OSHA Inspection: OLSON FABRICATION, INC.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $3,045 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the following provisions of this section, as applicable:  At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin, in the blasting and painting areas; the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program when an employee was required to wear an air-supplied respirator while sand blasting and a full-face elastomeric respirator while painting.  All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.134(c) through (m) must be contained in a written respiratory protection program. Key provisions include, but are not limited to the following:  1) Medical evaluations  2) Fit testing 3) Information/training on maintenance, use, and care of the respirator 4) Respirator Selection 5) Recordkeeping

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).  At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program when tight-fitting half-face elastomeric respirators were provided for voluntary use to employees conducting welding and grinding operations.  Appropriate provisions of 29 CFR 1910.134(c) through (m) shall be contained in a written respiratory protection program. Key elements for a voluntary respiratory use program include, but are not limited to the following:  1) Medical evaluations 2) Training on maintenance, use, and care of respirators 3) Program evaluation 4) Recordkeeping

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Sep 9, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.  At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not conduct an evaluation of the workplace that included a reasonable estimation of employee(s) exposures to respiratory hazards during welding and fabrication processes including, but not limited to, grinding on painted metal, spray finishing, and sand blasting.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 about March 17, 2022, at an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin, in the blasting area; the employer did not provide a medical evaluation for the employee engaged in blasting activities to determine if the employee was medically able to use an RPB NOVA 2000 Supplied-air Respirator while sand blasting.  b) At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin, in the painting area; the employer did not provide a medical evaluation for the employee engaged in painting activities to determine if the employee was medically able to use a full-face respirator while painting.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): Cleaning and disinfecting. The employer shall provide each respirator user with a respirator that is clean, sanitary, and in good working order. The employer shall ensure that respirators are cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of this section, or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer, provided that such procedures are of equivalent effectiveness.  On or about March 17, 2022, at an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not provide each respirator user with a respirator that was clean, sanitary, and in good working order. An employee's Dentec 100M half-face elastomeric respirator used while grinding on painted parts was in an unsanitary condition when grinding dust was adhered to the inside and outside of the mask and the cartridges.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): All respirators shall be stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals, and they shall be packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve.  On or about July 18, 2022, at an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not ensure all respirators were stored to protect them from damage, contamination, and dust when the NOVA 2000 Air-supplied Blasting Helmet was laying on sheet metal parts on top of a pallet on the floor which was covered with blasting media.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 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. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.  At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not provide effective training on respirators or a respiratory protection program. The blasting and painting employee was required to wear an RPB NOVA 2000 Air-Supplied Respirator during blasting activities, and a full-face elastomeric respirator during painting activities.  All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) through (k)(5) shall be provided to employees wearing respirators. Key elements include, but are not limited to the following:   1) Why the respirator is necessary and how improper fit, usage, or maintenance can compromise the protective effect of the respirator; 2) Limitations and capabilities of the respirator; 3) How to inspect, put on and remove, use, and check the seals of the respirator; 4) Procedures for maintenance and storage of the respirator; 5) How to recognize medical signs and symptoms that may limit or prevent the effective use of respirators.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.   At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators as presented in Appendix D of this section when Welder employees wore tight-fitting elastomeric respirators and filtering facepiece respirators for voluntary use while welding and grinding.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,151 · Current $3,045 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): Employers shall include chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program established to comply with the HCS (� 1910.1200). Employers shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of chromium (VI) and to safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the requirements of HCS and paragraph (l)(2) of this section.  At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not include chromium (VI) in their hazard communication program. Welders exposed to chromium (VI) while welding on stainless steel had not been trained on the sources and health hazards of chromium (VI).

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:  At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not implement, and maintain a hazard communication program for hazardous chemicals used and present in the workplace, including but not limited to, chromium (VI) and welding fumes.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 2022

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).  On or about March 1, 2022, at an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not have a list of hazardous chemicals known to be present in the workplace.

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Aug 31, 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) At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment. New hire employees were not provided with training on the location of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and written program, hazardous chemical container labeling, nor the hazards of the chemicals that employees were assigned to work with.   b) On or about March 17, 2022, at an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not provide training to an employee welding with stainless steel flux-covered welding wires on the hazards and sources of Chromium (VI).

Issued

Aug 3, 2022

Abate by

Nov 28, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section shall determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). This determination shall be made in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section.  At an establishment located at 1101 Perry Street in Algoma, Wisconsin; the employer did not determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for Welder employees exposed to chromium (VI) during MIG and TIG welding on stainless steel.