OSHA Inspection: DE PERE CABINET, INC.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,068 · Current $4,948 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer shall train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of this section. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program.  On or about October 27, 2017, employees working in the saw areas were not provided training when required to wear hearing protection by the employer.  The employer shall ensure that each employee is informed of the following:  the effects of noise on hearing; the purpose of hearing protectors, the advantages, disadvantages, and attenuation of various types, and instructions on selection, fitting, use and care; and the purpose of audiometric testing, and an explanation of the test procedures.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,068 · Current $4,948 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(1): Construction. Spray booths shall be substantially constructed of steel, securely and rigidly supported, or of concrete or masonry except that aluminum or other substantial noncombustible material may be used for intermittent or low volume spraying. Spray booths shall be designed to sweep air currents toward the exhaust outlet.  On or about October 27, 2017, the touch up spray booth located in the south east side of the facility utilized a combustible plastic tarp as a divider.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(g)(2): Cleaning. All spraying areas shall be kept as free from the accumulation of deposits of combustible residues as practical, with cleaning conducted daily if necessary. Scrapers, spuds, or other such tools used for cleaning purposes shall be of nonsparking material.  On or about October 27, 2017, the touch up spray booth located in the south east side of the facility had significant accumulation of deposits of combustible material from varnishes and paints on the floors, walls, combustible plastic tarp dividing the booth, and over the filter media.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,481 · Current $5,937 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(a): General requirements. Each employer shall be responsible for the safe condition of tools and equipment used by employees, including tools and equipment which may be furnished by employees.  On or about October 27, 2017, employees in the assembly lines utilized pneumatic staple and pin guns that had the safety tips removed, trigger safeties removed, or defeated trigger safeties with tape resulting in employees injuring themselves when the guns would fire unexpectedly.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,068 · Current $4,948 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(1)(i): Each employer who has a workplace covered by this standard shall monitor employees to determine their exposure to formaldehyde.  On or about October 27, 2017, the employer utilized formaldehyde containing chemicals including SHER-WOOD KEMVAR Plus Surfacer and SHER-WOOD KEMVAR LF Water White Conversion Varnish in spray finishing operations without monitoring employees to determine their exposure to formaldehyde.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(1): Participation. The employer shall assure that all employees who are assigned to workplaces where there is exposure to formaldehyde participate in a training program, except that where the employer can show, using objective data, that employees are not exposed to formaldehyde at or above 0.1 ppm, the employer is not required to provide training.  On or about October 27, 2017, the employer utilized formaldehyde containing chemicals including SHER-WOOD KEMVAR Plus Surfacer and SHER-WOOD KEMVAR LF Water White Conversion Varnish in spray finishing operations without developing a training program for employees exposed to formaldehyde.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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.  On or about October 27, 2017, employees applying chemicals in spray finishing operations were not provided effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals in their work area including SHER-WOOD KEMVAR Plus Surfacer, SHER-WOOD 5421W Universal Primer, and SHER-WOOD KEMVAR LF Water White Conversion Varnish.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).  On or about October 27, 2017, the employer provided voluntary half-mask respirators with organic cartridges to employees spray finishing but did not develop a written respiratory protection program that ensured the respirator is maintained properly so that is does not present a health hazard to the user.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)(2): If there is no ESLI appropriate for conditions in the employer's workplace, the employer implements a change schedule for canisters and cartridges that is based on objective information or data that will ensure that canisters and cartridges are changed before the end of their service life. The employer shall describe in the respirator program the information and data relied upon and the basis for the canister and cartridge change schedule and the basis for reliance on the data.  On or about October 27, 2017, the employer provided voluntary half-mask respirators with organic cartridges to employees spray finishing wood cabinets but did not develop a cartridge change schedule to ensure they were changed before the end of their service life.

Issued

Jan 10, 2018

Abate by

Feb 8, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(i): Refresher training, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of that training, shall be conducted as required by paragraph (l)(4)(ii) to ensure that the operator has the knowledge and skills needed to operate the powered industrial truck safely.  On or about October 27, 2017, an employee who was involved in a forklift incident on August 13, 2017 resulting in property damage was not provided refresher training including a certified evaluation as required.