OSHA Inspection: HAIFA NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,696 · Current $2,587 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces were not kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.    (a) In multiple areas on the first level of the facility, on or about October 4, 2017 and at times prior to, the employer did not clean product (coated fertilizer granules) from the walking and working surfaces, resulting in a slip and fall hazard.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,696 · Current $2,587 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    (a) At the coating drums, on or about October 16, 2017 and at times prior to, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program for employees who were required to wear Moldex N95 Respirators while cleaning product (coated fertilizer granules) from the coating drums, resulting in a respiratory hazard.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 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) At the coating drums, on or about October 16, 2017 and at times prior to, the employer did not provide medical evaluations for employees who were required to wear Moldex N95 Respirators while cleaning product (coated fertilizer granules) from the coating drums, resulting in a respiratory hazard.  NOTE: The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  (a) At the coating drums, on or about October 16, 2017 and at times prior to, the employer did not provide an appropriate fit test for employees who were required to wear Moldex N95 Respirators while cleaning product (coated fertilizer granules) from the coating drums, resulting in a respiratory hazard.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  (a)  At the coating drums, on or about October 16, 2017 and at times prior to, the employer did not ensure employees who were required to wear Moldex N95 Respirators while cleaning product (coated fertilizer granules) from the coating drums did not have facial hair that came between the respirator sealing surface, resulting in a respiratory hazard.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which occurred annually and/or more often if necessary:  (a) At the coating drums, on or about October 16, 2017 and at times prior to, the employer did not provide comprehensive respirator training for employees who were required to wear Moldex N95 Respirators while cleaning product (coated fertilizer granules) from the coating drums, resulting in a respiratory hazard.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 2018

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:  (a)  Throughout the facility, on or about October 16, 2017 and at times prior to, the employer did not provide basic advisory information contained in Appendix D to employees who used filtering face piece respirators on a voluntary basis, resulting in a respiratory and dermal hazard.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,696 · Current $2,587 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): Table Z-3. An employee's exposure to any substance listed in Table Z-3, in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week, exceeded the 8-hour time weighted average limit given for that substance in the table:    (a)  At the coating drums, on or about October 16, 2017, an employee who was cleaning the coating drums was exposed to particulates (total dust) at an 8-hour Time-Weighted Average level of 21.0 mg/m3, which is approximately 1.4 times the Permissible Exposure Limit for total dust of 15 mg/m3.  The exposure level is derived from a sample collected over a 322 minute sampling period; the calculations include a zero value for the 158 minutes not sampled.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Apr 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  (a)  In the coating drum area, on or about October 16, 2017 and at times prior to, the employer did not implement feasible engineering controls or work practices to reduce and maintain employee airborne particulate exposure to or below the permissible exposure limit of 15 milligrams per cubic meter of air for an employee that was exposed to a time-weighted average of 21.0 milligrams per cubic meter of air exposing the employee to a respiratory hazard.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,552 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(C): Employees entered into permit spaces that met the conditions set forth in 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i) but before an employee entered the space, the internal atmosphere was not tested with a calibrated direct-reading instrument.    (a)  At the coating drums, on or about October 16, 2017, the employer did not calibrate the direct-reading instrument used to evaluate the internal atmosphere of the confined space (coating drums) prior to employees entering the space, exposing them to respiratory hazards.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $1,552 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    (a) At the coating drums, on or about October 16, 2017, the employer did not document procedures used to control hazardous energy associated with the coating drum cleaning, exposing employees to a potential release of hazardous energy.

Issued

Mar 19, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii)(D): Lockout devices and tagout devices did not indicate the identity of the employee applying the device(s)  (a)  At the coating drums, on or about October 9, 2017, the employer did not ensure that lockout and tagout devices indicated the employees' identity when in use during the coating drum cleaning task, exposing employees to a potential release of hazardous energy.