OSHA Inspection: MELFORD SPURGEON DBA SUNNYLAND CABINET

Issued

2020-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1157.00 Reduced

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:    On or about December 2, 2019, the employer provided a 3M tight-fitting half-mask respirator for employee use and the employer did not establish and implement elements of a respiratory protection program that include:    a) medical evaluation for the tight-fitting respirator;    b) cleaning schedule for the disinfecting the respirator;    c) maintenance and care of the respirator; and    d) storage of the respirator.

Issued

2020-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.    On or about December 2, 2019, an employee in the Paint Room wore a tight-fitting half-mask respirator and the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator.

Issued

2020-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals:    On December 12, 2019, the employer provided a half-mask tight-fitting respirator and the respirator was stored in the Paint Room on a cart and was exposed to dust.

Issued

2020-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-31 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:    On or about December 2, 2019, an employee was provided an elastomeric tight-fitting half-mask respirator for use when spray painting and the employer did not provide the information contained in Appendix D of this section in written or oral format when spray painting Matador White Post-Catalyzed Topcoat and Bernyl Unisurfacer.

Issued

2020-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1157.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    On or about December 2, 2019, an employee spray painted wood cabinetry with Matador White Post-Catalyzed Topcoat and Bernyl Unisurfacer and the employer did not develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program with at least a description of how the criteria for the following requirements would be met by the company:    a) use of labels and other forms of warning;    b) access to safety data sheets;    c) provision of hazardous chemical information and training to employees;    d) maintenance of an updated list of hazardous chemicals present at the facility;     e) methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks and hazards associated with chemicals contained in unlabeled pipes in their work areas; and    f) methods the employer will use to inform other employers on-site on their precautionary measures to protect employees during normal operating conditions and in foreseeable emergencies, the labeling system used in the workplace and to provide other employers on-site access to safety data sheets.

Issued

2020-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 that the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:    On or about December 2, 2019, an employee spray painted wood cabinetry with Matador White Post-Catalyzed Topcoat and Bernyl Unisurfacer and the employer did not provide information and training on the hazardous chemicals in the work area and the pictograms.

Issued

2020-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(c)(4)(ii): Spray rooms did not have noncombustible fire doors and shutters:    On or about December 2, 2019, an employee spray painted wood cabinetry in the Paint Room and the employer did not provide the spray room with noncombustible fire doors.

Issued

2020-01-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 which certified that the evaluation had been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identified the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    On or about December 2, the employer did not develop and document a suitable personal protective equipment hazard assessment for the painting and sawing tasks, nor did they complete a written certification that included the name of the person who certified that the evaluation had been performed and the date that the hazard assessment was completed.