OSHA Inspection: THE ARTISAN PRESERVATION CO., LLC.

Issued

2017-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $1630.00

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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) On or about August 29, 2017 at the site of 208 South 4th Street La Crosse, WI; A written respiratory protection program was not developed and implemented for employees utilizing half-mask elastomeric respirators when working with  chemicals including, but not limited to, paint, paint remover, silica, and potentially lead and asbestos.

Issued

2017-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-10 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 medical evaluations to determine employee(s) ability to use half- face elastomeric respirators as applicable per the requirements set forth in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) On or about August 29, 2017 at the site of 208 South 4th Street La Crosse, WI; Medical evaluations were not provided prior to use to determine employees ability to use half-mask elastomeric respirators when working with chemicals including, but not limited to, paint, paint remover, silica, and potentially lead and asbestos.

Issued

2017-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of why the respirator was necessary and how improper fit, usage, or maintenance could compromise the protective effect of the respirator (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) On or about August 29, 2017 at the site of 208 South 4th Street La Crosse, WI; Employees utilizing half-mask elastomeric respirators when working with chemicals including, but not limited to, paint, paint remover, silica, and potentially lead and asbestos had not been provided training prior to use.

Issued

2017-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1630.00 · Current $1630.00

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 (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  (a) On or about August 29, 2017 at the site of 208 South 4th Street La Crosse, WI; The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program when employees were exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, paint, paint remover, silica, and potentially lead and asbestos.

Issued

2017-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-01-10 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 copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  (a) On or about August 29, 2017 at the site of 208 South 4th Street La Crosse, WI; The employer did not maintain safety data sheets for chemicals utilized on-site.

Issued

2017-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-16 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 (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  (a) On or about August 29, 2017 at the site of 208 South 4th Street La Crosse, WI; Initial hazard communication training was not provided to employees to inform them of the exposure hazards to chemicals such as, but not limited to, paint, paint remover, silica, and potentially lead and asbestos.  (b) Throughout the facility; Training was not provided to inform employees of the Global Harmonization System changes for container labeling and safety data sheet (SDS) format.

Issued

2017-11-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-03-16 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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):  (a) On or about August 29, 2017 at the site of 208 South 4th Street La Crosse, WI; Employees utilizing filtering facepiece respirators (dust masks) were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D prior to voluntary use of the respirator.