OSHA Inspection: LINE-X OF CENTRAL OHIO

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,827 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Road, Columbus, Ohio, employees wore respiratory protection when spraying coating on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates, wheel wells, and other areas.  The employer provided employees with tight-fitting half-face respirators, full face respirators, and disposable hoods with supplied air.  Employees who wore respiratory protection were not provided with a medical evaluation by the employer prior to wearing the respirators.

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer shall ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph.  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Road, Columbus Ohio, employees wore respiratory protection when spraying coating on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates, wheel wells, and other areas.  The employer provided employees with tight-fitting half-face respirators, full face respirators, and disposable hoods with supplied air.  Employees who wore respiratory protection had not been fit tested prior to wearing the respirators.

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): Cleaning and disinfecting. The employer shall provide each respirator user with a respirator that is clean, sanitary, and in good working order. The employer shall ensure that respirators are cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of this section, or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer, provided that such procedures are of equivalent effectiveness. The respirators shall be cleaned and disinfected at the following intervals:  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Road, Columbus Ohio, employees wore respiratory protection when spraying coating on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates, wheel wells, and other areas.  The employer provided employees with tight-fitting half-face respirators and full face respirators.  Employees who wore respiratory protection had not been trained to properly clean and/or maintain the respirators.

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): All respirators shall be stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals, and they shall be packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve.  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Road, Columbus Ohio, employees wore respiratory protection when spraying coating on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates, wheel wells, and other areas.  The employer provided employees with tight-fitting half-face respirators and full face respirators.  Employees who wore respiratory protection had not been trained to properly store the respirators to prevent damage that could lead to exposure.

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer shall ensure that each employee can demonstrate knowledge of at least the following:  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Road, Columbus Ohio, employees wore respiratory protection when spraying coating on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates, wheel wells, and other areas.  The employer provided employees with tight-fitting half-face respirators, full face respirators, and disposable hoods with supplied air.  Employees who wore respiratory protection had not received training about the use, care, maintenance and/or limitations of the respirators.

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,827 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Road, Columbus Ohio, employees sprayed an isocyanate-based protective coating on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates, wheel wells, and other areas.  The employer did not have a list of hazardous chemicals used in the spray area that included, but was not limited to, Line-X Ultra Isocyanate (LV), Line-X XS-BK 100 Resin and Xylol/Xylene.

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(4): The employer shall make the written hazard communication program available, upon request, to employees, their designated representatives, the Assistant Secretary and the Director, in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1020 (e).  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Road, Columbus Ohio, employees sprayed a protective coating  on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates and wheel wells using chemicals that included, but were not limited to,  Line-X Ultra Isocyanate (LV), Line-X XS-BK 100 Resin and Xylol/Xylene.  The employer had a Hazard Communication program furnished for franchise owners from Line-X that was kept on the office computer and in a binder in the owner's office.

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access, microfiche, and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the material safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Drive, Columbus Ohio, employees sprayed an isocyanate-based protective coating on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates, wheel wells, and other areas.  The employer did not have available for employees any copies of the safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals that included, but was not limited to, Line-X Ultra Isocyanate (LV), Line-X XS-BK 100 Resin and Xylol/Xylene.

Issued

Dec 20, 2018

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their 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.  a.  At the work site located at 6540 A Huntley Road, Columbus Ohio, employees sprayed an isocyanate-based protective coating on truck beds, undercarriage, tailgates, wheel wells that included, but was not limited to, Line-X Ultra Isocyanate (LV), Line-X XS-BK 100 Resin and Xylol/Xylene.  The employer had not adequately trained employees about the hazards of the chemicals being used in the spray area.