OSHA Inspection: PRINTDROPPER INC.

Issued

Sep 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $5,461 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces were not kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition:   a) In the Framing Department, on or about April 7, 2021 - Accumulations of combustible and explosive dust generated from the operation of the CTD Double Miter Saw settled on equipment surfaces, ledges, and masonry walls.

Issued

Sep 28, 2021

Abate by

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): The employer did not ensure that the  floor of each workroom is maintained in a clean condition:  a) In the Framing Department, on or about April 7, 2021 - Accumulations of combustible and explosive dust was on the floor of the area where the CTD Double Miter Saw is operated.

Issued

Sep 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:  a) In the Framing Department, on or about April 7, 2021 - Electrical outlet boxes and disconnect switches in a Class II, Division 1 location were not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 1 location, or safe for a Class II, Division 1 location.

Issued

Sep 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(ii):The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  a) In the facility, on or about April 7, 2021 - The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program that addresses medical evaluation, cleaning, disinfecting, storage and maintenance required for employees wearing tight-fitting elastomeric respirators voluntarily in the workplace.

Issued

Sep 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 1, 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 is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  a) In the facility, on or about April 7, 2021 - The employer did not ensure that employees voluntarily wearing tight-fitting elastomeric respirators were medically able to wear the respirators in the workplace.

Issued

Sep 28, 2021

Abate by

Oct 18, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:   a) In the facility, on or about April 7, 2021 - The employer did not provide the advisory information in Appendix D of the standard to employees voluntarily wearing respirators in the workplace.

Issued

Sep 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,000 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:  a) In the facility, on or about April 7, 2021 - The employer did not develop or maintain a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace, such as, but not limited to expanded polystyrene and wood dust.

Issued

Sep 28, 2021

Abate by

Nov 29, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  a) In the facility, on or about April 7, 2021 - The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, such as, but not limited to expanded polystyrene and wood dust.