OSHA Inspection: MW INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,239 · Current $4,620 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(i): Containers in storage were not located in an area that minimized exposure to excessive temperature rise, physical damage, or tampering from unauthorized persons:     On or about November 2, 2017, near the back loading door where employees were exposed to fire hazards while working near propane cylinders that were not stored so that they were protected from physical damage.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,543 · Current $2,772 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:    On or about November 2, 2017, and at times prior thereto, in the passivation room where employees were exposed to chemical hazards while using an acid dip tank to clean parts without being provided with or required to use chemical resistant gloves, face shields / chemical goggles, and chemical resistant clothing.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,543 · Current $2,772 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:       On or about November 2, 2017, and at times prior thereto, in the Passivation Room when employees were required to wear 3M N95 filtering facepiece respirators while adding chemicals to the acid tank without having an established written respiratory protection program.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Mar 5, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(i): Selection of appropriate respirators was not based on the respiratory hazard(s) to which the worker was exposed and user factors that affect respirator performance and reliability:    On or about November 2, 2017, and at times prior thereto, in the Passivation Room when employees were required to wear respirators while adding nitric acid and sodium hydroxide to an acid dip tank without having selected the appropriate respirators based on the respiratory hazards or the respirators performance in filtering fumes and vapors.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Apr 20, 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:      On or about November 2, 2017, and at times prior thereto, when employees throughout the facility were exposed to respiration hazards while wearing tight fitting 3M N95 filtering facepiece respirators without having been medically evaluated.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Apr 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator and at least annually thereafter:    On or about November 2, 2017, and at times prior thereto, in the passivation room where employees were required to wear tight fitting 3M N95 filtering facepiece respirators without having been fit tested prior to initial use or at least annually thereafter.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Apr 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:      On or about November 2, 2017, and at times prior thereto, in the passivation room where employees were required to wear tight fitting 3M N95 filtering facepiece respirators without having been provided comprehensive and understandable annual training.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $12,934 · Current $6,467 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    On or about November 2, 2017, throughout the facility where employees were exposed to caught-in, struck-by, and electrical hazards while performing maintenance and servicing work on machines and equipment without having an energy control program that included energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,239 · Current $4,620 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:       On or about November 2, 2017, throughout the facility where employees were exposed to chemical, fire and respiratory hazards while working with or around hazardous chemicals, such as but not limited to, nitric acid, sodium hydroxide and propane, before a written hazard communication program had been developed and implemented.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  On or about November 2, 2017, in the passivation room where employees were exposed to chemical and fire hazards while using nitric acid and sodium hydroxide without any form of label or markings as to the chemicals identity or hazard warnings.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    On or about November 2, 2017, in the passivation room where employees were exposed to chemical and respiration hazards while working with or around nitric acid and sodium hydroxide without having access to the chemicals safety data sheets.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 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:    On or about November 2, 2017, throughout the facility where employees were exposed to chemical, fire and respiratory hazards while working with or around hazardous chemicals, such as but not limited to, nitric acid, sodium hydroxide and propane without having effective training on the hazards of chemicals for which they were exposed.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $64,670 · Current $6,467 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:      On or about November 2, 2017:       a. In the grinding area where employees were exposed to struck-by and caught-by hazards while using End Grinder #1033 without a guard to protect employees from the rotating grinding disk.          b. In the grinding area where employees were exposed to struck-by and caught-by hazards while using End Grinder #1034 without a guard to protect employees from the rotating grinding disk.      c. In the grinding area where employees were exposed to struck-by and caught-by hazards while using End Grinder #1035 without a guard to protect employees from the rotating part holder.      d. In the grinding area where employees were exposed to struck-by and caught-by hazards while using End Grinder #1036 without a guard to protect employees from the rotating part holder.      MW Industries, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 962628, citation number 1 item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on 07/17/2014, with a final abatement date of 05/15/2014, with respect to a workplace located at 2400 Farrell, Houston, TX 75073.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  On or about November 7, 2017, throughout the facility where employees were exposed to noise at eight hour time weighted averages between 85.1 and 88.8 decibels before an effective hearing conservation program had been implemented.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 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:    On or about November 2, 2017, and at times prior thereto, employees throughout the facility were voluntarily wearing tight fitting 3M brand filtering face piece respirators without having been provided the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.

Issued

Jan 18, 2018

Abate by

Feb 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  On or about November 2, 2017, at the facility where employees were required to operate forklifts to move material without being evaluated at least every three years to ensure they could do so safely.