OSHA Inspection: BREACHING TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1705.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): The employer did not determine if the voluntary use of a respirator did not in itself create a hazard:    Shop floor: On or about October 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to an undue physiological burden when voluntarily using 3M half-facepiece respirators with cartridges to mix epoxy and amine chemicals, without the employer effectively assessing worker health and capability to use the respirator.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  Shop floor: On or about October 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to an undue physiological burden when voluntarily using 3M half-facepiece respirators with cartridges to mix epoxy and amine chemicals, without the employer effectively assessing worker health and capability to use the respirator.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Shop floor and facility wide: On or about October 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards while wearing tight-fitting half-mask respirators by request, when performing spray painting and epoxy/resin applications without being provided applicable information on the limitations and care of the respirators being used.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5): The powered industrial truck was equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, however the employer did not request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered:    Shop floor and back rear entry: On or about October 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a crush hazard from utilizing a GCX Clark 25E forklift with extended attachments that was not marked to identify the adjusted load capacity.

Issued

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical:  Shop floor: On or about October 10, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees handling and mixing Hardman Epoweld, a corrosive, were not provided information on the hazards of working with the chemicals.