OSHA Inspection: ART BRANDS

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $1,901 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.38(a): Application. An employer must have an emergency action plan whenever an OSHA standard in this part requires one. The requirements in this section apply to each such emergency action plan.  a. At the workplace, the employer did not develop and implement an emergency action plan.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,802 · Current $1,916 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  a. At the workplace, the employer did not provide each employee who was required to wear a respirator with a medical evaluation.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(c): Respiratory protection program. This paragraph requires the employer to develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use. The program must be administered by a suitably trained program administrator. In addition, certain program elements may be required for voluntary use to prevent potential hazards associated with the use of the respirator. The Small Entity Compliance Guide contains criteria for the selection of a program administrator and a sample program that meets the requirements of this paragraph. Copies of the Small Entity Compliance Guide will be available on or about April 8, 1998 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Office of Publications, Room N 3101, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210 (202-219-4667).  a. At the workplace, the employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program for employees working in the washout room who were required to wear respirators.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer shall ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph.  a. At the workplace, the employer did not provide employees who were required to wear tight-fitting facepiece respirators while working in the washout room with a fit test.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i): The employer shall not permit respirators with tight-fitting facepieces to be worn by employees who have: 29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function; or  a. At the workplace, the employer did not require employees who wore tight-fitting facepiece respirators to be clean shaven.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.  a. At the workplace, the employer did not provide employees who were required to wear tight-fitting facepiece respirators while working in the washout room with respiratory protection training.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $2,535 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).  a. At the workplace, the employer did not develop and implement a powered industrial vehicle training program for employees who were required to operate a forklift.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,070 · Current $2,535 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:  a. At the workplace, the employer did not develop and implement a hazard communication program for employees exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, CDR Concentrate, GR-6V, and RC-5.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)  a. At the workplace, the employer did not maintain copies of safety data sheets for employees exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, CDR Concentrate, GR-6V, and RC-5.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.  a. At the workplace, the employer did not develop and implement a hazard communication training program for employees exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, CDR Concentrate, GR-6V, and RC-5.

Issued

Dec 12, 2017

Abate by

Feb 1, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.  a. At the workplace, the employer did not develop and maintain a written certification of the workplace hazard assessment.