OSHA Inspection: PKI, INC.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $1,880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(iv): Space within the spray booth on the downstream and upstream sides of filters shall be protected with approved automatic sprinklers.    The spray booth used by employees to conduct powder coating on metal parts did not contain automatic sprinklers.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,220 · Current $1,880 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    The employer did not establish or implement a written respiratory protection program for employees required to wear 3M 8511 Particulate Respirators while powder coating parts.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    The employer did not evaluate the respiratory hazards for employees in the paint booth working with ANSI 61 GRAY HAA POLYESTER powder coat (irritant) before requiring them to wear a 3M 8511 Particulate Respirator.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.    Employees were not provided with a medical evaluation prior to being required to wear a 3M 8511 Particulate Respirator while powder coating parts in a spray booth.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer shall ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph.    Employees were not provided with a qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) prior to being required to wear a 3M N95 8511 Particulate respirator while performing powder coating in a spray booth.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function;     On January 10, 2019, the employer did not ensure employees were clean-shaven before donning 3M 8511 Particulate Respirators while working with and around powder coating containing titanium dioxide (respiratory irritation).

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,220 · Current $1,880 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):     The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, acetone (skin irritation) and titanium dioxide (respiratory irritation).

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not compile a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet.    The employers hazard communication program did not include a chemical inventory list.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 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:    The employer did not train employees on the hazards of the chemicals in their work area such as, but not limited to, acetone (skin irritation) and titanium dioxide (respiratory irritation).

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.    The employer did not ensure that employees were provided with a safety data sheet for the acetone (skin irritation) employees are required to use.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)    The employer did not ensure that the safety data sheet for ANSI 61 GRAY HAA POLYESTER powder coat (respiratory irritation) was made available to employees required to perform powder coating on metal parts.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:    A written certification of hazard assessment had not been completed by the employer.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.    The employer did not certify when employees who drive forklifts had been trained and who had provided the training.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $361 · Current $361

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Other substances -- 8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a "C", shall not exceed the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.    1) On January 16, 2019, an employee operating a spray gun in the front powder coat booth was exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average concentration of 28.89mg/m^3 of total dust which exceeded the permissible exposure limit by 192% during a sample period of 477 minutes. Zero exposure was used for the unsampled portion of the shift.    2) On January 16, 2019, an employee operating a spray gun in the back powder coat booth was exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average concentration of 17.03mg/m^3 of total dust which exceeded the permissible exposure limit by 113% during a sample period of 475 minutes. Zero exposure was used for the unsampled portion of the shift.

Issued

Mar 4, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134.  [71 FR 16673, April 3, 2006]    a) When employees were exposed to Total Dust at 192% of the permissible exposure limit, feasible administrative or engineering controls, such as, but not limited to, increasing the spray booth ventilation, were not used to reduce the exposure to below the permissible exposure limit.    b) When employees were exposed to Total Dust at 113% of the permissible exposure limit, feasible administrative or engineering controls, such as, but not limited to, increasing the spray booth ventilation, were not used to reduce the exposure to below the permissible exposure limit.