OSHA Inspection: MOUNTAIN SUPPLY & SERVICE

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $3,046 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1):General. The employer shall 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. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  a. On or before February 7, 2022, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to employees who were required to wear half face tight-fitting respirators during painting.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $4,061 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i):The employer shall 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 before February 7, 2022, the employer did not ensure that each employee who was permitted to operate a forklift had received operator training.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,351 · Current $3,046 Reduced

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. On or before February 7, 2022, the employer did not maintain safety data sheets for chemicals used by employees in the workplace such as, but not limited to, SHER-KEM Fast Dry Metal Finishing Enamel.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.   a. On or before February 7, 2022, the employer did not train employees on the hazards of chemicals used by employees in the workplace such as, but not limited to, SHER-KEM Fast Dry Metal Finishing Enamel.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.   a. On or before February 7, 2022, the employer did not provide a fit test to employees who were required to wear half face tight-fitting respirators during painting.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)The employer shall not permit respirators with tight-fitting facepieces to be worn by employees who have: 29 CFR  1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function; or   a. On or before February 7, 2022, the employer did not ensure that employees who were required to wear half face tight-fitting respirators were clean shaven.

Issued

Apr 29, 2022

Abate by

May 18, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary.    a. On or before February 7, 2022, the employer did not provide respiratory protection training to employees who were required to wear half face tight-fitting respirators during painting.