OSHA Inspection: ATLAS POWDER COATING

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $1,850 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 written respiratory protection program was not established for employees wearing 3M full face air purifying and NOVA 2000 supplied air respirators during abrasive blasting and powder coating operations were exposed to respiratory hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 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:  In the production area, employees wearing 3M full face air purifying and NOVA 2000 supplied air respirators during abrasive blasting and powder coating operations were not medical evaluated prior to initial use of the respirator were exposed to physiological hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   In the production area, employees wearing 3M full face air purifying respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator and at least annually thereafter were exposed to respirable dust hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(5)(iv): The employer did not ensure that compressors used to supply breathing air to respirators were constructed and situated so as to have a tag maintained at the compressor containing the most recent change date and the signature of the person authorized by the employer to perform the change:  In the abrasive blasting area, the compressor used to supply air to respirators did not have a tag maintained at the compressor. The employee was potentially exposed to respiratory and physiological hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(7): Oil lubricated compressor(s) used to supply breathing air did not have a high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm(s) or both:  In the abrasive blasting area, the compressor used to supply air to respirators did not have a high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm. The employee was potentially exposed to respiratory and physiological hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of particulates not otherwise regulated, respirable fraction, listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of  5 milligram per cubic meter of air, as an 8-hour time-weighted average:    Employees were exposed to respirable dust while abrasive blasting at an 8-hour TWA of 45.08 mg/m3, approximately 9 times the permissible exposure limit of 5 mg/m3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over 349 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 131 minutes.

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  Employees were exposed to respirable dust while abrasive blasting at an 8-hour TWA of 45.08 mg/m3, approximately 9 times the permissible exposure limit of 5 mg/m3 without engineering controls. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over 349 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 131 minutes.

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,326 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following.         a)  The employer did not develope a written hazard communication program for employees performing abrasive blasting and powder coating with material, such as, but not limited to carbon black, barium sulfate, silicon dioxide, sodium oxide were potentially exposed to skin and respiratory inhalation hazards.          b)  The employer did not provide hazard communication training for employees performing injection molding, cleaning and maintenance operations with material, such as, but not limited to carbon black, barium sulfate, silicon dioxide, sodium oxide were potentially exposed to skin and respiratory inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2018

Abate by

Aug 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $311 · Current $150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    The employer did not certify a workplace hazard assessment for employees required to wear respirators and personal protective equipment.  Employees were exposed to respiratory and skin hazards while powder coating and abrasive blasting.