OSHA Inspection: BRIDGELAND AUTO BROKERS, INC.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1304.00 Reduced

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:      a) At the facility, on or about 8/1/17: Employees were provided with half face respirators for voluntary use when spraying Dupli-Color Professional Undercoat and Sound Eliminator. A written respiratory protection program had not been developed with elements for medical evaluations as well as cleaning, storage, and maintenance of respirators.        Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    a) At the facility, on or about 8/1/17: The employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees who wore half face respirators while spraying Dupli-color Professional Undercoat and Sound Eliminator.      Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-13 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, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    a) At the facility, on or about 8/1/2017: Appendix D advisory information on respirators was not provided to employees who wore half face respirators while spraying Dupli-color Professional Undercoat and Sound Eliminator.     Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1304.00 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:        a) At the facility, on or about 8/1/2017: The employer did not develop a written hazard communication program. Employees worked with hazardous chemicals including Dupli-Color Professional Undercoat and Sound Eliminator which was flammable and a skin/eye irritant.           Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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)   a) At the facility, on or about 8/1/2017: Safety Data Sheets were not maintained for hazardous chemicals at the facility.      Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   a) At the facility, on or about 8/1/2017: Employees who worked with hazardous chemicals were not provided with hazard communication training.      Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.