OSHA Inspection: FOREST SERVICE PACIFIC WILDLAND FIRE SCIENCE LABORATORY

Issued

2018-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  a)  Tool Workshop;  The employer did not have a safety data sheet for hazardous substances employees work with including but not limited to:  GE waterproof silicone, Smiths honing oil, WillHold woodworking glue, Archer 60/40 resin core solder, Weldwood contact cement and Kester soldering paste/ flux/ zinc chloride.  The US Forest Service was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1214198, citation number 1, item number 1B and was affirmed as a final order on March 30, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at Olympia, WA.  The US Forest Service was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1067544, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 5, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at Vancouver, WA.