OSHA Inspection: ARAL USA

Issued

Jul 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,232 · Current $3,232

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:  Location: Garage area  1) An emergency exit door in the garage was blocked by ladders, a chair, and some boards

Issued

Jul 24, 2017

Abate by

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(i): There were no visible gauges, audible alarms or pressure activated devices installed in paint spray booths to indicate or ensure that the required air speed was maintained.   Location: Paint Booth   Employees were spraying paints containing hazardous organic chemicals, and the paint booth did not have any gauges or alarms to indicate that the minimum required face velocity of 100 fpm was being maintained.

Issued

Jul 24, 2017

Abate by

Sep 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(iv): Space within the spray booth on the downstream and upstream sides of filters were not protected with approved automatic sprinklers:  Location: Garage  Employees were exposed to fire hazards from working with flammable and combustible chemicals in a paint booth without automatic sprinklers

Issued

Jul 24, 2017

Abate by

Sep 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(d)(9): Air exhaust from spray operations was directed so that it would contaminate makeup air being introduced into the spraying area or other ventilating intakes, or was directed so it created a nuisance:   Location: Garage  Employees outside the paint booth were exposed to vapors form spraying operations because the booth flaps on the side opposite to the fan blower intake were open.

Issued

Jul 24, 2017

Abate by

Aug 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $5,070

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  Location: Garage   Employees were exposed to severe eye irritation from mixing and spraying clear coat and clear coat activator without wearing eye protection.  The products are:  1) Nason SelectClear 483-78  2K Activator (Hardener) 2) Nason 2K Urethane Spot Clear

Issued

Jul 24, 2017

Abate by

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $3,802

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.  Location: Garage  1) Employees were exposed to the potential for adverse respiratory effects from wearing respirators without having been evaluated and cleared by a medical professional.  2) The employer's respirator was exposed to contamination from being stored uncovered, on top of the paint cabinet

Issued

Jul 24, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,232 · Current $3,232

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:  Location: Garage  A fire extinguisher in the garage was blocked by hoses, and there were several containers of flammable chemicals both used and stored there.

Issued

Jul 24, 2017

Abate by

Aug 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $3,802

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:  Location: Facility   Employees were exposed to chemical hazards while painting and performing body work on automobiles, and they were not trained on the health hazards, the symptoms of over-exposure, and protective measures availale for these chemicals.   Hazardous Chemicals Used Freqently Include:  1) Nason 2k Activator (Aliphatic Polyisocyanate: Respiratory and skin sensitizer, flammable)  2) Nason 2k Urethane Sealer (Methyl ethyl ketone, Xylene, Ethylbenzene, Propylene gycol monomethyl ether: Extreme eye and skin irritant, flammable, neurotoxic) 3) Nason 2K Urethane Spot Clear (Xylene, Acetone, Ethylbenzene, Butyl acetate, Methyl ethyl ketone, Methyl isoamyl ketone: Iritant, sensitizer, neurotoxin, possible reproductive hazard, flammable) 4) Smart Lacquer Thinner (Ethylbenzene, Toluene, Xylene, Methyl alcohol, Acetone: Neurotoxin, irritant, flammable)  5) Evercoat Rage Xtreme Body Filler (Styrene: Sensitizer, carcinogen, extreme irritant, neurotoxin, reproductive hazard, flammable)