OSHA Inspection: INDIGO 48, LLC

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 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:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about May 21st, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: The employer required employees tasked with spray painting to wear tight-fitting, elastomeric respirators without the benefit of a written respiratory protection program to ensure that employees are able to safely wear the respirator. Failure to establish worksite specific procedures and the necessary provisions exposed employees to potential aggravation of pulmonary issues such as asthma, emphysema, and aggravate claustrophobia from a lack of medical evaluations as well as potential for dermatitis from inadequate cleaning, disinfecting, storing, inspecting, repairing, discarding, and otherwise maintaining respirators.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about January 29th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: The employer permitted employees to wear tight-fitting, elastomeric respirators on a voluntary basis for work tasks, such as but not limited to welding, without the benefit of a written respiratory protection program to ensure that employees are able to safely wear the respirator. Failure to establish worksite specific procedures and the necessary provisions exposed employees to potential aggravation of pulmonary issues such as asthma, emphysema, and aggravate claustrophobia from a lack of medical evaluations as well as potential for dermatitis from inadequate cleaning, disinfecting, storing, inspecting, repairing, discarding, and otherwise maintaining respirators.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3): The employer did not designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about January 29th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: Employees were exposed to hazards due to deficiencies in the respiratory protection program affecting safe respirator usage that would have been identified and corrected by a qualified program administrator.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 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:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about January 29th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: The employer's failure to ensure a medical evaluation prior to the use of the respirator exposed employees to potential aggravation of pulmonary issues, such as asthma, emphysema, and aggravate claustrophobia.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0430044016502270

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29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about January 29th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543:  The employer determined that elastomeric, tight fitting respirators were required to protect employees from respiratory hazards while painting in the spray booths, but did not ensure that an adequate seal between the face and the respirator was achieved through the implementation quantitative or qualitative fit test protocols.  Potential exposures included n-butyl acetate, methyl acetate, 2-butanone oxime, and stoddard solvent contained in paint used on site which can irritate the respiratory tract.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals or  were not packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about January 29th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: The employer did not ensure that respirators were appropriately stored to protect the respirators from contamination or dust.  Employee contact with dust and contamination of their respirator could result in skin conditions such as dermatitis.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(4)(ii): Repairs were not made in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations and specifications for the type and extent of repairs to be performed:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about January 29th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: The employer did not ensure repairs made to a 3M full face respirator were in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.  The seal was repaired using duct tape which could expose the employee to respiratory hazard or hazards associated with the respirator itself such as aggravation of pulmonary issues.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about May 21st, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: Employees were exposed to caught in hazards from the potential unexpected start up or energization of a horizontal bandsaw while performing a blade change without the benefit of an energy control program to ensure isolation of the equipment from the energy source. The Wellsaw 1118 horizontal bandsaw was powered off, but remained connected to the power source while employees changed the blade.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,031 · Current $3,031

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least on half hour:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about May 21st, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: In the fabricating area, tanks of oxygen and fuel were stored together without separation or a barrier.  In the event of a tip over, puncture, or contact with an ignition source, employees would be exposed to fire and explosion hazards.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(j)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that all surfaces were maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of chromium (VI):  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about March 5th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543:  Work surfaces were visibly dirty and dusty and hexavalent chromium (Chromium VI) was present.  The employer did not ensure any house keeping was implemented to protect employees from exposure to hexavalent chromium, a known carcinogen, through ingestion, skin contact, or inhalation.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $3,789

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): The employer did not include chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program established to comply with the HCS (� 1910.1200). Employers shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of chromium (VI) and to safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the requirements of HCS and paragraph (l)(2) of this section.   (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about March 5th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543:  Hexavalent Chromium, a known human carcinogen, was present on working surfaces.  The employer did not ensure that employer were made aware of the health hazards of hexavalent chromium and operations where employees could come into contact with hexavalent chromium through their hazard communication program.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2)(i)(A): The employer did not provide appropriate information and training for all employees exposed to chromium (VI), in that employees could not demonstrate knowledge of the contents of the Chromium (VI) standard, 29 CFR 1910.1026:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about March 5th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543:  Hexavalent Chromium (Chromium VI), a known human carcinogen, was present on working surfaces.  The employer did not provide training or information to employees on the Chromium VI standard which contains the requirements to protect employees from the hazards of hexavalent Chromium.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2)(ii): The employer did not make a copy of the Chromium (VI) standard, 29 CFR 1910.1026, readily available to all employees who were exposed to chromium (VI):  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about March 5th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543:  Hexavalent Chromium, a known human carcinogen, was present on working surfaces.  The employer did not have a copy of the hexavalent chromium standard readily available for employees to access in order to know the minimum requirements to protect themselves.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 04300440068916502270

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:  (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about March 5th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543:  Employees were exposed to chemicals such as but not limited to n-butyl acetate, 2-methoxy-1-methylethyl acetate, methyl acetate, solvent naphtha, Stoddard solvent, and 2-butane oxime which are respiratory system hazards contained in paint as well as to Hexavalent Chromium, a known human carcinogen, present on working surfaces.  The employer did not have a written hazard communication program to address training and otherwise communicating hazards of these chemicals to employees.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

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) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about March 5th, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543:  Employees were exposed to chemicals such as but not limited to Hexavalent Chromium, a known human carcinogen, present on working surfaces.  The employer did not provide training on hexavalent chromium at the time of initial assignment in order to inform employees of how they can best protect themselves from associated hazards.

Issued

Jul 10, 2019

Abate by

Aug 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    (a) Indigo 48, LLC, on or about May 21st, 2019, at the location of 1607 Magda Dr., Montpelier, OH, 43543: The employer did not provide employees with the basic advisory information in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134 for voluntary use. This information informs employees of the limitations of their respirator.