OSHA Inspection: C & P PLASTICS, INC.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

Jul 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $2,640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to the hazards of being struck by flying shrapnel in the event the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe used to transport compressed air were to explode.     On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, the employer had installed schedule 40 PVC pipe used to transport compressed air in the facility used to manufacture plastic parts and clean dust off the processed parts. The installed PVC pipe was not protected against any external forces or stresses. The installed pipe was not designed to transport compressed air.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

Jun 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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:    On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, the employer did not evaluate employee's exposure to respirable dust or fiberglass in the manual/router area and the lathe/mill area for employees processing plastic parts and employees working in the surrounding area, exposing them to the hazards of inhalation of respirable dust and fiberglass.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

Jun 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(1)(i): Employees of a workplace covered by this standard were not monitored to determine their exposure to formaldehyde:  On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, the employer did not evaluate employee's exposure to formaldehyde for employees cutting plastics containing formaldehyde, exposing them to the hazards of inhalation of formaldehyde.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

Jul 1, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,600 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:    On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, the following machines were not guarded adequately to protect the workers:    a) the Haas TL 3 lathe used by employees in producing small round plastic parts did not have the rotating chuck guarded, exposing employee to the hazard of being caught in rotating parts.    b) the Haas TM 2 Tool Room Mill used to make specific shape cuts in bigger plastic parts did not have it's point of operation guarded to prevent employees' body parts from entering the point of operation, exposing employees to the hazard of moving machinery parts.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

May 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $2,340 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:    On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, employees in the manual/router room and mill/lathe room used compressed air set above 30psi to clean plastic dust off of manufactured parts and work clothes, exposing employees to the hazards of being struck by flying particles.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

May 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $1,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:    On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, sufficient distance around electrical control panels and cabinets was not provided in the following instances, exposing employees to the hazard of electrical shock:    a) in the router/manual area, filing cabinets and pipes were located in front of the electrical control panels for the tablesaw, routers, and other equipment.    b) in the lathe/mill room, a desk was located in front of the main control panel area, which control the area and other equipment.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $2,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii): Flexible cords were not used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap:    On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, a flexible cord used to power overhead lamps in the manual/router room were spliced together, exposing employees to the hazard of electrical shock.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

May 9, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii): There was a defect or evidence of damage that could have exposes an employee to injury and the defective or damaged item was not removed from service:    On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, in the manual/router room, electrical extension cords to lamps, table saw, the work desk were damaged, exposing employees to the hazard of electrical shock.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

Jun 14, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.    On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, the employer did not include or maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for the types of plastics processed in the facility to include, but not limited to, Delrin, GPO-3, and G10.

Issued

Apr 29, 2019

Abate by

May 23, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  On or about February 20, 2019 and times prior thereto, employees wearing voluntary dust masks were not provided the information contained in Appendix D, exposing employees to the hazards of respirable dust and fiberglass inhalation.