OSHA Inspection: HERB'N EDEN, LLC

Issued

Jan 18, 2022

Abate by

Jan 20, 2022

Penalty

Initial $1,533 · Current $1,533

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1):Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.  a)	Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that employees are required to wear half-face respirators when working with lye and essential oils without the development of a respirator program.  b)	Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that the employer did not train employees on the proper use of respirators.  c)	Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that employees wear tight fitting half mask respirators without having a medical evaluation.   d)	Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that employees are required to wear tight fighting half face respirators without being fit tested prior to use.   e)	Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not train employees on the hazardous chemicals within the warehouse such as but not limited to, lye, sodium hydroxide and essential oils.

Issued

Jul 19, 2021

Abate by

Aug 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,458 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c):The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:  a) Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that employees are required to wear half-face respirators when working with lye and essential oils without the development of a respirator program.

Issued

Jul 19, 2021

Abate by

Aug 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:   a) Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that the employer did not train employees on the proper use of respirators.

Issued

Jul 19, 2021

Abate by

Aug 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a) Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that employees wear tight fitting half mask respirators without having a medical evaluation.

Issued

Jul 19, 2021

Abate by

Aug 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1):The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  a) Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that employees are required to wear tight fighting half face respirators without being fit tested prior to use.

Issued

Jul 19, 2021

Abate by

Aug 31, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,458 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a)Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to chemical hazards, in that employees work with chemicals such as but not limited to lye, sodium hydroxide, and essential oils, without the employer having developed a hazard communication program.

Issued

Jul 19, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 of the hazardous chemical   a) Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to chemical hazards, in that drums of oils used  on a daily basis, were not properly labeled to communicate the hazards.

Issued

Jul 19, 2021

Abate by

Aug 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1):Employees were not provided 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:  a) Warehouse; On or about February 17, 2021 and at times prior, employees were exposed to chemical hazards, in that the employer did not train employees on the hazardous chemicals within the warehouse such as but not limited to, lye, sodium hydroxide and essential oils.