OSHA Inspection: TRB-ANDARN ELECTRO SERVICES CORPORATION

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $3239.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees   a) Dip Tank Area: Employees were exposed to chemical burns while plating metallic pieces in sulfuric acid and nitric acid. The plumbed eyewash was not capable of providing controlled flow of flushing fluid to both eyes simultaneously, on or about July 21 2020.2020.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $3239.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.22(a)(1): Floor aisles and passageways were not kept clear creating trip hazards in the workplace.   a)Dip Tank Area: The employer did not ensure the floor aisles and passageways around dip tanks were kept clear creating trip hazards on or about July 21, 2020.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $3239.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.95(d)(1): When information indicates that any employee's exposure may equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer shall develop and implement a monitoring program.   a) Front Packing Area: A packer was monitored for approximately  7 hours 40 minutes and was exposed to continuous noise at 86.1 decibels averaged over 8-hours with zero exposure averaged for any unsampled time. The equivalent dose was 61% of OSHAs Permissible Exposure Limit for Noise, which is 90 decibels. The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program, thus exposing the employee to irreversible hearing loss, on or about October 10, 2020.  b.) Back Packing  Area: A packer was monitored for approximately  7 hours 53 minutes and was exposed to continuous noise at 85.7 decibels averaged over 8-hours with zero exposure averaged for any unsampled time. The equivalent dose was 55.5 % of OSHAs Permissible Exposure Limit for Noise, which is 90 decibels. The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program, thus exposing the employee to irreversible hearing loss, on or about October 10, 2020.  c.) Dip Tank Area: A plater was monitored for approximately  7 hours 41 minutes and was exposed to continuous noise at 85.5 decibels averaged over 8-hours with zero exposure averaged for any unsampled time. The equivalent dose was 54.2 % of OSHAs Permissible Exposure Limit for Noise, which is 90 decibels. The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program, thus exposing the employee to irreversible hearing loss, on or about October 10, 2020.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $3239.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not train each employee who was exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k). The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program:  The employer did not institute a training program for employees with the following overexposures:  a) Front Packing Area: A packer was monitored for approximately 7 hours 40 minutes and was exposed to continuous noise at 86.1 decibels averaged over 8-hours with zero exposure averaged for any unsampled time. The equivalent dose was 61% of OSHAs Permissible Exposure Limit for Noise, which is 90 decibels. The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program, thus exposing the employee to irreversible hearing loss, on or about October 10, 2020.  b.) Back Packing Area: A packer was monitored for approximately 7 hours 53 minutes and was exposed to continuous noise at 85.7 decibels averaged over 8-hours with zero exposure averaged for any unsampled time. The equivalent dose was 55.5 % of OSHAs Permissible Exposure Limit for Noise, which is 90 decibels. The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program, thus exposing the employee to irreversible hearing loss, on or about October 10, 2020.  c.) Dip Tank Area: A plater was monitored for approximately 7 hours 41 minutes and was exposed to continuous noise at 85.5 decibels averaged over 8-hours with zero exposure averaged for any unsampled time. The equivalent dose was 54.2 % of OSHAs Permissible Exposure Limit for Noise, which is 90 decibels. The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program, thus exposing the employee to irreversible hearing loss, on or about October 10, 2020.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $3239.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace.   (a) Dip Tank Area: Medical evaluations were not completed and documented for each employee that were required to wear half face Sperian dual cartridge respirators, on or about July 21, 2019.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $2314.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(h)(2)(i): All respirators shall be stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals, and they shall be packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve.  a) Back room packing area: The employer did not ensure that platers who wear respirators have a place to store their respirators that would protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals, and packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve on or around, on or about July 21 2019.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.   (a) Dip Tank Area: The employer did not provide effective training to employees who are required to use Sperian half face respirators. Employees who use black oxide were required to wear half face respirators on or about July 21, 2020.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  a. Packaging areas: The employer did not ensure that employees operating an electric power industrial vehicle Datsun F01A15V were trained, on or about July 21, 2019.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electrical equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:  (a) Back Packing Area: Access to the electrical panel in the back packing room of the warehouse was blocked by two 55 gal drums filled with pieces of recyclable metal and a trash cart. The employer did not ensure that there was sufficient access to the circuit breaker panel, on or about 21 July, 2020.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5398.00 · Current $3239.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards associated with the following products:  a) Dip Tank Area:  The employer,  did not ensure labels were placed on containers of Nickel Strip, green nickel plating solution, ENOVA, nitric acid and ammonia Bi-product and Akline Flash that provided the necessary information including the product identifier and general information concerning the hazards of the chemical, on or about July 21, 2019.

Issued

2020-12-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-02-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $1850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers 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 physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.  (a) Packing Area: Daily employees use rags, white cotton gloves and compressed air to clean chemical residue off of metal pieces before packaging. The residue contains hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to Sulfuric Acid, Potassium Chloride, and Ammonium bifluoride. Effective Hazard Communication training was not provided to all employees who work with or around the hazardous chemicals, on or about July 21, 2020.