PARSIPPANY, NJ ·
OSHA Inspection: ZIMMER TRABECULAR METAL TECHNOLOGY INC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of ZIMMER TRABECULAR METAL TECHNOLOGY INC. in 10 POMEROY RD, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054 (NAICS 339113). OSHA activity number 343715744.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- ZIMMER TRABECULAR METAL TECHNOLOGY INC.
- Site address
- 10 POMEROY RD
- City
- PARSIPPANY
- State
- NJ
- ZIP
- 07054
- Mailing
- 10 POMEROY RD, PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 339113
- Employees
- 200
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.38 C02
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jul 19, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $13,260 · Current $39,780
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.38(c)(2): The employer did not have and implement a written emergency action plan that included procedures for emergency evacuation, including the type of evacuation and exit route assignments: a) Gen II 100 Room: The employer did not implement or adequately enforce an emergency action plan that included procedures for emergency evacuation when a release of chlorine gas occurred on or about January 2, 2019. Chorine concentrations in the room were measured by direct reading instruments which indicated exposures at or above 10 ppm.
Recent events (3)
- · F (R) $39780
- · C (S) $13260
- · Z (S) $13260
1910.38 C03
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jul 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.38(c)(3): The employer did not have a written emergency action plan that included procedures to be followed by employees who remain to operate critical operations before they evacuate: (a) Gen II 100 Room: The employer's emergency action plan procedures were not followed by employees who responded to a chlorine gas release on or about January 2, 2019. Chlorine concentrations in the room were measured by direct reading instruments which indicated exposures at or above 10 ppm.
Recent events (3)
- · F (R) $0
- · C (S) $13260
- · Z (S) $13260
1910.38 E
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jul 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $13,260 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.38(e): The employer did not designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees: a) Gen II 100 Room: The employer failed to adequately train employees to assist in the orderly evacuation of the worksite following a chlorine gas release on or about January 2, 2019. Chlorine concentrations in the room were measured by direct reading instruments which indicated exposures at or above 10 ppm.
Recent events (3)
- · F (R) $0
- · C (S) $13260
- · Z (S) $13260
1910.120 Q03 IV
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2019
- Abate by
- Jul 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(3)(iv): Employees engaged in emergency response and exposed to hazardous substances presenting an inhalation hazard or potential inhalation hazard, did not wear positive-pressure self-contained breathing apparatus until such time that the individual in charge of the incident command system determined through the use of air monitoring that a decreased level of respiratory protection would not result in hazardous exposures to employees: a) Gen II 100 Room Employees engaged in emergency response did not wear positive-pressure self-contained breathing apparatus and exposed to chlorine gas up to 10 ppm, the level Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH). Violation occurred on or about 01/02/2019.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $72,930 · Current $13,260 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks: a) RVC Department An employee operated the DO All model 2013-V, S/n 571-165572 vertical band saw without the guard adjusted to the height of the RVC block. Approximately 11 inches of the blade was exposed. Violation occurred on or about 04/11/2019. Zimmer Trabecular Metal Technology Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.212 (a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 995257, citation number 1, item number 8 and was affirmed as a final order on 07/22/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 10 Pomeroy Rd, Parsippany, NJ 07054.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $13260
- · C (R) $72930
- · Z (R) $72930
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 343715744.
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