OSHA Inspection: EG PLASTICS LLC

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Feb 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,031 · Current $3,031

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): The employer failed to provide a clean and sanitary condition for all places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces.        a) EG Plastics LLC. The area where the cutting, shredding and melting of recyclable plastic materials was performed as well as the surrounding areas had explosive dust  on surfaces including on the surfaces of equipment, machinery, stored materials, sheds, shelving, beams, pipes, duct work , walls, electrical fixtures. The condition was noted on or about 08/07/18.       NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Feb 29, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): The floor of each work area was not maintained in a clean and, to the extent feasible, dry condition.          a) EG Plastics LLC.  Explosive dust was on the floors in the area where the cutting, shredding and melting of recyclable plastic materials was performed. The condition was noted on or about 08/07/18.             NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Jan 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $5,304

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:       a) EG  Plastics LLC. Two employees working at the shredder were exposed to continuous noise. Employees were exposed to 300% and 192% of the permissible daily noise exposure or an equivalent sound level of approximately 97.9dBA and 94.7dBA , respectively. Sampling period was 480 minutes. The employees did not wear hearing protection. The condition was noted at or around 08/16/18.          b) EG Plastics LLC  One employee working between the melter and the shredder was exposed to continuous noise. Employee was exposed to 81% of the permissible daily noise exposure or an equivalent sound level of approximately 88.47dBA . Sampling period was 399 minutes, exposure calculations include a zero increment for the unsampled period. The employee did not wear hearing protection. The condition was noted at or around 08/16/18.           NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Jan 15, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(i)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that hearing protectors are worn by an employee who is required by 29 CFR 1910.95(b)(1) to wear personal protective equipment:         a) EG  Plastics LLC. Two employees working at the shredder were exposed to continuous noise. Employees were exposed to 300% and 192% of the permissible daily noise exposure or an equivalent sound level of approximately 97.9dBA and 94.7dBA , respectively. Sampling period was 480 minutes. The employees did not wear hearing protection. The condition was noted at or around 08/16/18.                NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Jun 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(i)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that hearing protectors are worn by any employee who is exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels or greater:            a) EG Plastics LLC  One employee working between the melter and the shredder was exposed to continuous noise. Employee was exposed to 81% of the permissible daily noise exposure or an equivalent sound level of approximately 88.47dBA . Sampling period was 399 minutes, exposure calculations include a zero increment for the unsampled period. The employee did not wear hearing protection. The condition was noted at or around 08/16/18.           NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Jan 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,031 · Current $3,031

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:        a) EG Plastics LLC. Facility wide, Employees exposed to hazardous chemicals at the site including but not limited to, Methylene Bis found in Mobil SHC 220, and combustible dust a byproduct of shredding plastics.  The employer did not develop and implement a Hazard Communication Program. The condition was noted on or about 08/07/18.       NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Jan 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:        a) EG Plastics LLC. Facility wide, employees exposed to hazardous chemicals at the site including but not limited to, Methylene Bis found in Mobil SHC 220, and combustible dust a byproduct of shredding plastics.  The employer did not have safety data sheets for the chemicals used at the site. The condition was noted on or about 08/07/18.           NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Abate by

Jan 15, 2020

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:          a) EG Plastics LLC. Facility wide,  Employees exposed to hazardous chemicals at the site including but not limited to, Methylene Bis found in Mobil SHC 220, and combustible dust a byproduct of shredding plastics.  The employer did not provide training and information to the employees on the hazards of the chemicals used at the site.  The condition was noted on or about 08/07/18.           NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM, FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1,000.00 AS PER 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Feb 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye.    a) E.G. Plastics LLC; Employee hospitalized due to heat related illness. OSHA notified on 8/6/2018.   NOTE: BECAUSE ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION IS ALREADY DOCUMENTED IN THE CASEFILE, THE EMPLOYER NEED NOT SUBMIT CERTIFICATION NOR DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT OF THIS VIOLATION AS NORMALLY REQUIRED BY 29 CFR 1903.19.

Issued

Nov 6, 2018

Abate by

Jan 15, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $5,174

Hazardous substances 8320

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(l) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to workers, in that the workers were exposed to excessive heat:       a) On or about August 2, 2018 employees who worked in the shredding and melting area, loading materials into the shredder, were exposed to the hazard of excessive heat generated by machinery and the melting process. Such exposures may lead to the development of heat related illnesses such as heat stroke, heat stress, heat exhaustion, or death. Temperature monitoring was done in the area following the incident and levels were found to exceed safe levels of exposure. The employer had not instituted controls to minimize or eliminate the hazard. On August 2, 2018 an employee suffered heat stroke.