OSHA Inspection: CERTIFIED TANK & MANUFACTURING, LLC.

Issued

Dec 12, 2019

Abate by

Jan 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,580 · Current $2,148 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    On or about July 9, 2019, employees engaged in spray painting activities wore full-face 3M respirators and employees engaged in welding wore Moldex 2315 N99 disposable respirators and the employer had not developed and implemented a written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures.

Issued

Dec 12, 2019

Abate by

Jan 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   On or about July 9, 2019, employees engaged in spray painting activities wore full-face 3M respirators and employees engaged in welding wore Moldex 2315 N99 disposable respirators and the employer had not provided 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.

Issued

Dec 12, 2019

Abate by

Jan 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(5): The fit test was not administered using an OSHA-accepted qualitative fit test or quantitative fit test protocol:  On or about July 9, 2019, employees engaged in spray painting activities wore full-face 3M respirators and employees engaged in welding wore Moldex 2315 N99 disposable respirators and the employer had not provided an adequate fit test following an OSHA-accepted qualitative fit test protocol prior to initial use of the respirator.

Issued

Dec 12, 2019

Abate by

Jan 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,774 · Current $2,862 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(4)(iv): Where the welder must enter a confined space through a manhole or other small opening, means was not provided for quickly removing the welder in case of emergency:    On or about July 9, 2019, welders entered tanks to weld inside seams of manholes and fittings and no means for quickly removal of the welder was provided in case of emergency.

Issued

Dec 12, 2019

Abate by

Jan 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(4)(vii): After welding operations were completed, the welder did not mark the hot metal or provide some other means of warning other workers that the metal was hot:  On or about July 9, 2019, employees engaged in welding activities did not mark the hot metal or provide some other means of warning other workers that the metal was hot after welding operations were completed.

Issued

Dec 12, 2019

Abate by

Jan 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,967 · Current $3,580 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI):  The employer is to make this determination in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2), the scheduled monitoring option, or paragraph (d)(3), the performance-oriented option.    On or about July 24, 2019, the employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI) for each employee engaged in stainless steel welding activities.

Issued

Dec 12, 2019

Abate by

Jan 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,967 · Current $3,580 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:    On or about July 9, 2019, employees engaged in spray painting and welding activities were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as solvents, spray painting products and welding fumes and the employer had not developed, implemented, and/or maintained a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met at the workplace.

Issued

Dec 12, 2019

Abate by

Jan 14, 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:  On or about July 9, 2019, employees engaged in spray painting and welding activities were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as solvents, spray painting products and welding fumes and the employer had 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.