OSHA Inspection: REMCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Issued

Nov 17, 2017

Abate by

Jan 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $2,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employees or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures:       a) Insulation Department- On August 3, 2017, the employer did not ensure that a written respiratory protection program was established and implemented for those employees required to wear respiratory protection, including the 3M Safe Guard 8210 filtering face piece respirator (dust mask).      The respiratory protection program shall include, at a minimum, procedures for selecting respirators; medical evaluations; fit testing; procedures for proper use in routine and reasonably foreseeable emergency situations; procedures for cleaning, storing, inspecting, repairing and discarding respirators; employee training regarding respiratory hazards they are exposed to, proper uses and limitations of respirators; and procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the respirator program.

Issued

Nov 17, 2017

Abate by

Jan 5, 2018

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:        a) Insulation Department- On August 3, 2017, the employer did not ensure that employees were provided a medical evaluation to determine their ability to wear a respiraotr before being required to use a 3M Safe Guard 8210 filtering face piece respirator (dust mask).

Issued

Nov 17, 2017

Abate by

Jan 5, 2018

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) Insulation Department- On August 3, 2017, the employer did not ensure that employees required to use the 3M Safe Guard 8210 filtering face piece respirator (dust mask) in the workplace were fit tested prior to initial use.

Issued

Nov 17, 2017

Abate by

Dec 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Grinding machinery was not used with work rest(s) to support offhand grinding work and was not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch:       a) Insulation Department- On or about August 3, 2017, the employer did not ensure that work rests were properly adjusted to no more than one eighth inch opening to support grinding work on equipment, such as the Ryobi Bench Grinder BG612G.

Issued

Nov 17, 2017

Abate by

Dec 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:     a) Insulation Department- On or about August 3, 2017, the employer did not ensure that the Ryobi Bench Grinder BG612G was equipped with an adjustable tongue guard.

Issued

Nov 17, 2017

Abate by

Nov 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,268 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3): The employer did not enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred:      a) On August 3, 2017 the employer did not enter a recordable injury that occurred on May 17, 2017 on the OSHA 300 Log within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that the recordable injury had occurred.

Issued

Nov 17, 2017

Abate by

Dec 29, 2017

Penalty

Initial $711 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during the operating cycle(s):      a) Sewing Department- On August 3, 2017, the employer did not ensure that the point of operation on each sewing machine was guarded in a manner that would prevent employees from inadvertent contact with the point of operation during the operating cycle.