OSHA Inspection: DELTA ARSENAL, LLC

Issued

Apr 29, 2020

Abate by

May 14, 2020

Penalty

Initial $433 · Current $250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   Location:  342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, Connecticut  Abatement certification and verification for Citation 001, Item 1a; Citation 001, Item 1b; Citation 001, Item 2; Citation 001, Item 3;  Citation 002, Item 1; Citation 002, Item 2; Citation 002, Item 3 with a final order date of 2/26/2020 was not received within 10 calendar days (by 3/27/2020) following the abatement due date (3/17/2020).

Issued

Jan 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,241 · Current $1,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing, and medical evaluations.   ESTABLISHMENT: The employer had not established and implemented a worksite specific written respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, and medical evaluations where an employee was required to wear tight-fitting full facepiece respirators during tasks, such as (but not limited to) range cleaning.

Issued

Jan 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1):  The employer did not provide respirator training that would ensure each employee could demonstrate knowledge of items in section (i)-(vii).   ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not ensure through providing training and performing evaluation that the employee required to wear tight-fitting full facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) range cleaning obtained minimum knowledges, skills and other items listed in section (I) through (vii) of this section.

Issued

Jan 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,241 · Current $1,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(4)(i): Where ventilation was used to control exposure, the employer did not ensure that measurements which demonstrate the effectiveness of the system in controlling exposure, such as capture velocity, duct velocity, or static pressure were made at least every three months.  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not ensure through taking measurements which demonstrated the effectiveness of the ventilation system in controlling exposure, such as capture velocity, duct velocity, or static pressure at least every three months to prevent employees from exposing to lead and serious health effects.

Issued

Jan 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,241 · Current $1,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i): The employer who had a workplace in which there was a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level did not inform employees of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation.  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not inform employees of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation where there was a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level while employees were performing the tasks, such as (but not limited to) range cleaning.

Issued

Jan 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,787 · Current $3,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):  The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator before the employee was required to use the respirator in the workplace.   ESTABLISHMENT: The employee required to wear tight-fitting full facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) range cleaning had not been medically evaluated to determine the employee's ability to wear respirators prior to fit test or require to wear respirators.  Delta Arsenal LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard, 29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 1113801, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1a, and was affirmed as a final order on 05/19/2016, with respect to a workplace location at 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492.

Issued

Jan 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,482 · Current $3,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1):  The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting face piece respirator were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator.  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not ensure that employee required to wear tight-fitting full facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) range cleaning was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator.      Delta Arsenal LLC was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent Occupational Safety and Health Standard, 29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 1113801, Citation Number  1, Item Number 1-b, and was affirmed as a final order on 05/19/2016, with respect to a workplace location at 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492.

Issued

Jan 29, 2020

Abate by

Mar 17, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,482 · Current $3,500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): Surfaces. All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not ensure through establishing appropriate Housekeeping Programs and Schedules that all work surfaces, such as (but not limited to) shutting ranges were maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead.     Delta Arsenal LLC was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard, 29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 1113801, Citation Number 1, Item Number 5, and was affirmed as a final order on 05/19/2016, with respect to a workplace location at 342 Quinnipiac Street, Wallingford, CT 06492.