OSHA Inspection: CATES CASTSTONE COMPANY, INC.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,065 · Current $2,439 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized crushed-by hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:     In the warehouse employees were exposed to being crushed by falling objects caused by:     (a) Storage racks not being anchored to the ground.     (b) The storage rack system did not have plaques containing the maximum permissible unit load and/or maximum permissible unit load and/or maximum uniformly distributed load per level, and/or the racking system did  not have maximum load per bay.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,439 · Current $1,463 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): The floor of a workroom was not maintained in a clean condition.  (a) Production Area, concrete blocks and other production materials exposed employees to trip hazards.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,252 · Current $1,951 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2): Each exit was not clearly visible and marked by a sign reading "Exit":  (a) Southside of the building, Molding Shop exit door, employees were exposed to fire entrapment hazards.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,252 · Current $1,951 Reduced

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:  (a) In the production area and mixing areas, employees were not trained on the specific health hazards of Portland cement and masonry sand.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The written hazard communication program did not include a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present, using an identity that was referenced on the appropriate material safety data sheet:  (a) In the mixing area, employees utilized the following chemicals: Portland cement (i.e. that were not found on the list of hazardous chemicals but known to be present in the workplace).

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,504 · Current $11,707

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii): The employer did not select and use a NIOSH-certified respirator in compliance with the conditions of its certification:  (a) In the mixing area, employees wore filtering facepiece respirators that were not NIOSH-certified.  Cates Caststone Company, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1285452, citation number 2,  item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on April 26, 2018, with respect to workplace located at 12783 FM 346 East Whitehouse, TX 75791.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,504 · 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:  (a) In the mixing area, employees wore filtering facepiece respirators without first being medically evaluated to determine their fitness to wear the respirators.  Cates Caststone Company, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent 29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1285452, citation number 2, item number 1c and was affirmed as a final order on April 26, 2018, with respect to workplace located at 12783 FM 346 East Whitehouse, TX 75791.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,504 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  (a) In the mixing area, employees wore filtering facepiece respirators without being fit tested.  Cates Caststone Company, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent 29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1285452, citation number 2, item number 1d and was affirmed as a final order on April 26, 2018, with respect to workplace located at 12783 FM 346 East Whitehouse, TX 75791.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,504 · Current $7,805

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  (a) Outside, a bulk container of silica sand that was used for filling portable containers used in the mixing area was not labeled.   Cates Caststone Company, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1285452, citation number 1, item number 2b and was affirmed as final order on April 26, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 12783 FM 346 East Whitehouse, TX 75791.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,504 · Current $0 Reduced

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):  (a) In the mixing area, safety data sheets were not readily accessible for employees using masonry sand.  Cates Caststone Company, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1285452, citation number 1, item 2c and was affirmed on April 26, 2018, with respect to workplace located at 12783 FM 346 East Whitehouse, TX 75791.

Issued

Oct 4, 2018

Abate by

Oct 31, 2018

Penalty

Initial $6,504 · Current $3,902 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee who wore prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involved eye hazards wore eye protection that incorporated the prescription in its design, or wore eye protection that could be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses.  (a) In the mixing area, an employee wore prescription lenses that were not ANSI/ISEA Z87.1 approved eye protection when exposed to eye contact hazards from Portland cement.   Cates Caststone Company, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1285452, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on April 26, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at  12783 FM 346 East Whitehouse, TX  75791.