OSHA Inspection: TOP LINE GRANITE DESIGN, INC.

Issued

Feb 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $9,446 · Current $4,050 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck.    Location: Parking lot-storage area    On or about November 11, 2019, an employee operated a DOOSAN forklift without forklift training.

Issued

Feb 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  Location: Parking lot- slab storage area   On or about December 11, 2019, a performance evaluation for employees operating the DOOSAN forklift was not conducted at least once every years.

Issued

Feb 18, 2020

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,350 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.7(a): The employer did not record workplace injuries and illnesses that would be considered to meet the general recording criteria, and therefore to be recordable, if it results in any of the following: death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness. You must also consider a case to meet the general recording criteria if it involves a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional, even if it does not result in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness.    Location: Office    On or about December 11, 2019, the employer did not record a workplace injury that met the general recording criteria.

Issued

Feb 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report within 24-hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye.    Location: Office     On December 12, 2019, the employer did not report within 24-hrs a wok-related incident resulting in an in-patient hospitalization.

Issued

Feb 18, 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 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer.  Location: Finishing Area  On or about December 11, 2019, basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D, was not provided in written or oral form for employees donning N95 disposable half-face respirators.

Issued

Feb 18, 2020

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $757 · Current $350 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.    Location: Finishing area     On or about December 11, 2019, a written hazard communication program was not developed and implemented where products such as, but not limited to, Tenex SPA and Acetone, were used.

Issued

Feb 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)  Location: Fining Area  On or about December 11, 2019, safety data sheets for products including, but not limited too, Tenex-SPA and Acetone, were not maintained in the workplace and were inaccessible to employees while in their work areas.