OSHA Inspection: TRANS STATES HOLDINGS, LLC

Issued

2018-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9239.00 · Current $5543.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that was 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by one or more of the following:  Guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Aviation mechanics are exposed to fall hazards during aircraft maintenance within the maintenance hangar at 5260 Banshee Road, Hazelwood, Missiouri.  Mechanics are not protected from fall hazards while performing duties such as, but not limited to:     a)  Aviation mechanics are exposed to an approximate 10 foot, 5 inch fall hazard during an engine changeout when they work, unprotected from a fall, on the pylon to disconnect and reconnect the engine to the engine pylon mounts or to remove upper engine cowlings.      b)  Aviation mechanics are exposed to a an approximate 5-6 foot fall hazard when removing and replacing landing gear actuators during landing gear maintenance and during wing repair without fall protection systems.

Issued

2018-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment:     At the maintenance hangar located at 5260 Banshee Road, Hazelwood, Missouri, the employer did not provide adequate training to each employee required to use personal protection equipment to protect against fall and chemical hazards.

Issued

2018-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5543.00 · Current $3325.00 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:    The employer had not developed and implemented a written hazard communication program in accordance with this subpart to address the use of hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Jet-A fuel, solvents, and sealants used in the aviation maintenance hangar located at 5260 Banshee Road, Hazelwood, Missouri.

Issued

2018-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

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):    Safety Data Sheets (SDS) were not readily accessible to contracted aviation mechanics within the maintenance hangar located at 5260 Banshee Road, Hazelwood, Missouri.

Issued

2018-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:     At the maintenance hangar located at 5260 Banshee Road, Hazelwood, Missouri, the employer failed to establish and implement elements of a written program necessary to ensure that aviation mechanics who voluntarily use 3M 6000 series half facepiece respirators with 3M 60923 cartridge are medically able to use the respirator, and that the respirators are cleaned, stored, and maintained so that respirator use between multiple mechanics did not present a health hazard to the user.

Issued

2018-02-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:    At the maintenance hangar located at 5260 Banshee Road, Hazelwood, Missouri, the employer failed to establish and implement elements of a written program necessary to ensure that aviation mechanics who voluntarily use 3M 6000 series half facepiece respirators with 3M 60923 cartridge are medically able to use the respirator, and that the respirators are cleaned, stored, and maintained so that respirator use between multiple mechanics did not present a health hazard to the user.