OSHA Inspection: 5N PLUS WISCONSIN, INC

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,390 Reduced

Hazardous substances SLT3

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.38(b): An emergency action plan was not in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review:    Warehouse: The employer did not develop and implement an emergency action plan.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $1,870 Reduced

Hazardous substances SLT3

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:    Warehouse:  The employee who was voluntarily using a tight fitting half face air-purifying respirator was not provide with a medical evaluation.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,240 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2330SLT3

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:    Warehouse:  The company did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards to that the employees were exposed when they were offloading shipping containers leaking hazardous chemicals.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2330SLT3

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(l)(7)(i): The employer did not provide a medical examination, as soon as possible, to any employee who could have been acutely exposed to cadmium because of an emergency in addition to the medical surveillance required by 29 CFR 1910.1027(l)(2) through 1910.1027(l)(6):    Warehouse: The employer did not provide for a medical evaluation to the employees that were exposed to the Unrefined Semiconductor Material release.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $1,870 Reduced

Hazardous substances SLT3

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:    Warehouse:  The employer did not establish and implement elements of a respiratory protection program 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 did not present a health hazard to the user.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $3,240 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2330SLT3

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(d)(1)(i): The employer did not determine whether any employee was exposed to cadmium at or above the action level:    Warehouse:  The employer did not evaluate and determine if any employee was exposed to cadmium during offloading containers leaking compounds at/or above action level.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,390 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.    Warehouse: The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program, including the Globalized Harmonized System where employees were required to handle and work with hazardous chemicals.

Issued

Aug 25, 2017

Abate by

Sep 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.    Warehouse: The employees, required to handle and work with hazardous chemicals were not provided with training and information in the chemical hazard communications, including the Globalized Harmonized System.