PLAINFIELD, CT —
OSHA Inspection: B S T SYSTEMS, INC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of B S T SYSTEMS, INC. in 78 PLAINFIELD PIKE ROAD, PLAINFIELD, CT 06374 (NAICS 335912). OSHA activity number 343412698.
What this inspection record means
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- B S T SYSTEMS, INC.
- Site address
- 78 PLAINFIELD PIKE ROAD
- City
- PLAINFIELD
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06374
- Mailing
- 78 PLAINFIELD PIKE ROAD, PLAINFIELD, CT 06374
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 335912
- Employees
- 70
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
15 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.132 D01 I
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,174 · Current $2,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i): The employer did not select and have each affected employee use the types of personal protective equipment that would protect the affected employee(s) from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment: Production area; On or about 8/23/18, employees working with metal powders containing mercury, cadmium, lead or silver were not provided and required to wear personal protective equipment that protected their skin and clothes from contact with the metals.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2500
- — Z (S) $5174
1910.134 C01
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $7,760 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: Main Production area and rolling mill area; On or about 8/23/18, the employer did not have a respiratory protection program for employees required to wear a respirator to protect them from mercury, silver, lead and cadmium. Employees required to wear respiratory protection include those working in the silver roll mill area and the maintenance employee cleaning the exhaust units.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $7760
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: Rolling mill area and main production area; On or about 8/23/18, the employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees required to wear a respirator to protect them from mercury, silver, lead and cadmium. Employees required to wear respiratory protection include those working in the silver roll mill area and the maintenance employee cleaning the exhaust units.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 F01
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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): Rolling mill area and main production area; On or about 8/23/18, the employer did not fit tests to employees required to wear a tight-fitting apr respirator to protect them from mercury, silver, lead and cadmium. Employees required to wear respiratory protection include those working in the silver roll mill area and the maintenance employee cleaning the exhaust units.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 G01
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1): 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): The employer permitted respirators with tight-fitting facepieces to be worn by employees with facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face. Rolling mill area and main production area; On or about 8/23/18, the employer allowed an employee required to wear a respirator to protect them from mercury, silver, lead and cadmium to wear a tight-fitting air-purifying respirator with facial hair that interfered with the seal between the mask and his face.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 K01
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide respirator training that ensured that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of at least the following elements: Why the respirator is necessary and how improper fit, usage, or maintenance can compromise the protective effect of the respirator; What the limitations and capabilities of the respirator are; How to use the respirator effectively in emergency situations, including situations in which the respirator malfunctions; How to inspect, put on and remove, use, and check the seals of the respirator; What the procedures are for maintenance and storage of the respirator, and How to recognize medical signs and symptoms that may limit or prevent the effective use of respirators: Rolling mill area and main production area; On or about 8/23/18, the employer did not provide respiratory protection training to employees required to wear a respirator to protect them from mercury, silver, lead and cadmium. Employees required to wear respiratory protection include those working in the silver roll mill area and the maintenance employee cleaning the exhaust units.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.141 D02 I
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(i): Adequate lavatories were not made available to employees in the workplace. Production area; On or about 8/23/18, the employer did not provide adequate washing facilities for maintaining personal cleanliness to employees working with lead, cadmium, mercury and silver powders. These powders pose both skin and ingestion hazards when proper hygiene is not maintained.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5174
1910.1000 A02
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 1, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $7,760 · Current $7,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of silver listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 0.01 mg/m3: Rolling mill area: On or about 8/23/18, an employee working in the rolling mill was exposed to an 8 hour TWA of silver of 0.0471 mg/m3, which is 4.71 times over the PEL of 0.010 mg/m3.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $7760
1910.1000 E
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 1, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d): Rolling mill; On or about 8/23/18, administrative or engineering controls did not lower exposure levels to within the permissible exposure limits. An employee working in the rolling mill was exposed to an 8 hour TWA of silver of 0.0471 mg/m3, which is 4.71 times over the PEL of 0.010 mg/m3.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1025 D02
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2): An initial determination was not made to determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level: Production area; On or about 8/23/18, an initial determination was not made to determine the exposure of employees working with lead powder in two instances: 1. Employees working in production measuring and pressing the metal powder. 2. Maintenance employee cleaning the exhaust unit filters.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5174
1910.1027 D01 I
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $6,467 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1027(d)(1)(i): The employer did not determine whether any employee was exposed to cadmium at or above the action level: Production area; On or about 8/23/18, an initial determination was not made to determine the exposure of employees working with cadmium powder in two instances: 1. Employees working in production measuring and pressing the metal powder. 2. Maintenance employee cleaning the exhaust unit filters.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $6467
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $6,467 · Current $0 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): Production areas, including the rolling mill; On or about 8/23/18, the employer did not have a written hazard communication program to address the chemical hazards in the production areas. Production employees are potentially exposed to metal powders, such as lead, cadmium, mercury and silver and potassium hydroxide.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $6467
1910.1200 H01
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $2,500
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: Production areas; On or about 8/23/18, employees working with chemicals in the production area were not provided training on the hazardous materials they were working with prior to starting work. Employees in production areas work with metal powders such as lead, cadmium, mercury and silver, and with potassium hydroxide in the wet process area.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2500
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1025 L01 II
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not train each employee who is subject to exposure to lead at or above the action level, or for whom the possibility of skin or eye irritation exists, in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1025: Production area; On or about 8/23/18, the employer did not train employees working with lead-oxide powder on the hazards of exposure, the standard and appropriate protections prior to starting work and annually thereafter. When working with powders there is a significant possibility of skin or eye irritation.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1027 M04 I
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2018
- Abate by
- Jan 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1027(m)(4)(i): The employer did not institute a training program for all employees who were potentially exposed to cadmium, ensure employee participation in the program, and maintain a record of the contents of such program: Production area; On or about 8/23/18, the employer did not train employees working with cadmium-oxide powder on the hazards of exposure, the standard and appropriate protections prior to starting work and annually thereafter.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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