OSHA Inspection: J & M INCORPORATED

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Nov 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,028 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(i): The average air speed over the open face of the paint spray booth was less than 100 linear feet per minute.    Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460       The left side spray booth used to spray flammable materials did not average at least 100 linear feet per minute of average air speed.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Dec 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460       Each spray booth used to spray flammable materials was not protected on the upstream sides of the filters with approved automatic sprinklers.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Dec 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,028 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The respiratory protection program was not updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affected respirator use:     Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460     The written respiratory protection program was last updated in 1998 when employees were required to wear a 3M 6300 half face negative pressure respirator or a Sperian half face negative pressure respirator.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Dec 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training to employees who were required to use respirators:            Location:  915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460    Each employees utilizing half face negative pressure tight fitting respirators were not provided training to ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of why the respirator was necessary proper fit, use, and maintenance of a respirator.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Dec 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,028 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:         Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460     An evaluation of all respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace such as but not limited to exposures to isocynates was not conducted.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Dec 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,028 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.           Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460       Each employee wearing half face negative pressure respirators filtering face pieces were not provided with a medical evaluation prior to using the respirators.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Dec 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):          Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460     Each employee utilizing half face negative pressure respirators were not provided with fit testing.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Nov 21, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $2,028 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not comply a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet.     Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460      A complete list of all the hazardous chemicals used in the workplace with a product identifier was not maintained in the workplace.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Nov 6, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)    Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460    Safety data sheets(SDSs) were not readily available where employees were expected to work with chemicals including but not limited to spray paints and solvents.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Dec 31, 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:     Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460     Effective information and training for each hazardous product and chemical including but not limited paints, and solvents was not conducted at the time of initial employee assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into the work area.

Issued

Oct 3, 2017

Abate by

Dec 31, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(j)(1): The employer did not train employees regarding the new label elements and safety data sheets format by December 1, 2013.     Location: 915 Bridgeport Avenue, Milford, CT 06460     Effective information and training for each hazardous product and chemical including but not limited paints, and solvents was not conducted at the time of initial employee assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into the work area.