OSHA Inspection: POLY SAC, INC.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3381.00 · Current $2029.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes were not free and unobstructed.  Materials and equipment were placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route:  a) Near the Extrusion department, the fire exit door was blocked by an inoperable machine and stand-by rollers for the printing press machine, creating a fire hazard.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5635.00 · Current $3381.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  a) At the facility, a hearing conservation program was not implemented. A weaving operator was exposed to 139.0% of noise dose which is equivalent to approximately 92.3 dBA. Sampling was conducted for 463 minutes on December 19, 2018. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 17 minutes.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that employee's exposure was equal to or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:  a) At the worksite, a noise monitoring program had not been established. A weaving operator was exposed to 139.0% of noise dose which is equivalent to approximately 92.3 dBA. Sampling was conducted for 463 minutes on June 20, 2018. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 17 minutes.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided in this paragraph by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:  a) At the facility, the employer did not conduct and maintain an audiometric testing program when employees were exposed to continuous noise exposures equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels. A weaving operator was exposed to 139.0% of noise dose which is equivalent to approximately 92.3 dBA. Sampling was conducted for 463 minutes on December 19, 2018. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 17 minutes.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not train each employee who was exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of this section:  a) At the worksite, a training program had not been established. A weaving operator was exposed to 139.0% of noise dose which is equivalent to approximately 92.3 dBA. Sampling was conducted for 463 minutes on December 19, 2018. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 17 minutes.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1128.00 · Current $677.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent:  a) At the facility, an OSHA Form 300 or equivalent was not kept for calendar year 2018.

Issued

2019-02-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace:  a) At the facility, the training of the forklift operator did not consist of a combination of formal instruction and practical training.