OSHA Inspection: EAST TEC INC

Issued

Oct 29, 2021

Abate by

Dec 9, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $1,171 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.252(b)(2)(iii):   Workers or other persons adjacent to the welding areas were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields or were not required to wear appropriate goggles:  On or about June 16 2021, in the fabrication shop, employees in the vicinity were exposed to eye damage from welding rays due to the lack of screens.

Issued

Oct 29, 2021

Abate by

Jul 15, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,048 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1026(d)(1):   The employer did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI) in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section:  On or about June 16 2021,  in the fabrication shop, the employer  did not assess employee exposures to chromium (VI)  [hexavalent chromium or Cr(VI)] to include but not limited to  determination of the extent and degree of exposure; identification and prevention of employee overexposure; and identification of the sources of exposure to Cr(VI), when welding on stainless steel.  This condition creates exposure to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Oct 29, 2021

Abate by

Dec 17, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,048 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0685

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1026(i)(5):The employer did not ensure that employees did not eat, drink, smoke, chew tobacco or gum, or apply cosmetics in regulated areas, or in areas where skin or eye contact with chromium (VI) occurred:  On or about June 16, 2021, at the fabrication shop, the employer did not ensure that smoking was prohibited in chromium (VI) regulated areas, where air samples determined levels of exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) at an exposure level which exceeded OSHA action level for airborne concentrations of hexavalent chromium ( 2.5 �g/m3) for an 8-hour time-weighted average as follows:     Job Title                   Substance Name  Exposure Level (8 hr.-TWA)    Units       Type    OSHA Action Level    Units                                                                Welder                          Cr (VI)                              3.5                                             �g/m3     TWA          2.5                              �g/m3