OSHA Inspection: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Oct 10, 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) Maintenance Shop: A garden sprayer containing caustic "Purple Power" was not provided with identity or hazard warning labels.  (b) Maintenance Compound: A 1000 gallon tank of marine gasoline was not provided with a contents or hazard warning label.  (c) Maintenance Compound: Two 1000 gallon diesel fuel tanks were not provided with contents or hazard warning labels.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Oct 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):   Employees were not provided effective information and training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2) and (h)(3) 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:  Maintenance Shop:   (a) An employee who was exposed to hazardous chemicals (e.g., welding fumes, welding gases, gasoline, diesel fuel, solvents, motor oil, brake fluid, antifreeze, hydraulic fluid etc.) while performing maintenance activities had not been provided information and training, as stipulated above.  (b) Two employees had not been trained on the new chemical container label elements and the new format and types of information on each section of safety data sheets (SDSs) with respect to revisions to the standard in accordance with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS).  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED

Issued

Sep 28, 2017

Abate by

Oct 10, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Maintenance Shop: An employee who occasionally wore an N95 disposable filtering facepiece respirator on a voluntary basis while grinding metal parts had not been provided with the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED