OSHA Inspection: WGA ENTERPRISES, INC.

Issued

2019-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2): The employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with sections i and ii of this paragraph (c)(2) for employees who chose to wear respirators where respirator use was not required:    (a) On May 15, 2019 and on dates prior, the employer did not verify that elements of a written respiratory protection program were in place to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator or provide employees with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that voluntary elastomeric half-face respirator use was permissible. Employees were unaware of the risks that the voluntary use of half-face elastomeric respirators pose and were exposed to undue physiological and psychological stresses that may have put employees at risk of health effects.

Issued

2019-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    (a) On and before May 15, 2019, the employer did not develop, implement, or maintain a written hazard communication program. Employees working in the shop area at the worksite were exposed to various hazardous airborne contaminants in the workplace including Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Acetone, and epoxy resin dust.

Issued

2019-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 were in their work area(s):  (a) On and before May 15, 2019, employees in the work area that were exposed to airborne contaminants in the workplace including Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Acetone, various adhesives, and various polishing agents did not have Safety Data Sheets readily available to them during each work shift without barrier to immediate employee access.

Issued

2019-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  (a) On and before May 15, 2019, packing line employees that were exposed to airborne contaminants in the workplace including Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Acetone, various adhesives, and various polishing had not been trained on health and physical hazards of the chemicals present in the work area prior to being exposed to hazardous chemicals at the worksite.

Issued

2019-10-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii): The employer did not select and use a NIOSH-certified respirator in compliance with the conditions of its certification:    (a) On and before September 18, 2019, the technician working in the shop area was wearing a 1/2-face respirator with a 3M 6003 Organic Vapor cartridges inside of an Air Supplied Hood Respirator. The Air Supplied Hood Respirator was fed by a standard compressor without a filtration system capable of delivering Type 1 - Grade D breathing air described in ANSI/CHA G-7.1-1989. This compressor was capable of delivering oil mists to the employee wearing a respirator not rated to protect from particulate matter.     (b) On and before September 18, 2019, the technician working in the shop area during an infusion process was wearing a 1/2-face respirator with a 3M 2091 particulate respirators while performing a task during which hazardous Organic Vapors including, but not limited to, Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide and Methyl Ethyl Ketone are present.