OSHA Inspection: THE COLLINS COMPANIES, INC.

Issued

2020-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $1928.00 Reduced

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:    On or about 1/23/20 and 3/3/20, a valve technician performing sandblasting wore a Honeywell 7700 half-face elastomeric respirator voluntarily, and the employer did not implement that element of a written program necessary to ensure that he was medically able to use that respirator.

Issued

2020-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(1): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(3) of this section:    On or about 1/23/20, valve technicians performed blasting using Starblast Blasting Abrasive, which contains quartz, and the employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level.

Issued

2020-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(k)(1)(i): The employer did not make and maintain an accurate record of all exposure measurements taken to assess employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica, as prescribed in paragraph (d) of this section:    On or about 1/23/20, valve technicians performed blasting using Starblast Blasting Abrasive, which contains quartz, and the employer did not make and maintain an accurate record of all exposure measurements taken to assess employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

2020-05-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  On or about 1/23/20, employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area such as, but not limited to, Starblast Blasting Abrasive, which contains quartz.