OSHA Inspection: STANLEY BLACK & DECKER, INC

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Abate by

Sep 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,934 · Current $8,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.124(b)(4)(iv): Mechanical ventilation did not conform to ANSI Z9.1-1971, Practices for Ventilation and Operation of Open-Surface Tanks, and NFPA 34-1966, Standard for Dip Tanks Containing Flammable or Combustible Liquids:    Black Oxide Room - The ventilation practices did not conform to ANSI Z9.1-1971, Practices for Ventilation and Operation of Open-Surface Tanks, and NFPA 34-1966, Standard for Dip Tanks Containing Flammable or Combustible Liquids, in the following instances:    Section 8.1 - Air flow from each hood was not measured by means of a pitot traverse in each exhaust duct after the equipment had been shut down for at least a month, and at intervals of not more than 3 months of operation.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i): The Employer did not select and have each affected employee use the types off PPE that would protect the affected employee from hazards identified in the hazard assessment:    The Employer did not have each affected employee use chemical resistant boots when handling hazardous chemicals in the Black Oxide Room.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Abate by

Sep 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,934 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(v): The Employer did not train its employees in the proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of the PPE used in the Black Oxide Room:    The Employer required employees to wear certain PPE while working in the Black Oxide Room with chemicals such as TruTemp and OxyPrime without training them as to the proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of that PPE.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Abate by

Sep 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,934 · Current $8,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.124(f): Employees were not knowledgeable of the proper first-aid procedures appropriate to the dipping or coating hazards to which they were exposed:    Black Oxide Room - Employees working with hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, TruTemp, Oxyprime, and sulfuric acid were not trained in how or when to use a shower or eye wash station.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $11,934 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.124(h)(2): Employees working with liquids that could burn, irritate, or otherwise harm their skin, were not provided treatment by a properly designated person for any small skin abrasion, cut, rash, or open sore:    Black Oxide Room: An employee, who was working with TruTemp in the Black Oxide Room, was sent to another area to work and then home with no treatment provided by a properly designated person for their rash and/or burns after working with corrosive liquids Oxyprime and TrueTemp in the Black Oxide Room.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Abate by

Sep 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.124(j)(1)(ii): Hoods and ductwork of the ventilation system were not inspected for corrosion or damage prior to operation after a prolonged period of time:    Black Oxide Room: The hoods and duct work of the ventilation system in the Black Oxide Room were not inspected for corrosion or damage prior to operation after not being used for over a month.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Penalty

Initial $11,934 · Current $8,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.124(g)(1): Employees who worked with liquids that could burn, irritate, or otherwise harm their skin were not provided with locker space or other storage space to prevent contamination of their street clothes:    Black Oxide Room - Employees working with corrosive chemicals such as, but not limited, to TruTemp were not provided with a storage space to prevent contamination of their street clothes.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Abate by

Sep 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $11,934 · Current $8,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not maintain at the workplace a current written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    Establishment - The Employer did not maintain a current written hazard communication program including but not limited to global harmonization updated sections of a safety data sheet and pictograms.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Abate by

Sep 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Establishment - The Employer did not ensure that current safety data sheets were available for each hazardous chemical used at the facility.

Issued

Oct 4, 2019

Abate by

Sep 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Establishment - Employees using hazardous chemicals were not provided effective information and training prior to using the hazardous chemicals.