OSHA Inspection: STINGER CHEMICAL

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(11)(ii): Stairways. The employer did not ensure each flight of stairs having at least 3 treads and at least 4 risers was equipped with stair rail systems and handrails per Table D-2; stair width less than 44 inches (1.1 m), and one open sides required to have one stair rail system on each open side:    a) On or about March 1, 2019 in the blending area, a stairway used by employees to access the blending platform did not have a midrail, exposing employees to a fall hazard.    b) On or about March 1, 2019 in the back dock area, a stairway used by employees did not have a stair rail system exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

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) On or about March 1, 2019 in the blending area, a respiratory program had not been developed for employees using full face elastomeric respirators while blending; exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provided effective training to employees who are required to use respirators:    a) On or about March 1, 2019 in the blending area, respirator training had not been conducted for employees using full face elastomeric respirators while blending; exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

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) On or about March 1, 2019 in the blending area, employees using full face elastomeric respirators while blending had not been medically evaluated exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2019-05-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2387.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    a) On or about March 1, 2019 in the blending area, employees using full face elastomeric respirators while blending had not been fit tested exposing employees to inhalation hazards.