OSHA Inspection: PARADIGM INDUSTRIAL LLC

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1932.00 · Current $966.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(i): The employer shall perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area. Where an employer does representative sampling instead of sampling all employees in order to meet this requirement, the employer shall sample the employee(s) expected to have the highest chromium (VI) exposures.    The employer did not determine employees 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI) while welding on stainless steel containing hexavalent chromium (carcinogen).

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1932.00 · Current $966.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(d)(2)(i): Initial monitoring. Except as provided for in paragraphs (d)(2)(ii) and (d)(2)(iii) of this section, the employer shall monitor employee exposures and shall base initial determinations on the monitoring results.    The employer did not determine employees 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to cadmium while welding on coated washers containing cadmium (carcinogen).

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1932.00 · Current $966.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): Employers shall 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.    The employer did not ensure employees were trained on the hazards of hexavalent chromium including cancer, eye irritation, and skin sensitization.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(m)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that the employees were trained in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard and paragraph (m)(4) of this section:    The employer did not ensure employees were trained on the hazards of cadmium including cancer, lung and kidney disease, and metal fume fever.

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.    The employer did not train employees on the hazards of the chemicals such as, but not limited to, iron oxide fume (respiratory irritation), copper fume (metal fume fever), manganese (metal fume fever), hexavalent chromium (carcinogen), and cadmium (cancer).

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1932.00 · Current $966.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:    The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, cadmium (metal fume fever, cancer) and hexavalent chromium (respiratory irritation, cancer).

Issued

2019-08-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.    On March 30, 2019, the employer had not obtained the SDSs for the Spencer aircraft cadmium (carcinogen) plated washers being welded on by employees.