OSHA Inspection: CALTECH MANUFACTURING, INC.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,031 · Current $1,803 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:     a) Facility wide: Employees were not required to wear safety glasses or protective eyewear while using compressed air to clean off CNC machines, while using drill presses, while using the vertical bandsaw, and grinders exposing employees to eye injuries from flying particles, on or about Decmeber 11, 2018.     No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:  a) Production Area: Employees operating CNC machines used compressed air at approximately 65 psi to clean chips away and effective chip guarding and personal protective equipment were not used, on or about December 11, 2018.  No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Abate by

Jun 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,046 Reduced

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): Welding Area: Welders wore Miller half face respirators with HEPA cartridges on a voluntary basis while welding and the employer did not establish a written respiratory program including providing employees with medical evaluations or training on how to properly clean, store and maintain the respirator, on or about December 11, 2018.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Abate by

Jun 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,031 · Current $1,803 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:     a) Facility wide: Employees were not provided training to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting, on or about December 11, 2018.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,031 · Current $1,803 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:     a) Welding Area: Welders used household box fans not rated for industrial use to assist with ventilation in their welding booths, on or about December 11, 2018.       b) Production Area: A relocatable power tap not rated for industrial use was used to provide power to a drill press, on or about December 11, 2018.       No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Abate by

Jun 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,046 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):     a) Facility wide: Employees used various chemicals including machine coolants, hydraulic oils, metals, welding wire, and compressed gases and the facility did not develop a hazardous communication program, on or about December 11, 2018.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Abate by

Jun 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the information specified under paragraphs (f)(6)(i) through (ii) of this section:    a) Production Area: A secondary container of Simple Green did not identify general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, on or about December 11, 2018.    b) Production Area: Five gallon buckets used as secondary containers for Tech Cool did not identify the chemical and the general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, on or about December 11, 2018.    c) Production Area: Coffee cans used as secondary containers for Wallover Oil did not  identify the chemical and the general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, on or about December 11, 2018.     Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Abate by

Jun 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:     a) Facility wide: Employees used various chemicals including but not limited to Proway, Tech Cool, AW 32 Hydraulic Oil, Zurnkeet 3LX, Wallover oil, Simple Green, aluminum, brazing alloy welding wire, carbon steel, aluminum welding wire, oxygen, and acetylene in the employer did not maintain the safety data sheets for those chemicals, on or about December 11, 2018.     Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Abate by

Jun 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a) Facility wide: Employees used various chemicals including machine coolants, hydraulic oils, metals, welding wire, and compressed gases in the facility did not provide employees with information about the hazards of the chemicals, how to protect themselves, and information provided on a safety data sheet, on or about December 11, 2018.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Feb 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:   a) Facility wide: Employees voluntarily wore 3M filtering face piece respirators in the employer did not provide them with the required information in Appendix D of the standard, on or about December 11, 2018.  No abatement certification or documentation required.