OSHA Inspection: SENTAGE CORPORATION

Issued

2018-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5543.00 · Current $3880.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers were not provided, used and/or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:  a)  In the Facility, on or about April 4, 2018 - The employer did not provide personal protective equipment to protect employee's extremities from the hazards of boiling hot water.

Issued

2018-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii): The employer did not select and use a NIOSH-certified respirator in compliance with the conditions of its certification:  a)  In the Facility, on or about April 4, 2018 - The employer did not select and use a NIOSH-certified respirator for employee voluntary use of respiratory protection at the facility.

Issued

2018-06-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)  In the Facility, on or about April 4, 2018 - The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of the respirator standard, to employees who use respirators voluntarily at the facility.

Issued

2018-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:  a)  In the Storage Area, on or about April 4, 2018 - The employer did not ensure that a portable fire extinguisher was subjected to an annual maintenance inspection.  b)  Outside of the Disinfecting Room, on or about April 4, 2018 - The employer did not ensure that a portable fire extinguisher was subjected to an annual maintenance inspection.

Issued

2018-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged, or marked with the identity and appropriate hazard warnings regarding the chemicals contained therein:  a)  In the Disinfecting Room, on or about April 4, 2018 - The employer did not ensure that the containers of Cavicide disinfectant were labeled, tagged or marked with the identity and appropriate hazard warnings regarding the chemical.