OSHA Inspection: ORGANIC DYES AND PIGMENTS LLC

Issued

Apr 11, 2019

Abate by

May 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,819 · Current $4,773 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 and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    Facility: When employees were required to wear half-mask elastomeric respirators when handling hazardous dyes and conducting cleaning activities, the employer did not adequately evaluate the respiratory hazards in the workplace.  These hazards include, but are not limited to, exposure to trivalent chromium.

Issued

Apr 11, 2019

Abate by

Apr 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,819 · Current $4,773 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:     Facility:  The employer allowed use of required half-mask elastomeric respirators by employees with facial hair growth that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece of and the face.

Issued

Apr 11, 2019

Abate by

Apr 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,819 · Current $4,774 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5)(ii): Retraining was not conducted when inadequacies in the employee's knowledge or use of the respirator indicated that the employee did not retain the necessary training or skill:    Facility: The employer did not conduct retraining when inadequacies in knowledge or use of respirators by employees working with hazardous dyes, such as use of respirators with substantial facial hair, and while wearing a hat under the head straps, were found.

Issued

Apr 11, 2019

Abate by

Apr 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(l)(1): Evaluations of the workplace were not conducted to ensure the written respiratory protection program was being effectively implemented:  Facility: The employer did not conduct adequate evaluations of the workplace to insure effective implementation of the written respiratory protection program. Employees wore half-mask elastomeric respirators on top of interfering facial hair, and wore hats under the respirator straps, practices which adversely affect respirator fit.

Issued

Apr 11, 2019

Abate by

May 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(1): Washing facilities were not maintained in a sanitary condition:  Changing Room: The employer did not maintain showers stalls and washing facilities in a sanitary condition in that residual dyes were allowed to accumulate.