OSHA Inspection: GC PACKAGING LLC

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses 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) Foil Press Area, employees during die press cleaning and transfer operations were not provided adequate eye and face protection when working with the chemical solution GC Meter Roller Cleaner.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

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) Foil Press Area, employees during die press cleaning and transfer operations were not required to utilize adequate hand protection when working with the chemical solution GC Meter Roller Cleaner.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(g)(3)(i): The employer did not select and provide to employees, the appropriate atmosphere-supplying respirator specified in 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(i)(A) and selected or used half masks:  (a) Foil Press Area, the employer failed to select and provide appropriate atmosphere-supplying respiratory protection exposing employees to inhalation and skin contact hazards associated with methylene chloride.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(i): Selection of appropriate respirators was not based on the respiratory hazard(s) to which the worker was exposed and user factors that affect respirator performance and reliability:  (a) Foil Press Area, the employer failed to select appropriate respiratory protection for foil press operators exposed to respiratory inhalation hazards such as but not limited to methylene chloride.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

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:  (a) Foil Press Area, the employer failed to identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) for foil press operators  such as but not limited to methylene chloride.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

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) Foil Press Area, the employer failed to identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) for foil press operators  such as but not limited to methylene chloride.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Aug 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(c)(2): The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene chloride in excess of 125 parts per million as determined over a sampling period of 15 minutes:  a) A foil press operator, was exposed to methylene chloride at an airborne concentration of 240 parts per million of air, approximately 1.92 times the short term exposure limit (STEL) of 125 parts per million. Sampling was performed for 15 minutes during one shift.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Aug 9, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(f)(1): The employer did not institute and maintain the effectiveness of engineering controls and work practices to reduce employee exposure to or below the permissible exposure limits and wherever the feasible engineering controls and work practices which can be instituted were not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the 8-hour time weighted average permissible exposure limit or short term exposure limit, the employer did not use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest levels achievable and did not supplement them by the use of respiratory protection that compiled with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1052(g):   The employer did not institute feasible engineering controls and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposures to methylene chloride at or below the short term exposure limit:   (a) An employee performing press die cleaning operations and was exposed to methylene chloride at an airborne concentration of 240 parts per million of air, approximately 1.9 times the short term exposure limit (STEL) of 125 parts per million. Sampling was performed for 15 minutes during one shift.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of methylene chloride exceeded or could reasonably be expected to exceed either the 8-hour Time Weighted Average Permissible Exposure Limit or the Short Term Exposure Limit:   (a) Foil Press Area, the employer failed to establish a regulated area when a foil press operators exposure to methylene chloride exceeded the Short Term Exposure Limit of 125ppm. A foil press operator, was exposed to methylene chloride at an airborne concentration of 240 parts per million of air, approximately 1.9 times the short term exposure limit (STEL) of 125 parts per million.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(j)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available for employees who were or potentially were  exposed to methylene chloride at or above the action level on 30 or more days per year, or above the 8-hour time weighted average permissible exposure limit or the short term exposure limit on 10 or more days per year:  (a) Foil press area, the employer does not make available medical surveillance, to employees occupationally exposed to methylene chloride at or above the short term exposure limit.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  (a) Throughout the plant, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program addressing the hazardous associated with but not limited to: GC Meter Roller Cleaner.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

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) Foil Press Area, employees during die press cleaning and transfer operations were not provided adequate protective work clothing protection when working with the chemical solution GC Meter Roller Cleaner.

Issued

Jun 1, 2017

Abate by

Jun 27, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(h)(2): The employer did not clean, launder, repair and replace all protective clothing and equipment required by 29 CFR 1910.1052(h) as needed to maintain their effectiveness:  (a) Foil Press Area, employees during die press cleaning and transfer operations wore street clothes and the employer did not clean, launder, repair, or replace the employees street clothes exposing employees to the chemical solution GC Meter Roller Cleaner.