OSHA Inspection: COMPASS POWDER COATING, LLC

Issued

Apr 3, 2020

Abate by

May 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing, and medical evaluation.    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 evaluations where employees were required to wear N95 particulate filtering facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) powder coating.

Issued

Apr 3, 2020

Abate by

May 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 of items listed in section (1)(i) through (1)(vii) of this standard.  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not provide effective training to the employees required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) powder coating.

Issued

Apr 3, 2020

Abate by

May 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $1,370 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer had not provided a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator before the employees were required to use the respirators in the workplace.      WORKSHOP: The employees required to wear N95 particulate filtering facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) powder coating were not medically evaluated to determine the employee's ability to wear respirators prior to fit testing or required to wear respirators.

Issued

Apr 3, 2020

Abate by

May 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1):  The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator.    WORKSHOP: The employer did not ensure that employees required to wear N95 particulate filtering facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited t) powder coating were fit tested prior to initial wear of the respirators.

Issued

Apr 3, 2020

Abate by

May 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,892 · Current $1,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employers 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, and which also included the sections of (e)(1)(I) and (e)(1)(ii) of this standard.    WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented a site specific written hazard communication program, including the Globalized Harmonized System (GHS) where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) washing solution and powder coating.

Issued

Apr 3, 2020

Abate by

May 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):  The employer did not provide employees with 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.    WORKSHOP: The employees required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) washing solution and powder coating were not provided with training and information on the chemical hazard communications to minimize and/or eliminate those hazards.