OSHA Inspection: THE INDUSTRIAL WOOD PRODUCTS COMPANY INCORPORATED

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $2328.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces were not kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition:    Facility:  Housekeeping was poor where the accumulation of wood dust was prevalent throughout the facility.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1552.00 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:    Facility:  A written respiratory protection program was not developed and implement for employees who were required to wear half face tight fitting respirators while performing tasks such as (but not limited to) spraying operations.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable, and effective annual training to employees who were required to use respirators.    Facility: Comprehensive respiratory protection training, including items such as (but not limited to) necessity, proper fit, cartridge change out schedule, usage and maintenance, was not provided to each employee required to use respirators such as (but not limited to) tight-fitting negative pressure half face respiratorss.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $2328.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    Facility:  The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards in the workplace where employees are performing tasks such as (but not limited to) spraying, lacquer, and sanding/cutting wood.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3326.00 · Current $2328.00 Reduced

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:    Facility:  A medical evaluation for each employee wearing tight fitting negative pressure half face respirators was not provided prior to using the respirators.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.    Facility:  Each employee wearing a tight-fitting negative pressure half-face respirator was not fit tested prior to using the respirator or at least annually, thereafter.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1940.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(p)(4): Belt sanding machinery was not provided with a guard at each nip point where the sanding belt ran onto a pulley, to prevent the operator's hands or fingers from coming into contact with nip points:    Facility:  The horizontal belt sander was not equipped with a guard at each nip point where the sanding belt ran onto a pulley.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1552.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:     Facility:  The middle Square D electrical panel was missing a spacer.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $1552.00 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:    Facility: A written hazard communications program was not developed, implemented and/or maintained that met the criteria specified in 29 CFR1910.1200(f), (g) and (h) in that topics such as but not limited to pictograms, signal words, product identification, hazard statements, precautionary statements.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not 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 physical or health 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 material safety data sheets.    Facility:  Each employee required to work with and handle chemicals such as (but not limited to) contact cement, lacquers, and thinners were not provided with information and training on the hazardous products and chemicals at the time of their initial assignment or whenever a new hazard was introduced into the work area.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(iii): The employer did not provide information to the employees as to the location and availability of the written hazard communication program, and safety data sheets required by 29 CFR 1910.1200:    Facility:  The employer did not provide information to the employees as to the location and availability of the written hazard communication program and safety data sheets (SDS).

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition:  Facility:  Protective equipment such as (but not limited to) muffs were not maintained in sanitary and/or reliable condition.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification which included the requirements as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):    Facility:  A written hazard assessment certification had not been verified through a written certification.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Facility:  Employees using N95 dusk masks were not provided with Appendix D.

Issued

2018-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6): The employer did not ensure that all nameplates or markings were not maintained in a legible condition:  Facility:  The nameplates and/or markings on the TCM powered industrial truck were not maintained in a legible condition.