OSHA Inspection: SAMUEL GROSSI & SONS, INC.

Issued

Feb 8, 2019

Abate by

Feb 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $6,500

Hazardous substances 2270

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    (a) Old Storage Room, New Employee break room -  On or about December 21, 2018, an employee was applying paint containing volatile organic ingredients and told to wear a MSA Advantage Elastomeric half face negative pressure respirator without receiving a medical evaluation prior to the respirator's use.

Issued

Feb 8, 2019

Abate by

Feb 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2270

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that before an employee may be required to use any respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-fitting facepiece, the employee must be fit tested with the same make, model, style, and size of respirator that will be used. This paragraph specifies the kinds of fit tests allowed, the procedures for conducting them, and how the results of the fit tests must be used. An employee required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator must pass the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT:  (a) Old Storage Room, New Employee break room -  On or about December 21, 2018, an employee was wearing a MSA Advantage elastomeric half face negative pressure respirator, but had not had received a fit test to determine the correct respirator for him to use or that the assigned respirator provided him with a proper assigned protective factor.

Issued

Feb 8, 2019

Abate by

Feb 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2270

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested when required to use any respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-fitting facepiece.  The employee must be fit tested with the same make, model, style, and size of respirator that will be used. This paragraph specifies the kinds of fit tests allowed, the procedures for conducting them, and how the results of the fit tests must be used. An employee required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator must pass the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT:  (a) Paint Area - On or about December 26, 2018, an employee was wearing a MSA Advantage elastomeric half face negative pressure respirator without receiving an annual fit test.

Issued

Feb 8, 2019

Abate by

Feb 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2270

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary.:  (a) Old Storage Room, New Employee break room -  On or about December 21, 2018, an employee was wearing a MSA Advantage Elastomeric half face negative pressure respirator without receiving training on the use of this respirator.

Issued

Feb 8, 2019

Abate by

Feb 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 2270

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respiratory protection were not retrained annually when required to use any respirator with a negative or positive pressure tight-fitting facepiece:   (a) Paint Area -  On or about December 26, 2018, an employee was tasked wearing a MSA Advantage elastomeric half face negative pressure respirator without receiving annual training on the use of respirators.

Issued

Feb 8, 2019

Abate by

Feb 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,376 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2270

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) Old Storage Room, New Employee break room -  On or about December 21, 2018, an employee was painting the break room using Steel Spec Structural Steel Primer paint, hazardous chemical contents, but had not had received training related to the hazards of the paint being used.