OSHA Inspection: VALIANT INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    Location: Milling area    On or about August 28, 2019, an employee was exposed to noise levels exceeding the 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 85dBA while operating the milling machines. The employee was exposed to continuous noise level of 88.4dB as an 8-hour Time-Weighted Average (TWA), which was the equivalent to 74.6% of the permissible daily noise exposure during 441 minutes sampling period and zero exposure was assumed for the un-sampled time period. A hearing conservation program was not developed or implemented for the sampled employee.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:    Location: Milling area    On or about August 28, 2019, an employee was exposed to noise levels exceeding the 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 85dBA while operating the milling machines. The employee was exposed to continuous noise level of 88.4dB as an 8-hour Time-Weighted Average (TWA), which was the equivalent to 74.6% of the permissible daily noise exposure during 441 minutes sampling period and zero exposure was assumed for the un-sampled time period. Audiometric testing was not implemented for employees exceeding the action level of 50% permissible daily noise exposure.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(d)(6): Belts. Belts shall not enter the duct or booth unless the belt and pulley within the duct or booth are thoroughly enclosed.    Location: Spray room    On or about July 1, 2019, two belts which were part of the exhaust fan's engine were not thoroughly enclosed.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Dec 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(d)(5): Electric motor driving exhaust fan for spray booth were located inside the booth.    Location: Spraybooth area    On or about July 1, 2019, an electric motor powered a BINKS 83 2448 exhaust fan for the spraybooth was located inside the booth.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Nov 29, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,031 · Current $1,000 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: Note:  The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.    Location: Spray Booth    On or about July 1, 2019, medical evaluations were not conducted to determine an employee's ability to use a tight fitting half-face 3M respirator.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form.  Location: Spray Booth  On or about July 1, 2019, respiratory hazards resulting from Butyl Acetate were not evaluated in the workplace.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Oct 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $758 · Current $300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent.     Location: Office    On or about July 1, 2019, a work-related injury case was not recorded on the 2019 OSHA 300 log.

Issued

Sep 30, 2019

Abate by

Oct 18, 2019

Penalty

Initial $425 · Current $200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer.    Location: Facility     On or about July 1, 2019, employees voluntarily donning filtering face piece respirators were not provided basic advisory information found in Appendix D prior to utilizing the respirators.