OSHA Inspection: THE BEACH WATERPARK

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,617 · Current $1,539 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    (a) The Employer did not establish or implement a written respirator program for employees who are required to wear 3M 5000 half face air purifying respirators when moving chlorine (respiratory irritation, lung damage) and hydrochloric acid (respiratory irritation) barrels.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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: Note: the employer may discontinue an employees medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.    (a) Employees were not provided with a medical evaluation prior to being required to wear a 3M 5000 half face air purifying respirator when moving chlorine and hydrochloric acid barrels to the pump station by the maintenance shop.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 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) The employer did not ensure that employees required to use a 3M 5000 half face air purifying respirator while performing tasks such as moving barrels of hydrochloric acid (respiratory irritation) and barrels of chlorine (respiratory irritation, lung damage) to the pump station by the maintenance shop were fit tested prior to use.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1)(ii): Respirators issued to more than one employee were not cleaned and disinfected before being worn by different individuals:  (a) The employer did not ensure the respirators being worn and shared by employees were cleaned and disinfected prior to each use.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  (a) The employer did not ensure employees required to wear 3M 5000 air purifying respirators while moving barrels of chlorine and hydrochloric acid were provided with respirator training.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,617 · Current $1,539 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    (a) The eyewash station located in the south building where employees were working with chemicals such as, but not limited to, chlorine (skin burns, severe eye damage) and hydrochloric acid (skin burns, severe eye damage), was not operational in that extension cords were laying in the water basin, the left spigot was missing, and had no water running to it.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,617 · Current $1,539 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:    (a) The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, chlorine (respiratory irritation) and hydrochloric acid (respiratory irritation).

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:    a) The employer did not ensure that the 1500 gallon tanks of chlorine (skin burns, conjunctivitis) located beside the north and south buildings were labeled with the chemical identity and hazard.

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Nov 16, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  a) The employer did not provide a written certification that a workplace hazard assessment had been performed for employees working with and around chlorine (skin burns, eye damage, respiratory damage) and hydrochloric acid (skin irritation, eye irritation).