OSHA Inspection: LASERTECH METAL WORKS, INC.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 28, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,643 · Current $1,900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    a.  Powder Coating Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not provide emergency means for flushing the eyes and body in the work area for immediate emergency use where employees apply corrosive "Tiger Drylac" powder coating(s) using a "GEMA" Optiflex B powder coating system.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $7,287 · Current $5,200 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:    a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, welding fumes, lacquer thinner, "Tiger Drylac" powder coatings, and "Willis Cleaning Products" Phos-Tize HD while performing welding, powder coating and other assigned duties.    LASERTECH METAL WORKS, INC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1200(e)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number1399682, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on August 26, 2019 with respect to a workplace located at 1658 Highway 85 N in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 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):  a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not maintain safety data sheets for all chemicals at the worksite including, but not limited to, liquid propane, "Tiger Drylac U.S.A., Inc." powder coating materials, "Willis Cleaning Products" Phos-Tize HD and "Whitaker Oil Company" lacquer thinner.  LASERTECH METAL WORKS, INC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1200(e)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number1399682, citation number 1, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on August 26, 2019 with respect to a workplace located at 1658 Highway 85 N in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(i): The employer did not provide information to the employees on the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard 29 CFR 1910.1200:  a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not provide training on the requirements of OSHA's hazard communication standard to employees exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, welding fumes, lacquer thinner, "Tiger Drylac" powder coatings, and "Willis Cleaning Products" Phos-Tize HD while performing welding, powder coating and other assigned duties.  LASERTECH METAL WORKS, INC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1200(h)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number1399682, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on August 26, 2019 with respect to a workplace located at 1658 Highway 85 N in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(ii): The employer did not provide information to the employees on operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals were present:  a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not provide information to employees on operations in their work areas where hazardous chemicals were present including, but not limited to, welding fumes, lacquer thinner, "Tiger Drylac" powder coatings, and "Willis Cleaning Products" Phos-Tize HD.  LASERTECH METAL WORKS, INC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1200(h)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number1399682, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on August 26, 2019 with respect to a workplace located at 1658 Highway 85 N in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(i): The employee training did not include the methods and observations used to detect the presence or release of a hazardous chemical in the work area:  a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not provide training to include detecting the presence or release of chemicals for employees exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, welding fumes, lacquer thinner, "Tiger Drylac" powder coatings, and "Willis Cleaning Products" Phos-Tize HD while performing welding, powder coating and other assigned duties.  LASERTECH METAL WORKS, INC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1200(h)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number1399682, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on August 26, 2019 with respect to a workplace located at 1658 Highway 85 N in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area:  a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not provide training on the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area to employees exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, welding fumes, lacquer thinner, "Tiger Drylac" powder coatings, and "Willis Cleaning Products" Phos-Tize HD while performing welding, powder coating and other assigned duties.  LASERTECH METAL WORKS, INC. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1200(h)(1) which was contained in OSHA inspection number1399682, citation number 1, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on August 26, 2019 with respect to a workplace located at 1658 Highway 85 N in Fayetteville, Georgia.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

May 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): The employer did not determine if the voluntary use of a respirator did not in itself create a hazard:    a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazards associated with tight-fitting respirator use, in that the employer provided a 3M model FF-403, full-face respirator for voluntary use by the powder coating employee but did not provide the employee with a medical evaluation to ensure that the employee was fit to wear the respirator.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazards associated with tight-fitting respirator use, in that the employer provided a 3M model FF-403, full-face respirator and filtering facepiece respirators for voluntary use by employees but did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 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:  a.  Production Area:  On or about December 17, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazards associated with tight-fitting respirator use, in that the employer provided a 3M model FF-403, full-face respirator and filtering facepiece respirators for voluntary use by employees but did not provide the employees with the information in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:  a.  Shipping and Staging Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazards associated with firefighting, in that the fire extinguisher located adjacent to a vertical structural beam was not mounted.    b.  Shipping and Staging Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazards associated with firefighting, in that safe access to the fire extinguisher mounted to the wall below the overhead storage area was obstructed by a pallet and boxes containing metal parts.  c.  Welding Area:  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazards associated with firefighting, in that safe access to the fire extinguisher mounted to a vertical structural beam was obstructed by a metal pedestal, box of parts and a "Lincoln Electric" model Idealarc DC400 multi-purpose welder.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2): Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:  a.  Production Area:  On or about Decemer 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazards associated with firefighting, in that the employer provided hand held portable fire extinguishers for voluntary use but did not visually inspect the fire extinguishers at least monthly.

Issued

Apr 2, 2020

Abate by

Apr 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:  a.  On or about December 17, 2019, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazards associated with firefighting, in that the employer provided fire extinguishers for voluntary use by employees but did not provide employees with information on the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards of incipient stage firefighting.