OSHA Inspection: KUEHNE NEW HAVEN

Issued

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5205.00 · Current $3650.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3): The employer did not designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness.    JOBSITE: Where the employer had established a respiratory program in place and also had employees required and/or voluntarily to wear respirators, a qualified program administrator was not designated to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness.

Issued

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5205.00 · Current $3650.00 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.          JOBSITE: The employees required and/or voluntarily to wear half facepiece tight fitting negative pressure respirators and/or full facepiece respirators were not provided with a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to wear a respirator prior to fit test or wearing the respirators.

Issued

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):        JOBSITE: The employees required to wear half facepiece, tight fitting negative pressure respirators and/or full facepiece respirators were not provided with fit test prior to wearing the respirators.