OSHA Inspection: PILGRIM FURNITURE CITY

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $5,821 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment  Shop area of the warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, the employer did not determine the hazards of the chemicals used in the shop area, including but not limited to: spray coatings that contain toluene, acetone and ethanol; paint stripper containing methylene chloride and methanol and solvents such as naphtha and acetone, used for cleaning.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(i)(1): It was reasonably foreseeable that employee's skin may contact solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater methylene chloride and the employer did not provide conveniently located washing facilities capable of removing the methylene chloride and did not ensure that affected employees use these facilities as needed:  Shop area of the warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, the employer did not ensure that employees using methylene chloride had a means of washing it from their skin and that they were instructed to use the washing facilities in the event of skin contact.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Dec 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,652 · Current $4,656 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2): The employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with sections i and ii of this paragraph (c)(2) for employees who chose to wear respirators where respirator use was not required:  Shop area in the warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, the employer provided a tight-fitting air-purifying respirator to an employee for voluntary use without implementing a respiratory protection program that includes the following elements to ensure safe use: providing Appendix D; ensuring the employee is medically capable to use a respirator, cleaning, storage and maintenance.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $5,821 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(d)(1): Circular handfed crosscut table saw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut  Shop area in warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, a portable circular table saw was being used without a guard over the blade. The saw is used to make cuts when repairing furniture.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $5,821 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(2): The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine each employee's exposure to methylene chloride:  Shop area of warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, an employee used Jasco Premium Paint and Epoxy Remover, which contains 60-100 % methylene chloride, to strip furniture without having initial monitoring performed to determine his exposure.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,989 · Current $3,492 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(i)(2): It was reasonably foreseeable that an employee's eyes may contact solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater methylene chloride and the employer did not provide appropriate eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use and did not ensure that affected employees use those facilities when necessary:  Shop area of the warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, the employer had not maintained a wall-mounted refillable eye wash in an area where methylene chloride based furniture stripper was used. The solution in the eye wash was to be changed every six months , per manufacturers requirements, and had not been in over two years.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $5,821 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   Shop area of the warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, the employer did not develop and implement a hazard communication program for the chemicals used in the shop area. Chemicals include various Mohawk Wood Finishing products that contain solvents such as acetone, toluene and methanol. Solvents can cause various central nervous system effects. It also includes a paint remover that contains methylene chlorine, which may cause cancer.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)  Shop area in the warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, the employer did not have safety data sheets available for all of the chemicals in the work area. One chemical for which a safety data sheet was not available is Jasco Premium Paint and Epoxy Remover, which contains 60-100% methylene chloride.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Shop area of the warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, the employer did not provide hazard communication training to employees using chemicals. The shop employee repairing furniture uses various paints, stains, varnishes and strippers. The finishing products, from Mohawk, contain solvents such as acetone, toluene, methanol and ethanol. The stripper used contains methylene chloride.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Oct 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(l)(3)(i): The employer did not inform each affected employee of the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1052 and the information available in its appendices and/or how to access or obtain a copy of it in the workplace:  Shop area of the warehouse;  On or about 6/12/18, employees using methylene chloride and working in an area where it is used, were not trained in the hazards and provided all available information on exposure.