OSHA Inspection: STONETEK IMPORTS, INC.

Issued

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3232.00 · Current $1616.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): Employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    Polishing Building:    Employer did not develop and implement a Hearing Conservation Program as required by this section for employees who were engaging in sanding and polishing operations and were exposed to noise in excess of the OSHA action level (AL) of 85 decibels.  One employee who was sampled for 212 minutes was exposed to noise at 89.9 decibels (dBA) equivalent 8-hour time weighted average. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining shift.

Issued

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5387.00 · Current $2690.00 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:    Polishing Shop:    Employer did not conduct an exposure assessment for employees who engage in grinding and polishing of natural and engineered stone products such as counter-tops who were exposed to airborne levels of respirable dust  and/or crystalline silica.

Issued

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3231.00 · Current $1616.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(b): The employer did not base selection of appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the tasks to be performed, conditions present, duration of use, and the hazards and potential hazards identified:    Polishing Building:    Employer provided latex gloves to employees for protection against finishing materials used to finish stone products such as acetone, WD-40 lubricant and denatured alcohol. The latex gloves did not provide adequate protection against hazardous solvents present in the finishing materials.

Issued

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3231.00 · Current $0.00 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:    Establishment:    Employer had not developed and implemented a written Hazard Communication Program for employees who were exposed to hazardous stone fabrication products such as Adria Bond flowing transparent (adhesive), Perfect Finish Sol 218 acetone, WD-40 lubricant, Gran Quartz Impregnator 314P, Kleen Strip denatured alcohol, Tenax Ager, and Bernzomatic propane gas that included labeling requirements, safety data sheets, and employee training.

Issued

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3231.00 · Current $1578.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition:    Yard and Shop:    The Clark CGP 25 Forklift was missing a directional light and had a damaged directional light.

Issued

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    Polishing Shop:    Employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134 to employees who voluntarily wore N95 dust masks for protection against particulate during operations such as cutting, sanding and polishing.

Issued

2017-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5): The powered industrial truck was equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, however the employer did not request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered:    Establishment:    The Clark CGP 25 forklift truck used with a boom attachment and grappler clamp to move stone slabs was not marked with the required information.