OSHA Inspection: BEAVER HOLDINGS, INC.

Issued

Mar 12, 2018

Abate by

Mar 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(g)(3): Rags or waste impregnated with finishing material were not deposited in approved metal waste cans immediately after use:    (a) Assembly area spray booth; On or about January 16, 2018, containers used for storage of Danish oil saturated rags were not designed and/or approved as flammable/combustible waste cans.

Issued

Mar 12, 2018

Abate by

Apr 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,716 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:     (a) Spray finishing area; On or about January 16, 2018, a written respiratory protection program was not developed and implemented before employees were required to wear full-face respirators.

Issued

Mar 12, 2018

Abate by

Apr 16, 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:  (a) Spray finishing area; On or about January 16, 2018, medical evaluations were not performed before employees were required to wear full-face respirators.

Issued

Mar 12, 2018

Abate by

Apr 16, 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:  (a) Spray finishing area; On or about January 16, 2018, fit testing was not performed before employees were required to wear full-face respirators.

Issued

Mar 12, 2018

Abate by

Apr 16, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  (a) Spray finishing area; On or about January 16, 2018, respirator training was not provided before employees were required to wear full-face respirators.

Issued

Mar 12, 2018

Abate by

Mar 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:  (a) Throughout the production area; On or about January 16, 2018, information from Appendix D was not provided for and/or reviewed with employees before they voluntarily used N-95, filtering face-piece respirators.

Issued

Mar 12, 2018

Abate by

Mar 21, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $4,527 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours:    (a) Throughout the facility, On or about September 14, 2017, a work-related amputation was not reported to OSHA within 24 hours.

Issued

Mar 12, 2018

Abate by

May 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    (a) Assembly area spray booth; On or about January 16, 2018, the employer did not evaluate atmospheric conditions at assembly workstations surrounding the spray booth to determine worker exposures to chemical contaminants released from Danish oil and wax products.