OSHA Inspection: LIQUID WASTE TECHNOLOGY, LLC.

Issued

May 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,549 Reduced

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:      (b) Throughout the facility, Bay 3 & 4; The employer did not identify and evaluate employees exposure to respiratory hazards during welding processes.     (c) Bay 5; The employer did not identify and evaluate employees exposure to respiratory hazards during welding and painting processes in confined spaces of the dredges.

Issued

May 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $2,661 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    (a) Throughout the facility; Medical evaluations were not provided prior to use to determine employees ability to use half-mask respirators while employees were cleaning inside of the dredge tanks.

Issued

May 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  (a) Throughout the facility; Employees required to wear half-mask respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator while employees were cleaning inside of the dredge tanks.

Issued

May 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,549 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):    (a) Bay 3, Krras Machine Press Brake (s/n 8258);  The press brake was operated with a foot control without guarding the point of operation.

Issued

May 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $1,901 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:     (a) Throughout the facility; The employer did not maintain copies of safety data sheets for ABC3 Marine Antifouling Paint, Amerlock 2/400 Pearl Gray Resin, and Amerlock 2 Cure in the workplace to ensure employees could review and have access to them prior to and during the use of these chemicals.

Issued

May 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Throughout the facility; The employer did not provide training to employees exposed to ABC3 Marine Antifouling Paint, Amerlock 2/400 Pearl Gray Resin, and Amerlock 2 Cure prior to initial use on-site to ensure proper engineering controls, workpractices, and personal protective equipment was provided.

Issued

May 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(C): Employees entered into permit spaces that met the conditions set forth in 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i) but before an employee entered the space, the internal atmosphere was not tested with a calibrated direct-reading instrument:   (a) Bay 5, Job 1144; A permit required confined space was entered on April 11, 2017, no calibration documentation could be provided for the direct-reading instrument utilized.

Issued

May 19, 2017

Abate by

Jul 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(c)(1)(iv): The employer did not include the potentially hazardous materials employed in fluxes, coatings, coverings, and filler metals, all of which are potentially used in welding and cutting, in the program established to comply with Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) (sec. 1910.1200):     (a) Welding Area(s), Bays 3-4; The employer did not include the elements of the hazards associated with welding and cutting in their written Hazard Communication Program and training elements.