OSHA Inspection: PIMMEX

Issued

2018-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3298.00 · Current $3298.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(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.   Chinle Elderly Care Renovation, #170298:  The employer did not ensure that a painter spraying interior walls with acrylic latex paint was wearing eye protection.

Issued

2018-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible: (Construction Reference 1926.103)   Chinle Elderly Care Renovation, #170298:  The employer did not provide a painter supplying his own 3M tight fitting respirator with Appendix D of this standard as required.

Issued

2018-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   Chinle Elderly Care Renovation, #170298:  A painter donning a 3M tight fitting respirator to protect him from paint over spray hazards had a moustache.

Issued

2018-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(B): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees with a condition that interfered with the face-to-facepiece seal or valve function: (Construction Reference 1926.103)   Chinle Elderly Care Renovation, #170298:  A painter was observed wearing a disposable 3M 8210 dust mask underneath his 3M tight fitting respirator to protect him against acrylic latex paint over spray and vapor.  The dust mask interferes with the face-to-facepiece seal reducing the protection factors of the tight fitting respirator.