OSHA Inspection: LIBRANDI'S PLATING, INC.

Issued

2020-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4426.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.124(h)(4): Employees working with chromic acid were not provided with periodic examinations of their exposed body parts, especially their nostrils:    (a) Librandi Plating, Inc. - Employees working on lines 1, 4 and 6 dip parts into chromic acid bath and the employer did not provide examinations of their nostrils, on or about January 9, 2020.      Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2020-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5899.00 · Current $3500.00 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) Plating lines 4 and 5 - The employer did not provide a quick drenching facility or flushing of the eyes near the plating line for employees who are exposed to alumon 948 zincate which contains sodium hydroxide, on or about January 9, 2020.    No abatement certification or documentation required

Issued

2020-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5899.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:      a). Buffing Room #1 - The Baldor buffer #3, serial number X0609 did not have a guard over the 2.5 inch spindle nut located at the end of the rotating shaft, on or about January 9, 2020.     b). Buffing Room #2 - The Baldor buffer #3 serial number X0406257354 did not have a guard over the 2.5 inch spindle nut located at the end of the rotating shaft on or about January 9, 2020.     c). Buffing Room #3 - The Baldor buffer #6, serial number 11203297019 did not have a guard over the 2.5 inch spindle nut located at the end of the rotating shaft, on or about January 9, 2020.      d). Buffing Room #3 - The Baldor buffer #5, serial number X10009307033 did not have a guard over the 2.5 inch spindle nut located at the end of the rotating shaft, on or about January 9, 2020.    Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement

Issued

2020-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting:    a). Buffing Room #1 - The Baldor buffer #3, serial number X0609 did not have a guard over the 4.5 inch that rotating shaft measured approximately 40 inches from the floor, on or about January 9, 2020.     b). Buffing Room #2 - The Baldor buffer #3 serial number X0406257354 did not have a guard over the 5.25 inch rotating shaft that measured approximately 39 inches from the floor, on or about January 9, 2020.     c). Buffing Room #3 - The Baldor buffer #6, serial number 11203297019 did not have a guard over the 6.5 inch rotating shaft that measured approximately 39 inches from the floor, on or about January 9, 2020.     d). Buffing Room #3 - The Baldor buffer #5, serial number X10009307033 did not have a guard over the 6.5 inch rotating shaft that measured approximately 39 inches from the floor, on or about January 9, 2020.    Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement

Issued

2020-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4424.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): The employer did not included chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program, established to comply with the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200, ensured that each employee had access to labels on containers of chromium (VI) and to safety data sheets, and was trained in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard and 29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2), including the contents of the Hexavalent Chromium Standard, the purpose and a description of the medical surveillance program, and made copies of this standard available to all affected employees:     a). Librandi's Plating Inc. - The employer did not include information about chromium (VI) in the hazard communications program. Employees work on the plating lines that contains chromium (VI) as part of the dip tank operation, on or about, January 9, 2020.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2020-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2): Exit access(es) were not at least 28 inches (71.1 cm) wide at all points:   a). Plating Lines 4 & 5 - The access to an exit door was reduced to 25 inches by the extension of the legs of the heat exchanger in front of the door, on or about January 9, 2020.   No abatement certification or documentation required