1052 parts per million (ppm) when sampled for a 15 minute short term exposure limit (STEL).

Issued

2017-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $2475.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(d)(4)(iii): Electrical wiring and equipment located in inside storage rooms used for Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), was not approved under subpart S of this part for Class I, Division 2 Hazardous Locations:    On or about January 10, 2017, standard electrical outlets in the form of an extension cord and a power strip were utilized a flammable storage room in which category 1 and 2 flammable liquids including, but not limited to acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, isobutyl isobutyrate, and isopropyl alcohol were stored.

Issued

2017-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(A): Flexible cords and/or cables were used as a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure:  On or about January 10, 2017, an extension cord was run through the doorway of the flammable storage room to power a scale and equipment in a mixing area.

Issued

2017-03-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(C): Flexible cords and cables were run through doorways, windows, floors, or similar openings:   a. On or about January 10, 2017, an extension cord was run through the doorway of the flammable storage room to power a scale and equipment in a mixing area.     b. On or about January 10, 2017, flexible cables powering equipment that heated compounds were run through a doorway on the UV line