OSHA Inspection: PLATT & LABONIA COMPANY LLC

Issued

2018-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5691.00 · Current $3850.00 Reduced

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.    WORKSHOP/WAREHOUSE: The floor and walkway of the warehouse, steel delivery area and the power paint departments had an accumulation of water where the powered industrial trucks traveled.

Issued

2018-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9959.00 · Current $6770.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a site specific hazardous energy control lockout/tagout program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written energy control procedures and employee training for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the press brakes and punch press; Fabri Center 1000 XP.

Issued

2018-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented step-by-step hazardous energy control lockout/tagout procedures in the machine specific, including alternative measures for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the press brakes and punch press; Fabri Center 1000 XP.

Issued

2018-10-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-12-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that employees acquired the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage and removal of energy control devices):  WORKSHOP: The employees, as "authorized, affected and other types" were not provided with training and information in the controlling of potentially hazardous and unexpected releases of energy sources (lo/to) during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the press brakes and punch press; Fabri Center 1000 XP.

Issued

2018-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14228.00 · Current $9690.00 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:    WORSKHOP: The employees required to wear filtering full facepiece cartridge respirators during the task, such as (but not limited to) powder spray painting had not been medically evaluated on an annual basis.      Platt & LaBonia Company, LLC was previously cited for a similar violation of Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1910.134(m)(2), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 981989.015, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1b, issued on July 7, 28, 2014, a final order date of  August 21, 2014, with respect to a workplace location at 70 Stoddard Avenue, North Haven, CT 06473.

Issued

2018-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14228.00 · Current $9690.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:    WORKSHOP: The employees, required to wear the filtering full facepiece cartridge respirators during the task, such as (but not limited to) powder painting had not been fit tested on an annual basis.       Platt & LaBonia Company, LLC was previously cited for a similar violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1910.134(m)(2), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 981989.015, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1b, issued on July 7, 28, 2014, a final order date of  August 21, 2014, with respect to a workplace location at 70 Stoddard Avenue, North Haven, CT 06473.