OSHA Inspection: REILLY PLATING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $6500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 18601890

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(ii): The emergency response plan did not address, to the extent not addressed elsewhere, personnel roles, lines of authority, training, and communication:    a) EN Plating Line, Tank D-12: Employees performed an emergency response when they responded to the overheating of 600 gallons of 35% nitric acid, and the employer's emergency response plan did not address the level of training required by those personnel that participated in the emergency response operation, as discovered on or about 04/24/2019.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 18601890

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(iii): The emergency response plan did not address, to the extent not addressed elsewhere, emergency recognition and prevention:  a) EN Plating Line, Tank D-12: Employees performed an emergency response when they responded to the overheating of 600 gallons of 35% nitric acid, and the employer's emergency response plan did not address substance specific (e.g., nitric acid) releases that would necessitate an emergency response and the methods taken to prevent those releases, as discovered on or about 04/24/2019.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 18601890

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(x): The emergency response plan did not address, to the extent not addressed elsewhere, critique of response and follow-up:  a) EN Plating Line, Tank D-12: Employees performed an emergency response when they responded to the overheating of 600 gallons of 35% nitric acid, and the employer's emergency response plan did not address the critique of response incidents following an emergency response, as discovered on or about 04/24/2019.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 18601890

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(xi): The emergency response plan did not address, to the extent not addressed elsewhere, personal protective equipment and emergency equipment:  a) EN Plating Line, Tank D-12: Employees performed an emergency response when they responded to the overheating of 600 gallons of 35% nitric acid, and the employer's emergency response plan did not address the use of specific personal protective equipment (e.g., respiratory protection) to be donned during emergency response incidents, as discovered on or about 04/24/2019.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9282.00 · Current $6500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 18601890

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(3)(iv): Employees engaged in emergency response and exposed to hazardous substances presenting an inhalation hazard or potential inhalation hazard, did not wear positive-pressure self-contained breathing apparatus until such time that the individual in charge of the incident command system determined through the use of air monitoring that a decreased level of respiratory protection would not result in hazardous exposures to employees:    a) EN Plating Line, Tank D-12: Employees performed an emergency response when they responded to the overheating of 600 gallons of 35% nitric acid, and these employees did not wear SCBA respirators when the atmosphere contained unknown levels of nitric acid and/or nitrogen oxides, as discovered on or about 04/24/2019.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 18601890

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii): Employees who participated as hazardous materials technicians, or were expected to participate as hazardous materials technicians, had not received at least 24 hours of training equal to the first responder operations level, and in addition have competency in the areas outlined in 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii)(A) through (q)(6)(iii)(I) and/or the employer did not so certify:  a) EN Plating Line, Tank D-12: Employees performed an emergency response when they responded to the overheating of 600 gallons of 35% nitric acid, and these employees were not provided with job specific HAZMAT training prior to the commencement of this emergency response operation, as discovered on or about 04/24/2019.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 18601890

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(9)(i): Members of an organized and designated HAZMAT team and hazardous materials specialist did not receive a baseline physical examination and/or was not provided with medical surveillance as required in 29 CFR 1910.120(f):    a) EN Plating Line, Tank D-12: Employees performed an emergency response when they responded to the overheating of 600 gallons of 35% nitric acid, and these employees were not provided with baseline physical examination prior to the commencement of this emergency response operation, as discovered on or about 04/24/2019.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED