OSHA Inspection: RENO REFRACTORIES, INC.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4351.00 · Current $4351.00

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) On or about 09/20/2021 - Facility, the employer did not provide temporary employees required to wear GVS Elipse P100 Half Mask Respirators with a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator before requiring the use of the respirator.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:    (a) On or about 09/20/2021 - Facility, the employer did not provide a fit test to temporary employees required to wear GVS Elipse P100 Half Mask respirators.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $10151.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:   (a) On or about 9/11/2021 - Ram Department, lockout procedures had not been developed, documented, and utilized for employees using a tool to remove refractory material from the main conveyor belt during product change exposing employees to caught-in hazards.  (b) On or about 09/20/2021 - Facility, lockout procedures had not been developed, documented, and utilized for employees performing servicing and maintenance for equipment such as, but not limited to, the Blue Mixer, Muller, Chopper, Small Outfeed Conveyor, and Packaging Stand exposing employees to caught-in and amputation hazards.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7252.00 · Current $7252.00

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) On or about 09/20/2021 - Crush Building, temporary employees operating powered industrial trucks had not been trained.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8702.00 · Current $8702.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  (a) On or about 09/11/2021 - Ram Department, employees were are exposed to caught-in hazards when walking underneath the moving conveyer belt with the unguarded roller.

Issued

2022-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) On or about 09/20/2021 - Facility, employees working with materials containing silica such as, but not limited to, Kyanite and Bentolite-L 10 had not been trained.