OSHA Inspection: CHOICE EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3738.00 · Current $2243.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.124(g)(2): Employees who  worked with liquids that could burn, irritate, or otherwise harm their skin were not provided with an emergency shower and eye-wash station close to the dipping and coating operation Note:  In place of this equipment,  the employee may use a water hose that is at least 4 feet (1.22 m) long and at least 3/4 of an inch (18 mm) thick with a quick-opening valve and carrying a pressure of 25 pounds per square inch (1.62 k/cm2) or less.  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the production area, an employee was washing carts while dipping them into a tank containing soap 1135, classified as corrosive. A suitable eye wash/shower station was not installed in the immediate area for use in the event of an emergency, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2803.00 · Current $1682.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the production areas, employees performed grinding, welding, used utility knives and washed metal carts utilizing a soap 1135 classified as corrosive. The PPE hazard assessment was not certified in writing, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(b): The employer did not base selection of appropriate hand protection on an evaluation of the performance characteristics of the hand protection relative to the tasks to be performed, conditions present, duration of use, and the hazards and potential hazards identified:  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the shipping area, employees used utility knives during the packing of equipment. The gloves used were not cut resistant, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3738.00 · Current $2243.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the production area, an employee washing carts while dipping them into a tank containing soap 1135, classified as corrosive, was not utilizing chemical resistant goggles, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3): The employer did not ensure that employees wearing prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses.  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the production area, an employee scraping and buffing metal was wearing regular prescription glasses, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4398.00 · Current $2639.00 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:  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the production areas, employees handled materials such as but not limited to aluminum, welding gasses and soap 1135 classified as corrosive. The company had not developed a written hazard communication program, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 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):  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the production areas, employees handled materials such as but not limited to aluminum, welding gasses and soap 1135 classified as corrosive. The company had not updated to safety data sheets for the products used at the site, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv): Employees were not been training including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system to be used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information, and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the production areas, employees handled materials such as but not limited to aluminum, welding gasses and soap 1135 classified as corrosive. Employees were not provided with Globally Harmonized System training including an explanation of the labeling system and the safety data sheet, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Workers and other persons adjacent to the welding area were not required to wear appropriate goggles, to protect them from the rays when noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields were not used:  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - In the production area next to the welding stations, employees were cutting and drilling on metal. The welding screens provided had gaps between stations where welding rays could be seen by employees outside of the stations, on or about 12/4/17.

Issued

2018-01-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI).  The employer is to make this determination in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2), the scheduled monitoring option, or paragraph (d)(3), the performance-oriented option.  Choice Equipment Company, Inc., Pendergrass, GA - Employees were MIG and TIG welding on aluminum, stainless steel and mild steel. The employer did not determine the 8-hour time weighted average exposure to chromium VI, on or about 12/4/17.