OSHA Inspection: TOWER INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-31 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 January 10, 2017, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures for employees required to wear half-mask respirators and dust mask respirators while powder coating and cleaning the IAP Inc. oven and paint booth.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces.     On or about January 10, 2017, the employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces including the IAP Inc. oven and powder coat booth were permit-required confined spaces.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.     On or about January 10, 2017, the employer did not inform exposed employees of the existence and location of the danger posed by the permit spaces including the IAP Inc. oven and powder coat booth.      NOTE: A sign reading DANGER -- PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3622.00 · Current $1811.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    The employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of adequate energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections when employees were performing servicing and maintenance work on equipment including the IAP Inc. oven, powder coat booth, mills, lathes, and robotics among others.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.     The employer did not develop, document and utilize equipment specific energy control procedures when employees were performing servicing and maintenance work on equipment including the IAP Inc. oven, powder coat booth, mills, lathes, and robotics among others.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i): When servicing and/or maintenance is performed by a crew, craft, department or other group, they shall utilize a procedure which affords the employees a level of protection equivalent to that provided by the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device.    The employer did not develop, document and utilize a group energy control procedure for multiple employees engaging in servicing and maintenance work on equipment including the IAP Inc. oven, powder coat booth, mills, lathes, and robotics among others.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-30 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:    (a)  On or about January 10, 2017, employees were exposed to the pinch points created by the centering devices located in cradle station #1 and #2.    (b)  On or about January 10, 2017, employees were exposed to the pinch points created by the cradle and transfer rollers located in cradle station #1 and #2.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-31 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:    On or about January 10, 2017, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program addressing employee training, chemical labeling, and maintenance of safety data sheets when working with hazardous chemicals such as AkzoNobel Blue Powder Coat.

Issued

2017-04-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-05-31 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 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.    On or about January 10, 2017, the employer did not provide effective information and training to employees working with AkzoNobel Blue Powder Coat.