OSHA Inspection: JOSTENS, INC

Issued

2019-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9472.00 · Current $6317.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine employees' ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:      In the investor and casting areas of the production facility, the employer did not provide medical evaluation for employees required to use respirators for mixing and cleaning of silica for the manufacturing process.

Issued

2019-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that employees using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) was used, and at least annually thereafter:       In the investor and casting areas of the manufacturing facility, employees required to use respirators were not fit tested prior to and annually for mixing and cleaning of silica for the manufacturing process.

Issued

2019-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5683.00 · Current $4683.00 Reduced

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 are in their work area:                                                                                                                 In the investor area of the manufacturing facility, the employer did not ensure that safety data sheets were readily accessible to employees in their work areas with chemical specific information on hazardous chemicals being used daily in the area for molding rings, exposing employees to health hazards.