OSHA Inspection: C.S.C.S., INC.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

May 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,858 · Current $2,658 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling:     (a) In building A mixing areas, employees working in elevated sand storage bins #1 and #2 were not protected from falling.    (b) In building D mixing area, an employee working in an elevated sand storage bin was not protected from falling.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

Sep 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,073 · Current $3,350 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    (a) In building A, molding line #13, an employee who operated a pneumatic sand rammer and used compressed air for cleaning was exposed to noise levels at 75.19% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 75.19% is approximately 87.9 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 473 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 7 minutes.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

May 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,643 · Current $2,000 Reduced

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 identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    (a) The employer did not verify that a workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification.  Employees in the mixing and molding areas were exposed to skin and eye hazards from airborne portland cement, and from the use of pneumatic sand rammers and compressed air.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

May 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  (a) In building A molding areas, employees did not wear eye protection when exposed to eye hazards from operating pneumatic sand rammers and using compressed air for cleaning.  (b) In building A mixing areas, employees did not wear eye protection when exposed to eye contact hazards from airborne portland cement.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

May 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $4,858 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i. and effective chip guarding and personal protective equipment was not used:    (a) In building A molding areas, compressed air used for cleaning had a dead end pressure greater than 30 psi, and employees did not wear eye protection when using compressed air for cleaning.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

May 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,643 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(a)(3)(i): Places of employment were not kept clean to the extent that the nature of the work allowed:    (a) In building A, the restroom for production employees was not maintained in a clean condition.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

May 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iii): Lavatories were not provided with hand soap or similar cleansing agent:  (a) In building A, the restroom for production employees was not provided with hand soap or similar cleansing agent.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

May 19, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iv): Lavatories were not provided with individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling:  (a) In building A, the restroom for production employees was not provided with individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling.

Issued

Apr 23, 2020

Abate by

May 19, 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) In buildings A and D, the employer did not provide the information in Appendix D to employees who voluntarily wore filtering facepiece respirators (dust masks) during mixing operations.