OSHA Inspection: SHAPES UNLIMITED, INC.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2024.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks):    a) On or about February 7, 2020, an employee was voluntarily wearing a half-mask cartridge respirator while spraying adhesive and other coatings. The employer had not developed and implemented a written respiratory protection program.    b) On or about February 7, 2020, an employee was voluntarily wearing a half-mask cartridge respirator while spraying adhesive and other coatings. The employee voluntarily wearing a half-mask cartridge respirator had not been medically evaluated to determine if respirator usage was medically advisable.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer:  a) On or about February 7, 2020, the employer had not provided training on the contents of 29 CFR 1910.134 Appendix D to employees voluntarily wearing half-mask cartridge respirators and dust masks.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2024.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes 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 will be met, and which also includes the following: (i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be complied for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and, (ii) The methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks (for example, the cleaning of reactor vessels), and the hazards associated with chemicals contained in unlabeled pipes in the work areas:    a) On or about February 7, 2020, the employer had not developed a written hazard communication program.

Issued

2020-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either: (I) The information specified under paragraphs (f)(1)(I) through (v) of this section for labels on shipped containers; or, (ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemical, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  a) On or about January 28, 2020, spray, squirt and capped bottles containing solvents and cleaning products were not labeled with the identity and hazards of the content.