OSHA Inspection: PATRIOT STAINLESS, INC.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $3696.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicates that any employee's exposure may equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer shall develop and implement a monitoring program.     a. On and before February 22, 2018, in the welding and fabrication area, the employer had not developed and implemented a noise monitoring program for employees whose continuous noise exposure exceeded the action level of 50%, an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) sound level of 85 dBA.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer shall establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided in this paragraph by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.     a. On and before February 22, 2018, in the welding and fabrication area, the employer had not established and maintained an audiometric testing program for employees whose continuous noise exposure exceeded the action level of 50%, an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) sound level of 85 dBA.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer shall train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of this section. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program.     a. On and before February 22, 2018, in the welding and fabrication area, the employer did not institute a noise training program and ensure that all employees whose continuous noise exposure exceeded the action level of 50%, an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) sound level of 85 dBA, received noise training.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer shall 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.    a. On and before February 22, 2018, in the shop, employees operating the Baileigh Plasma Tube Profiling Machine (model: PTP-1120; S/N: US10296287) were not protected with eye protection to protect against exposure to plasma arc rays.    b. On and before February 22, 2018, in the shop, employees operating the Baileigh CNC Plasma Table (model: PT-510HD  S/N: A170406) were not protected with eye protection to protect against exposure to plasma arc rays.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2956.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).     a. On and before February 13, 2018, the employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employees voluntarily using a respirator, such as the 3M tightfitting half facepiece respirators, were medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use did not present a health hazard to the user.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard").      a. On and before February 13, 2018, the employer did not provide respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section ("Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard") where the employer determined that voluntary respirator use, such as the 3M 8210 filtering facepiece N95 respirators (dust masks) and 3M tightfitting half facepiece respirators, were permissible.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(i): Lavatories shall be made available in all places of employment. The requirements of this subdivision do not apply to mobile crews or to normally unattended work locations if employees working at these locations have transportation readily available to nearby washing facilities which meet the other requirements of this paragraph.     a. On and before January 30, 2018, the employer did not provide a lavatory/washing facility which included hot and cold running water, or tepid running water; hand soap or similar cleansing agents; and individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling for the temporary portable toilet rooms at the workplace.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $3696.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.   a. On and before February 13, 2018, the employer did not establish a lockout/tagout program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment would be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative, including, but not limited to, the following:  blade changes on the band saw and performing a service call on a tank with an agitator.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer shall ensure that each operator has successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5).     a. On and before February 13, 2018, the employer did not provide employees with powered industrial truck training prior to permitting employees to operate the two propane powered Toyota Forklift Trucks (S/N: 20588 & S/N: 30266).

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2956.00 · Current $2956.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.  a. On and before February 22, 2018, in the shop, the employer did not ensure that the rotating chuck on the Dongyang lathe (S/N: DY45109) was guarded.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.     a. On and before February 22, 2018, in the shop, the employer did not ensure that the point of operation on the HTC Press Brake (model: A-100-12H; S/N: 79T1678) was guarded.     b. On and before January 30, 2018, in the shop, the employer did not ensure that the point of operation on the HTC Shear (model: 250-10A; S/N: A873685) was guarded.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Protection from arc welding rays. Where the work permits, the welder should be enclosed in an individual booth painted with a finish of low reflectivity such as zinc oxide (an important factor for absorbing ultraviolet radiations) and lamp black, or shall be enclosed with noncombustible screens similarly painted. Booths and screens shall permit circulation of air at floor level. Workers or other persons adjacent to the welding areas shall be protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields or shall be required to wear appropriate goggles.     a. On and before February 22, 2018, in the shop, the employer did not ensure that each welding area was isolated and protected from other work areas by noncombustible or flameproof partitions, curtains, screens, or shields or use of appropriate goggles to protect employees from the welding rays.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $3696.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall 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 chemical 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 safety data sheets.   a. On and before February 13, 2018, the employer did not provide hazard communication training for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, the following: metal fumes, metal dust, hexavalent chromium, hydraulic oil, acetone, carbon dioxide, argon, oxygen, and acetylene.