OSHA Inspection: PFI USA, LLP

Issued

Jul 11, 2017

Abate by

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $2,500 Reduced

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) Employees working with and exposed to chemicals, such as but not limited to, welding fumes (metal fume fever) did not have training on the hazards of the chemicals prior to their initial assignment.

Issued

Jul 11, 2017

Abate by

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $0 Reduced

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) A written hazard communication program had not been developed or implemented by the employer where employees were exposed to chemicals such as but not limited to, welding fumes (metal fume fever).

Issued

Jul 11, 2017

Abate by

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical    a) Safety data sheets for the steel being welded on was not kept by the employer.

Issued

Jul 11, 2017

Abate by

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,268 · Current $704 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.      a) On March 13, 2017 a recordable injury occurred when an employee received a flash burn and a prescription medications and was not entered on the OSHA 300 log within 7 days of receiving information the injury had occurred.

Issued

Jul 11, 2017

Abate by

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) A written certification of a hazard assessment had not been completed by the employer.