OSHA Inspection: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY- WATER SCIENCE CENTER

Issued

Jun 21, 2021

Abate by

Jul 16, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.133(a)(1):The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  (a)	 Laboratory;  The employer did not ensure that employees wear chemical splash safety goggles when conducting the task of soaking water monitoring equipment in a 5% Hydrochloric acid bath to remove metals.

Issued

Jun 21, 2021

Abate by

Jul 9, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.157(e)(2):Portable extinguishers  shall be visually inspected monthly.  a)	Laboratory and Administrative Work Areas;  None of the fire extinguishers in the employee work areas were visually inspected monthly, several Amerex fire extinguishers were located throughout the workspace.   This exposes employees to possible smoke inhalation hazards if they try to extinguish a small fire and the fire extinguisher is inoperable.  The U.S. Geological Survey  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1168135, citation number 3, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on November 7, 2016, with respect to a workplace located at Nordland, WA.

Issued

Jun 21, 2021

Abate by

Jul 9, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1)(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 compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas):  (a)  Equipment Room/ Soldering Station:  The employer did not have the following hazardous substances on the inventory list: lead free solder, Brasso metal polish, Permatix sealant, LSAT Lubricating Oil, Loctite 495 and 3 in one oil.  The U.S. Geological Survey  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1313397, citation number 1, item number 3A and was affirmed as a final order on July 23, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at Port Angeles, WA.

Issued

Jun 21, 2021

Abate by

Jul 9, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(8):The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)  (a)  Equipment Room/ Soldering Station:  The employer did not have safety data sheets for the lead free solder, Brasso metal polish, Permatix sealant, LSAT Lubricating Oil, Loctite 495 and 3 in one oil.  The U.S. Geological Survey  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1313397, citation number 1, item number 3C and was affirmed as a final order on July 23, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at Port Angeles, WA.

Issued

Jun 21, 2021

Abate by

Jul 26, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.157(c)(1):The employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury.  (a) Trace Minerals Laboratory;  The Amerex fire extinguisher was not mounted. This exposes employees to possible struck by hazards if the extinguisher were to fall over and hit someone.