OSHA Inspection: G.T.M. PLASTICS, INC.

Issued

Oct 23, 2017

Abate by

Dec 15, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    (a) The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program for employees exposed to noise that exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 85 dBA. In the secondary department, an employee operating the plasma welder was exposed to noise levels at 295% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 295% is approximately 97.8 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 429 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 51 minutes.

Issued

Oct 23, 2017

Abate by

Nov 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iii): Lavatories were not provided with hand soap or similar cleansing agent:    (a) In the break area, the men's restroom did not have soap or similar cleansing agent for washing hands.      (b) In the break area, the women's restroom did not have soap or similar cleansing agent for washing hands.

Issued

Oct 23, 2017

Abate by

Nov 17, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iv): Lavatories were not provided with individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling:  (a) In the break area, the men's restroom did not have individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling.  (b) In the break area, the women's restroom did not have individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling.

Issued

Oct 23, 2017

Abate by

Dec 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program for employees who were exposed to potential hazards from the heating of materials during plastic injection molding operations.