OSHA Inspection: FIMOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,855 · Current $2,300 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).    WORKSHOP: The employer had not conducted a workplace hazard assessment to determine necessary and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning, big max urethane production and table casting, and small batch urethane mold pouring.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,856 · Current $3,100 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators were necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators were required by the employer, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures consisting of (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), (c)(1)(iii), (c)(1)(iv), (c)(1)(v), 134(c)(1)(vi), (c)(1)(vii), (c)(1)(viii), and (c)(1)(ix) of this standard.    WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented a worksite-specific written respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing and medical evaluation where employees were required to wear half facepiece air purifying respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning and big max maintenance.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 employees was required to use the respirators in the workplace.    WORKSHOP:  The employees required to wear half facepiece air purifying respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning and big max maintenance were not medically evaluated to determine the employee's ability to wear respirators prior to fit test or require to wear respirators.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1):  The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT).  WORKSHOP: The employer did not ensure that the employees required to wear tight-fitting half facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning and big max maintenance were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirators.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide respirator training that would ensure each employee could demonstrate knowledge at least the items in sections (1i) through (1vii) of this standard.   WORKSHOP: The employer did not ensure through providing training and performing evaluation that the employees required to wear tight-fitting half facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning and big max maintenance obtained minimum knowledges, skills and other items listed in section (1i) through (1vii) of this section.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,398 · Current $2,300 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(c)(2): Short-Term Exposure Limit (STEL). The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene chloride in excess of one hundred and twenty-five parts per million of methylene chloride per million parts of air (125 ppm) as determined over a sampling period of fifteen minutes.    WORKSHOP: The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene chloride in excess of one hundred and twenty-five parts per million of methylene chloride per million parts of air (125 ppm) as determined over a sampling period of fifteen minutes during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1)(i)(B): Where methylene chloride was present in the workplace, the employer did not determine each employee's exposure by taking personal breathing zone air samples that were representative of each employee's exposure.   WORKSHOP: The employer did not take personal breathing zone air samples to determine each employee's exposure level where methylene chloride was present in the workplace during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of methylene chloride exceeded or can reasonably be expected to exceed either the 8-hour time-weighted average permissible exposure limits (TWA PEL) or the short-term exposure limit (STEL).    WORKSHOP: The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of methylene chloride exceeded the short term exposure limit (STEL) during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,856 · Current $2,300 Reduced

Hazardous substances 15601730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least described how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training would be met, including (e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii) of this standard.       WORKSHOP: The employer did not establish and implement a work-site specific written hazard communication program, including the Globalized Harmonized System (GHS) where employees were required to work with chemicals during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) metal parts cleaning, big max urethane production and table casting, and small batch urethane mold pouring.

Issued

May 13, 2020

Abate by

Jun 30, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6):  The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the information listed in (f)(6)(i) or (f)(6)(ii) of this standard.  WORKSHOP: The employer did not ensure that containers of isopropanol in the workplace were labeled, tagged or marked with the information, such as (but not limited to) the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which would provide employees with at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.