OSHA Inspection: LAYDON INDUSTRIES, LLC

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $0 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 are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).   Workplace:  The employer did not assess the Workplace Hazard Assessment to determine necessary and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,760 · Current $0 Reduced

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:  Facility:  A medical evaluation for each employee wearing tight fitting negative pressure half facepiece respirators was not provided prior to each employee was fit tested or required to use a respirator.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.  Facility:  The employed did not ensure that each employee wearing tight fitting negative pressure half facepiece respirators was fit tested prior to use and at least annually.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

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:  Facility:  The employees wearing tight-fitting negative pressure half facepiece respirators had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals or  were not packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve:  Facility: The respirators worn by the employees were not stored appropriately to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, damaging chemicals, and other similar damaging factors.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  Facility: A comprehensive respiratory protection training, including items, such as (but not limited to) necessity, proper fit, usage and maintenance was not provided to employees required to wear respirators.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator was competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  Facility:  The employer did not ensure through providing training and performing evaluation that each powered industrial truck (PIT) operator was competent to operate the PIT safely at all times.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $726 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i): The employer did not include in the respiratory program the procedures for selecting respirators for use in the workplace:  Facility: The written respiratory protection program did not include the procedures for selecting respirators for use in the workplace.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1): The employer did not evaluate respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace, identify relevant workplace and user factors, and base respirator selection on these factors.   Facility:  The written respiratory protection program did not include the employer's evaluation of  the respiratory hazards in the workplace, identify relevant workplace and user factors, nor the basis used for the respirator selection from the factors found.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 were wearing respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  Facility:  The employer did not provide the information in Appendix D to the employees who were wearing the dusk masks on a voluntary basis.

Issued

Dec 12, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in the work area at the time of the initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into the work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.  Facility: Each employee required to work with and handle hazardous chemicals, such as (but not limited to) propane, welding gase and brake cleaner were not provided with information and training on the chemical hazard communications.