OSHA Inspection: PENSKE TRUCK LEASING

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,543 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(e)(2): The quantity of flammable liquids kept in the vicinity of spraying operations were not a minimum required for operations or they exceeded a supply for one day or one shift:     (a) Back Truck Booth - Three five gallon cans of Safety Kleen Heavy Duty Lacquer Thinner was stored in the spray room adjacent to the gun cleaning operation, on or about March 6, 2018.    No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Sep 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,543 · Current $5,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances H130

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 Painting Operations - The employer did not establish and implement a site-specific written respiratory protection program for employees spraying paints that included chemicals, such as but not limited to the "HS Hardener - Fast" that contained 75%-90% hexamethylene diisocyanate oligomers, on or about March 22, 2018.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Sep 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances H130

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) Spray Painting Operations - The employer did not evaluate the respiratory hazards in the workplace for employees spraying paints that included chemicals, such as but not limited to the "HS Hardener - Fast" that contained 75%-90% hexamethylene diisocyanate oligomers, on or about March 9, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Sep 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances H130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)(2): The employer did not implement a change schedule for respirators not equipped with an End of Service Life Indicator that would ensure cartridges were changed before the end of their service life:  (a) Spray Painting Operations - The employer did not implement an adequate change schedule for employees spraying paints that included chemicals, such as but not limited to the "HS Hardener - Fast" that contained 75%-90% hexamethylene diisocyanate oligomers, on or about March 22, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances H130

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 Painting Operations -The employer did not provide a medical evaluation before employees were fit-tested and required to wear respirators for spray painting, on or about June 5, 2018.   No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances H130

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) was used, and at least annually thereafter:  (a) Spray Painting Operations - Employees who were required to wear respirators for spray painting did not receive annual fit-testing for their respirators, on or about March 9, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances H130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  (a) Spray Painting Operations - Employees who were required to wear respirators for spray painting had facial hair that interfered with the sealing surface between the facepiece and the face, on or about March 9, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Oct 9, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training to ensure that each employee who was required to wear a respirator could demonstrate knowledge of 1910.134(k)(1)(i) - (vii):  (a) Spray Painting Operations - Employees who were required to wear respirators for spray painting were not provided with training on the limitations of the respirator, and the procedures for inspecting, maintaining, storing and cleaning their respirators, on or about May 16, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,239 · Current $4,227 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1): The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident:    (a) Penske Truck Leasing - The employer did not report the death of an employee within 8-hours of his death on March 5, 2018.    Penske Truck Leasing was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1221077, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on August 29, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 1111 North Century Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64120.    Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Sep 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances H130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(6)(i): The employer did not obtain from the physician or other licensed health care professional (PLHCP)  a written recommendation regarding the employee's ability to use the respirator:   (a) Spray Painting Operations - The written recommendations obtained from the physician regarding each employee's ability to use a respirator did not list the type of respirator the employees were actually wearing. The forms listed only a "PAPR" respirator and did not list the tight-fitting half mask and full-facepiece respirators and the loose-fitting supplied air respirators worn by the employees, on or about March 7, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Oct 9, 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) Spray Painting Operations - Employees who voluntarily wore 3M filtering facepiece/dust masks were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, on or about May 16, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Aug 3, 2018

Abate by

Sep 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(m)(2)(i)(C): The employer did not establish a record of the qualitative and quantitative fit tests administered to an employee which included the specific make, model, style and size of respirator tested:  (a) Spray Painting Operations - The fit test records for employees listed a 3M model 7192 and 7193 half mask respirator on the record for employees who were wearing and fit tested with a 3M model 7502 and 7503 half mask respirators, on or about March 14, 2018.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Jun 13, 2018

Abate by

Jul 18, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,848 · Current $1,848

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2): The establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and the establishment was classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part.  The employer did not electronically submit information from the OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form:  (a)  Penske Truck Leasing located at 255 River Front Drive, Reading, Pennsylvania - On or about March 6, 2018, the employer did not electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent by 12/31/17. The establishment employed 57 employees and was classified with a  NAICS code of 532120 during calendar year 2016.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.