OSHA Inspection: COOK FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

Oct 1, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $2,174 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces:     In the Boiler Room, Hopper: On and before April 08, 2018, the employer did not evaluate the Veto 6 Fuel Burner bin (hopper) as a permit-required confined space at the workplace. Employees were required to enter a fuel burner bin (hopper) approximately 2-3 times a week to remove large wood chunks from the conveyor and hopper.

Issued

Oct 1, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $2,174 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employer did not protect employees exposed to airborne concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) listed on Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 Hour TWA concentration of 50 ppm:    On April 08, 2018, an employee was overexposed to carbon monoxide (CO) from the boiler (also known as a "stove") while removing large wood chunks from inside a fuel burner bin (hopper). The employee's 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) exposure was 123.6 ppm, which is 2.47 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 ppm.

Issued

Oct 1, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0560C730

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:    In the Boiler Room: On and before April 08, 2018, the employer did not implement feasible engineering controls to prevent an employee overexposure to carbon monoxide from the boiler (also known as a "stove) during servicing and maintenance duties on the boiler unit.

Issued

Oct 1, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,696 · Current $1,652 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer did not 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:    In the facility at 252 Milford Street, Upton, MA 01568: On and before April 08, 2018, the employer did not implement the written hazard communication program for employees who used and were exposed to a variety of hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, respiration of wood dust/particulate and carbon monoxide from a wood-burning boiler (also known as a "stove").

Issued

Oct 1, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): Employer did not make a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas):    In the facility at 252 Milford Street, Upton, MA 01568: On and before April 08, 2018, the employer did not compile a list of hazardous chemicals in the company's written hazard communication program including, but not limited to, respiration of wood dust/particulate and carbon monoxide from a wood-burning boiler (also known as a "stove").

Issued

Oct 1, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:    In the facility at 252 Milford Street, Upton, MA 01568: On and before April 08, 2018, the employer did not provide training to employees on the hazardous chemicals in the workplace including, but not limited to, hazardous gases from a wood-burning boiler (also known as a "stove") in the boiler room while employees performed servicing and maintenance on a Veto 60kW Stoker boiler and Veto 6 fuel burner bin (hopper) and wood particulate and dust from wood processing activities.

Issued

Oct 1, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $739 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.33(b)(1): Employer did not update stored OSHA 300 Logs to include newly discovered recordable injuries or illnesses and to show any changes that have occurred in the classification of previously recorded injuries and illnesses. If the description or outcome of a case changes, employer must remove or line out the original entry and enter the new information:    In the facility at 252 Milford Street, Upton, MA 01568: On or about June 01, 2018, the employer did not update the description of an employee hospitalization case on the OSHA 300 Log.

Issued

Oct 1, 2018

Abate by

Oct 26, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0560C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, employer did not report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA:    In the facility at 252 Milford Street, Upton, MA 01568: On or about April 08, 2018, the employer did not notify OSHA of a hospitalization of an employee from a work-related incident.