OSHA Inspection: PERSONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

2018-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1386.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(c): Personal protective equipment was not of safe design and construction for the work to be performed:     Painting Operations: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employees are permitted to conduct painting operations without appropriate personal protective equipment.  At the time of inspection employees used nitrile examination gloves (non-chemical resistant) for handling chemicals such as, but not limited to, a satin mixing base N954SP.

Issued

2018-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1386.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:       Painting Operations area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employees are permitted to use tight-fitting face-piece respirators when conducting painting operations without an established required respiratory protection program.         A painter last used a tight-fighting face-piece respirator without an established respiratory protection program in place.

Issued

2018-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   Painting Operations area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions. The employees are required to use tight-fitting face-piece respirators when conducting spray painting operations without having gone through required medical evaluation.   A painter last used a required tight-fitting face-piece respirator on 06/13/2018 without having had a required medical evaluation prior to using the respirator.

Issued

2018-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable, and effective annual training to employees who were required to use respirators:     Painting Operations area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employees are required to use tight-fitting face-piece respirators without having gone through the required training.   A painter last used a tight-fitting face-piece respirator on 06/13/2018 without having received the required training for respirator use.

Issued

2018-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting face-piece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    Painting Operations area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions. The employees are required to use tight-fitting face-piece respirators when conducting spray painting operations without having been fit tested for the respirators.   The painter last used a tight-fitting face-piece respirator on 06/13/2018 for painting operations without having been fit tested for the respirator.

Issued

2018-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $1386.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:     Spray Painting area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employer does not have a hazard communication program in place for the employees who are permitted to work with hazardous chemicals.     The painter last used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, a satin mixing base N954SP on 06/13/2018.

Issued

2018-10-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-11-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   Spray Painting area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employer does not have a training program in place for employees who are permitted to work with hazardous chemicals.    The painter last used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, a satin mixing base N954SP on 06/13/2018 for painting operations without having received hazard communication training.