OSHA Inspection: GT FABRICATION, INC.

Issued

2022-08-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-10-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $465.00 · Current $465.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a) Company - The employer did not certify to OSHA within 10 calendar days after May 23, 2022 that the abatement was complete for citation 1 item 1a, item 1b, item 1c, item 1d, item 2a and item 2b that the cited item had been abated on or about June 6, 2022.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3315.00 · Current $3315.00

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) Finishing Area - Employees were required to wear half face elastomeric and filtering face respirators while a respiratory protection program was not implemented, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Finishing Area - Employees were required to wear half face elastomeric and filtering face respirators without first being medically evaluated, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Finishing Area - Employees  were required to wear half face elastomeric and filtering face respirators without first passing the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT), on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Finishing Area - Employees were required to wear half face elastomeric and filtering face respirators without being trained, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  (a) Finishing Area - Employees were required to wear respirator protection when potentially exposed to metal particulates and metal fumes and the employer had not identified and evaluated the respiratory hazards in the workplace prior to starting work, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(i): The employer using the scheduled monitoring option did not perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI) for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area:  (a) Finishing Area - Employees performing welding, plasma cutting and or grinding on stainless steel and the employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI), on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  (a) Fabrication Shop - Employees required to change dies and blades as well as to perform maintenance on machinery were exposed to stored hazardous energy in that the employer had not established an energy control program, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Fabrication Shop - Employees required to change dies and blades as well as to perform maintenance on machinery were exposed to stored hazardous energy in that the employer had not developed procedures for the control of potentially hazardous energy, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): Point(s) of operation of machinery were not guarded to prevent employee(s) from having any part of their body in the danger zone(s) during operating cycle(s):  (a) Fabrication Shop - Employees operating a metal shear were exposed to amputation hazards in that the point of operation was not guarded, on or about February 1, 2022.  (b) Fabrication Shop - Employees operating  the ironworker press were exposed to amputation hazards in that the point of operation at the punching station was not guarded, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4144.00 · Current $2550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1): Non-working portion(s) of the blade of bandsaw(s) were not enclosed or guarded:  (a) Fabrication Shop - Employees operating a vertical bandsaw were exposed to amputation hazards in that the section of blade not in use were not guarded, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2486.00 · Current $2486.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:   (a) Finishing Area - Employees conducting welding operations were exposed to fire hazards in that adequate space was not maintained around the 208 voltage electric panel, on or about February 1, 2022.  (b) Finishing Area - Employees conducting plasma cutting operations were exposed to fire hazards in that adequate space was not maintained around the 208 voltage three phase electric panel, on or about February 1, 2022.  (c) Eugene's Area - Employees operating the bandsaws were exposed to fire hazards in that adequate space was not maintained around the 208 voltage electric panels, on or about February 1, 2022.   Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled electrical equipment was not used or installed in accordance with instructions included in the listing or labeling:  (a) Finishing Area - Employees using a plasma cutter powered by a 208 voltage three-phase electric panel were exposed to shock hazards in that the panel was not installed in accordance with the listing or labeling for the equipment due to missing screws in the panel cover, on or about February 1, 2022.   Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:   (a) Facility Wide - The employer did not certify in writing that a workplace hazard assessment had been performed, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.

Issued

2022-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-05-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):   (a) Production Areas - The employer did not certify that employees required to operate a forklift had successfully completed a training and evaluation program to determine competency in safe forklift operation, on or about February 1, 2022.  Abatement Certification Required.