OSHA Inspection: KING SCHOOL, INC.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,205 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).      Facility: The employer had not conducted a Workplace Hazard Assessment to determine necessary and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification that identified the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation had been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identified the document as a certification of hazard assessment:      Facility: The employer had not verified through a written certification that the required Workplace Hazard Assessment for personal protective equipment (PPE) had been performed as complete.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training to each employee who was required by this section to use personal protective equipment (PPE), including (f)(1)(i), (f)(1)(ii), (f)(1)(iii), (f)(1)(iv) and (f)(1)(v) of this standard:     Facility: The employer did not provided training and information to the employees required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) on the Workplace Hazard Assessment for PPE.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,205 · Current $4,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators were necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators were required by the employer, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures consisting of (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), (c)(1)(iii), (c)(1)(iv), (c)(1)(v), 134(c)(1)(vi), (c)(1)(vii), (c)(1)(viii), and (c)(1)(ix) of this standard:    Facility: The employer had not established and implemented a worksite-specific written respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing and medical evaluation where employees were required to wear a 3M 770-300M half facepiece, tight fitting, negative pressure respirator or a N95 white filtering facepiece respirator.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):     Facility: The employer did not ensure that the employees required to wear a 3M 770-300M half facepiece , tight fitting, negative pressure respirator or a N95 white filtering facepiece respirator were fit tested prior to initial wear of the respirators.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 this section in any written or oral format to employees who were wearing respirators when such use was not required by this standard or by the the employer:    Facility: The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators as presented in Appendix D of this standard to the employees voluntarily wearing a N95 white filtering facepiece respirator.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,205 · Current $0 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:    Facility: The employees required to wear a 3M 7700-30M half facepiece, tight fitting, negative pressure respirator were not medically evaluated to determine the employee's ability to wear a respirator prior to fit test or required to wear respirators.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,205 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least described 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 would  be met, and which also included (e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii) of this standard:     Facility: The employer did not develop and implement a work-site specific written hazard communication program, including Globally Harmonized System (GHS) where employees were require to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) PL 3D Printer Filament /MakerBot PLA, 3M Cream Hardener and epoxy.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not comply a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet:     Facility: A complete list of all the hazardous chemicals used in the workplace with a product identifier was not maintained.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not  have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:    Facility: The employer did not maintain the Safety Data Sheets (SDS's) for PL 3D  Printer Filament /MakerBot PLA, 3M Cream Hardener and epoxy used by employees in the workplace.

Issued

Apr 30, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:    Facility: The employees required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) PL 3D Printer Filament /MakerBot PLA, 3M Cream Hardener and epoxy were not provided with training and information on the chemical hazard communications to minimize and/or eliminate those hazards.