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OSHA Inspection: GREAT LAKES METAL FINISHING, INC.

Planned inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of GREAT LAKES METAL FINISHING, INC. in 1113 W. 18TH STREET, ERIE, PA 16502 (NAICS 332813). OSHA activity number 343020053.

What this inspection record means

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Site address
1113 W. 18TH STREET
City
ERIE
State
PA
ZIP
16502
Mailing
1113 W. 18TH STREET, ERIE, PA 16502
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
332813
Employees
30
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.133 A01

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
May 17, 2018
Abate by
Jun 13, 2018
Penalty
Initial $4,398 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0689

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye and face equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:  a.) Great Lakes Metal Finishing, Inc. - On or about March 28, 2018, and at times prior thereto: a pourer was exposed to chemical burns while conducting chromate dipping operations. A face shield, capable of protecting the employee's face and skin, while conducting chromate dipping operations, was not in use.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $4398

1910.124 H04

Other-than-serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
May 17, 2018
Abate by
Jul 5, 2018
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

29 CFR 1910.124(h)(4): Employees working with chromic acid were not provided with periodic examinations of their exposed body parts, especially their nostrils:  a.) Great Lakes Metal Finishing, Inc. - On or about March 16, 2018, and at times prior thereto: Company employees worked with and around hazardous substances including, but not limited to, Chromic Acid during dipping and plating operations.  Employees were not provided with periodic examinations of their exposed body parts and nostrils.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (O) $0

1910.1026 D02 I

Other-than-serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
May 17, 2018
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(i): The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI) for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area:  a.) Great Lakes Metal Finishing, Inc. - On or about March 28, 2018, a production supervisor was exposed to 0.23 ug/m3 of Hexavalent Chromium (Chromium VI), as an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA), while conducting chromate dipping operations.  The exposure level was derived from one sample collected over 86 minutes and assumed zero exposure for the remaining work shift.  The Company had not previously determined 8-hour TWA exposures for employees potentially exposed to Chromium VI.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (O) $0

1904.29 B01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 30 exposed
Issued
May 17, 2018
Abate by
Jul 5, 2018
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1): The log of all recordable work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form No. 300 or its equivalent) was not completed in the detail as required by the regulation:   a.) Great Lakes Metal Finishing, Inc. - Recordable injury cases on the OSHA Form 300, for calendar year 2018, did not provide specific detail about the object/substance that directly injured or made the employee ill, in Column F.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (O) $0

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