OSHA Inspection: GYBENORTH INDUSTRIES, LLC

Issued

2020-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $2600.00 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 half facepiece cartridge respirators and filtering facepieces during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) dry blasting.

Issued

2020-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): The employer did not provide the training prior to requiring the employee to use a respirator in the workplace:  WORKSHOP: The employer did not provide training and information prior to allowing the employees to wear the half facepiece cartridge respirators and filtering facepieces during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) dry blasting.

Issued

2020-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $2600.00 Reduced

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:    WORKSHOP:  The employees, required to wear the half facepiece cartridge respirators and filtering facepieces during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) dry blasting had not been medically evaluated to determine the employee's ability to wear a respirator prior to fit test or required to wear employees.

Issued

2020-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) was used, and at least annually thereafter:  WORKSHOP: The employees, required to wear half facepiece cartridge respirators and filtering face pieces during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) dry blasting had not been fit tested prior to initial wear.

Issued

2020-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $2600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:    WORKSHOP: The employees, required to wear half facepiece cartridge respirators had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face.

Issued

2020-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.33(a): The employer did not save the OSHA 300 Log, the privacy case list (if one existed), the annual summary, and the OSHA 301 Incident Report Forms for five (5) years following the end of the calendar year that these records covered.     ESTABLISHMENT:  The employer had not maintained the log of all Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300), the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300-A), and the Injury and Illness Incident Report (OSHA Form 301) for the years of 2016 through 2020.

Issued

2020-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification that identified the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation had been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment:    WORKSHOP: The employer had not verified through a written certification that the workplace hazard assessment for personal protective equipment (PPE) had been performed as complete.

Issued

2020-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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, and which also included (e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii) of this section:  WORKSHOP: The employer had not established and implemented a work-site specific written hazard communication program, including the globalized Harmonized System (GHS) where employees were required to handle and work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) plastic, glass beads, synthetic jetmag, aluminum oxide medias and degreaser.