OSHA Inspection: ALABAMA HARD-SURFACING, INC.

Issued

Apr 21, 2020

Abate by

May 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $1,735 · Current $1,041 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0691

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:   (a) On or about January 23, 2020 - Facility, the employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M full-facepiece respirators.

Issued

Apr 21, 2020

Abate by

May 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0691

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 employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  (a) On or about January 23, 2020 - Facility, the employer did not ensure that medical evaluations were provided to employees wearing respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M full-facepiece respirators.

Issued

Apr 21, 2020

Abate by

May 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  (a) On or about January 23, 2020 - Facility, the employer did not ensure that fit tests were provided for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M full-facepiece respirators.

Issued

Apr 21, 2020

Abate by

May 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:   (a) On or about January 23, 2020 - Facility, employees required to wear respirators including, but not limited to 3M full-facepiece respirators, were not provided training of elements such as, but not limited to, proper use, cleaning, inspecting and maintaining of respirators.

Issued

Apr 21, 2020

Abate by

May 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI):   (a) On or about January 23, 2020 - Facility, initial monitoring had not been conducted for employees engaged in cutting, grinding and welding of metal plates.  Full shift sampling was performed during one shift on February 26, 2020.  The sampling results were below the OSHA permissible exposure limit at 2.3 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3).  The sampling was performed for 377 minutes during one shift on January 31, 2020.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time of 103 minutes.  The employer may use these sampling results to meet the initial monitoring requirement for Hexavalent Chromium or perform additional monitoring.

Issued

Apr 21, 2020

Abate by

May 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) On or about January 23, 2020 - Facility, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees using hazardous chemicals, such as, but not limited to, chromium, propane, and oxygen.

Issued

Apr 21, 2020

Abate by

May 26, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  (a) On or about January 23, 2020 - Facility, employees, working in and around chemicals such as, but not limited to chromium, propane and oxygen, were not provided effective information and training regarding the hazards associated with their use.