OSHA Inspection: ROCKPORT GRANITE INC.

Issued

Jan 26, 2018

Abate by

Feb 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,338 · Current $3,169 Reduced

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:  Establishment - The employer did not develop a written hazard communication program.  Hazardous chemicals used at  the facility include but not limited to silica, naphthalene and naphtha.

Issued

Jan 26, 2018

Abate by

Mar 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   Establishment - Employees were not provided effective training such as understanding elements of a safety data sheet, universal labeling system, or chemical hazards located at the site such as but not limited to silica and vapors from cleaning catalysts.

Issued

Jan 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,268 · Current $634 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): A log of all recordable work-related injuries and illness (OSHA Form 300 or equivalent) was not completed in the detail required by the regulation.  OSHA 300 logs for injuries and illnesses that occurred in the months of June, July, September, and October of 2017 were not completed in the detail required by the regulation.  This includes the following cases that have no description of body part injured or how injury/illness occurred, and case classification:  Case number 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13

Issued

Jan 26, 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:    Establishment - The employer did not provide employees who use dust masks on a voluntary basis a copy of the basic advisory information on respirators noted in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.