OSHA Inspection: BENNA FORD SUPERIOR, LLC.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

Jun 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,441 · Current $2,409 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The written respiratory protection program did not have worksite-specific procedures and was not updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affected respirator use:     (a) Undercoating Area; The written respiratory protection program did not include worksite-specific procedures and was not updated as necessary to reflect changes in respirator use for employees performing undercoating tasks.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

Jun 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3): The employer did not designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness:  (a) Undercoating Area; The employer did not designate a program administrator to ensure the respiratory protection program was adequately implemented and evaluated.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  (a) Undercoating Area; The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards in the workplace to determine a reasonable estimate of employee exposures when spraying rust inhibitor and undercoating products that contained mineral spirits, asphalt, and stoddard solvents.

Issued

Apr 20, 2020

Abate by

Aug 7, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5): Respiratory protection retraining was not conducted annually to ensure each employees could demonstrate knowledge of items in section (i)-(vii):    (a) Undercoating Area; The employer did not provide respiratory protection training annually to ensure employees were knowledgeable on respiratory use and the requirements under the standard.