OSHA Inspection: COCKRELL'S BODY SHOP OF DIP, INC.

Issued

Apr 9, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $325 · Current $325

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a) Certification of abatement; on or about March 3, 2020, the employer failed to provide certification of abatement of Citation  1, Item 1; Citation 1, Item 2-a; Citation 1, Item 2-b; Citation 1, Item 3-a; Citation 1, Item 3-b; Citation 1, Item 3-c; Citation 2, Item 1-a; Citation 2, Item 1-b; Citation 2, Item 2 from inspection 1448061 which was issued on December 31, 2019 and had a final contest date of January 27, 2020.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): (1) All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces were not kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.  a) Body shop; On or about November 26, 2019 and at time prior to the employer exposed employees to slip/trip/and fall hazards in that the employer failed to ensure that areas accessed and traveled by employees were kept free from objects and debris such as extension cords and air hoses.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(i): The average air speed over the open face of the paint spray booth was less than 100 linear feet per minute:  a) Paint Booth; on or about November 26, 2019 and at time prior to the employer allowed employees to conduct painting operations inside a paint booth with an average ventilation air speed of 25 feet per minute exposing the employees to hazards associated with the build-up of flammable materials.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(iv): Space within the spray booth on the downstream and upstream sides of filters were not protected with approved automatic sprinklers:  a) Spray Booth; on November 26, 2019 and at times prior to the employer required employees to work in a paint booth area without ensuring that the spray booth had been fitted with an automatic sprinkler system exposing the employees to fire hazards.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  a) Paint shop; On or about November 26, 2019 and at times prior to the employer required the use of respirators when employees were engaged in activities in the paint booth without developing and implementing a written respirator protection program exposing the employees to respiratory hazards.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a) Paint area; On or about November 26, 2019 and at times prior to the employer required the use of a respirator by employees engaged in paint booth activities without first providing a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator exposing the employees to respiratory hazards.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 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):  a) Paint booth areas; On or about November 26, 2019 and at times prior to the employer required the use of a tight fitting elastomeric respirator by employees involved in painting operations but failed to require that employees be fit tested to ensure the effectiveness of a respirator exposing the employees to respiratory hazards.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:  a) Body shop; On or about November 26, 2019 and at times prior to the employer exposed employees to electrical hazards in that an extension cords were daisy chained together feeding power to individual work stations.  Relocatable power taps are not listed or labeled for that use and cannot be connected in series (daisy chained) with other relocatable power taps or extension cords.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i)(C): For electric equipment operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, and likely to require examination, adjustment, servicing, or maintenance while energized, the width of work space was not clear and did not extend from the grade, floor, or platform to the height required by paragraph (g)(1)(vi) of 29 CFR 1910.303:  a) Body shop; On or about November 26, 2019 and at times prior to the employer failed to ensure that clear access was not maintained in front of a breaker panel exposing the employees to electrical hazards.

Issued

Dec 31, 2019

Abate by

Jan 13, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Production areas; On or about November 26, 2019 and at times prior to the employer required the use of chemicals during the execution of job tasks but failed to train employees on the hazards associated with the chemicals in use such as paint, thinner, and all purpose putty exposing the employees to chemical hazards.