OSHA Inspection: RIBEIRO WOODWORKING, LLC

Issued

Mar 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(i): The spraying operations except electrostatic spraying operations was not so designed, installed and maintained that the average air velocity over the open face of the booth (or booth cross section during spraying operations) was not less than 100 linear feet per minute.   WORKSHOP:  The average air velocity over the open face of the spray paint booth was less than 100 linear feet per minute.

Issued

Mar 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(9): A clear space of not less than 3 feet on all sides was not kept free from storage or combustible construction:  WORKSHOP:  The right side of the spray paint booth was not maintained a clear space of not less than three (3) feet at all times.

Issued

Mar 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

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:  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a worksite-specific written respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing, and medical evaluations where an employee was required to wear half facepiece cartridge respirators and dust/filtering facepiece during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) spray painting.

Issued

Mar 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  WORKSHOP:  The employee, required to wear the half facepiece cartridge respirators during the task, such as (but not limited to) spray painting had not been medically evaluated for the ability prior to the employee wearing the respirator.

Issued

Mar 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a  written hazard communication program including the Globalized Harmonized System (GHS) where an employee was required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) flammable Krystal version varnish and Resistant varnish.

Issued

Mar 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical in use:  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not maintained the safety data sheets for the flammable Krystal version varnish and Resistant varnish.

Issued

Mar 1, 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:  WORKSHOP:  The employee required to work with hazardous chemicals, such as (but not limited to)  flammable Krystal version varnish and Resistant varnish was not provided with training and information in the  chemical hazard communications.