OSHA Inspection: OLSON TRAILER AND BODY LLC

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $1928.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(4)(iii): The air exhausted from blast-cleaning equipment shall be discharged through dust collecting equipment. Dust collectors shall be set up so that the accumulated dust can be emptied and removed without contaminating other working areas:    a) On or about November 19, 2019, the exhaust fan for the Abrasive Blasting Shed discharged to atmosphere.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(c): Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 ug/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA:    a) On December 5, 2019, the Abrasive Blaster was exposed to a 39 minute time weighted average (TWA) of 4200 ug/M3. Assuming zero respirable crystalline silica exposure for the remaining 441 minutes, the Abrasive Blaster was exposed to an 8 hour TWA of 332.5 ug/M3 which is 6.6 times the permissible exposure limit.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(1): Exposure assessment-(1) General. The employer shall assess the exposure of each employee who is or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(3) of this section:  a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not assessed the Abrasive Blaster exposure to respirable crystalline silica when using silica sand for the abrasive blasting media.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(e)(1): Regulated areas-(1) Establishment. The employer shall establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica is, or can reasonably be expected to be, in excess of the PEL:    a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not established the Abrasive Blasting Shed as a regulated area.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(1): Methods of compliance-(1) Engineering and work practice controls. The employer shall use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL, unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever such feasible engineering and work practice controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the PEL, the employer shall nonetheless use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest feasible level and shall supplement them with the use of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of paragraph (g) of this section:  a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer was using silica sand for abrasive blasting operations. Alternative abrasive medias containing low or no crystalline silica content includes, but is not limited to: aluminum oxide, slags, steel grit, and steel shot.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i): The employer shall establish and implement a written exposure control plan that contains at least the following elements: (A) A description of the tasks in the workplace that involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica; (B) A description of the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica for each task; and (C) A description of the housekeeping measures used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica:    a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not developed and implemented a written respirable crystalline silica exposure control plan.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(i)(1)(i): Medical surveillance-(1) General. (i) The employer shall make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who will be occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year:    a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not established a medical surveillance program for Abrasive Blasters.  On December 5, 2019, the Abrasive Blaster was exposed to a 39 minute time weighted average (TWA) of 4200 ug/M3. Assuming zero respirable crystalline silica exposure for the remaining 441 minutes, the Abrasive Blaster was exposed to an 8 hour TWA of 332.5 ug/M3 which is 6.6 times the permissible exposure limit. The action level for respirable crystalline silica is 25 ug/M3.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-12-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(j)(3)(i): Employee information and training. (i) The employer shall ensure that each employee covered by this section can demonstrate knowledge and understanding of at least the following: (A) The health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica; (B) Specific tasks in the workplace that could result in exposure to respirable crystalline silica: (C) Specific measures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposures to respirable crystalline silica; (D) The contents of this section: and (E) The purpose and a description of the medical surveillance program required by paragraph (i) of this section:    a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not provided the required respirable crystalline silica training to the Abrasive Blaster.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1542.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the following provisions of this section, as applicable:    a)  On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not developed and implemented a written respiratory protection program for the employees required to wear respiratory protection. The Abrasive Blaster is required to wear a Clemco Apollo 600 HP supplied air abrasive blasting helmet during abrasive blasting operations. The Spray Painter is required to wear a 3M 07192 half mask cartridge respirator during spray finish applications.    An effective written respirator program includes, but is not limited to, the following:  1) Procedures for selecting respirators for use in the workplace  2) Medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators  3) Fit testing procedures for tight-fitting respirators  4) Procedures for proper use of respirators in routine and reasonably foreseeable emergency situations  5) Procedures and schedules for cleaning, disinfecting, storing, inspecting, repairing, discarding and otherwise maintaining respirators  6) Procedures to ensure adequate air quality, quantity, and flow of breathing air for atmosphere-supplying respirators  7) training of employees in the respiratory hazards to which they are potentially exposed during routine and emergency situations  8) Training employees in the proper use of respirators, including putting on and removing them, any limitations in their use,  and their maintenance  9) Procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator:  a) On or about November 19, 2019, employees required to wear respiratory protection were not medically evaluated prior to usage. The Abrasive Blaster was required to wear a Clemco Apollo 600 HP supplied air abrasive blasting helmet during abrasive blasting operations and the Spray Painter was required to wear a 3M 07192 half mask cartridge respirator during spray finish applications, but did not receive medical evaluations prior to using the respirators.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter:  a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not fit tested the Spray Painter required to wear a half-mask cartridge respirator during spray finishing operations during 2018 or 2019.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): The employer shall not permit respirators with tight-fitting facepieces to be worn by employees who have: Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function:  a) On December 5, 2019, the Spray Painter had several days growth of facial hair in areas where the half mask cartridge respirator facepiece contacted the Spray Painter's face.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer:  a) On or about November 19, 2019, employees allowed to voluntarily wear dust masks during work activities were not trained on the contents of 29 CFR 1910.134 Respiratory Protection Appendix D.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1157.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage shall be separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:    a) On or about November 19, 2019, four oxygen cylinders were stored within 4 feet to 20 feet away from six propane cylinders. There was not a noncombustible barrier between the oxygen and propane cylinders.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1157.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(i): The employer shall perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area. Where an employer does representative sampling instead of sampling all employees in order to meet this requirement, the employer shall sample the employee(s) expected to have the highest chromium (VI) exposures:    a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not conducted initial monitoring to determine employee exposure to Chromium (VI) while welding stainless steel. On December 5, 2019, an employee welding stainless steel was exposed to a Chromium (VI) 147 minute time weighted average TWA of 1.1 ug/M3. The employee 8-hour TWA Chromium (VI) exposure was 0.34 ug/M3 assuming zero Chromium (VI) exposure for the remaining 333 minutes of the 8-hour TWA.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): Employers shall include chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program established to comply with the HCS (� 1910.1200). Employers shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of chromium (VI) and to safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the requirements of HCS and paragraph (l)(2) of this section:  a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer had not trained employees welding stainless steel on the health hazards associated with chromium (VI), the actions employees can take to reduce their exposure to chromium (VI), the contents of 29 CFR 1910.1026 Chromium (VI) standard, the purpose and description of the medical surveillance program when exposed to chromium (VI) exposures above the action level, and how an employee can obtain a copy of the 29 CFR 1910.1026 Chromium (VI) standard from the employer.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1542.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: (i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be complied for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and, (ii) The methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks (for example, the cleaning of reactor vessels), and the hazards associated with chemicals contained in unlabeled pipes in the work areas.    a) On or about November 19, 2019, Section 21 Hazard Communication (HAZCOM) of the Olson Trailer & Body LLC Safety Policies, dated December 16, 2013, did not describe the methods to be used for implementing and maintaining the employee hazard communication training program, secondary container labeling, collection of safety data sheets, and list of hazardous chemicals.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either: (I) The information specified under paragraphs (f)(1)(I) through (v) of this section for labels on shipped containers; or, (ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemical, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  a) On December 5, 2019, a spray bottle of yellow fluid was not labeled with the identity of its contents and its associated hazards.

Issued

2020-03-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.):  a) On or about November 19, 2019, the employer was not maintaining a current collection of safety data sheets for the hazardous chemicals used in the facility.