OSHA Inspection: NORTH COUNTRY DATA CENTER CORP

Issued

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(c): Personal protective equipment was not of safe design and construction for the work to be performed:    a)  Pot Line No. 1, on or about 10/28/18: Employees cleaning Pot Line No. 1 used paper coveralls  that did not hold up due to the type of work that being completed, coveralls ripped and material tore easily do to the strenuous work being performed.

Issued

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): When voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in Appendix D to this section:       a) Pot Line No. 1, on or about 10/2/19: Employer allowed voluntary use of N95 dust masks and had not supplied employees with Appendix D of the respirator standard.

Issued

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:    a) Pot Line No. 1, on or about 10/2/19: Employer supplied 3M half mask air purifying half mask respirators to employees while cleaning Pot Line No.1 and did not ensure that each employee was medically able to use that respirator.

Issued

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards:     a) Pot Line No. 6, on or about 10/2/18: The employer had not done a respiratory evaluation when employees are wearing half face air purifying respirators and N95 Dust Masks.

Issued

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $3978.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a) Pot Line No. 6, on or about 11/1/18: Employees performing work on top of containers were not provided with/ using any fall protection.  Employees exposed to falls of approximately 9 feet.

Issued

2019-04-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:  a) Pot Line No. 6, on or about 11/1/18: Employees were not provided with training in regards to the recognition and avoidance of falls along with the proper selection and use of fall protection.  Employees exposed to falls of approximately 9 feet.