OSHA Inspection: TRINIC LLC

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1860.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):  Employer did not establish nor implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite specific procedures when respirators were necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators were required by the employer:    a) At the establishment, on or about 7/20/2022: Employer had not established a written respiratory protection program when employees were required to wear Honeywell half face air purifying respirators.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:   Note:  The employer may discontinue an employees medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  a) At the establishment, on or about 7/20/2022: Employee required to wear a 3M Honeywell half face air purifying respirator and had not been provided with a medical evaluation.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

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 or annually refitted:  a) At the establishment, on or about 7/20/2022:  The employer did not provide a fit test to an employee required to wear a 3M Honeywell half face air purifying respirator working in Production.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training that covered the required elements in 1910.134(k)(1)(i) -(vii):  a) At the establishment, on or about 7/20/2022: Employee was required to wear Honeywell half face air purifying respirator and had not received respirator training.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(g)(2): Where respirator use was required by this section, the employer did not institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134:   a) At the establishment, on or about 7/20/2022: Employer had not established a written respiratory protection program when employees were required to wear Honeywell half face air purifying respirators. Employee's exposure as referenced in Citation 1 Item 2a.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(i)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who was occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year.   a) Production Room, on or about 7/20/2022: Employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica above the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for 30 or more days per year and the employer did not make medical surveillance available to the employee. Employee's exposure as referenced in Citation 1 Item 2a.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1860.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(c): The employer did not ensure that employee were not exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 mcg/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA:  a) Production Area, on or about 7/20/2022: Production employee manufacturing Car-VZ, vertical systems product containing silica was exposed to 59.84 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of silica, eight hour time weighted average (TWA), approximately 1.20 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 352 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 128 minutes not sampled. Employee was wearing a Honeywell half face air purifying respirator.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(1): The employer did not use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL, unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible:  a) Production Room, on or about 7/20/2022: Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce employee exposure to silica below the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit. Employee's exposure as referenced in Citation 1 Item 2a.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1860.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(f)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:   a) Production Room, on or about 7/20/2022: Employer had not established and implemented a written exposure control plan.  Employees exposures as referenced in Citation 1 Item 2a.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1860.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(1): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(3) of this section:  a)  Production Room, on or about 7/20/2022: Production Operator was manufacturing Car-VZ, vertical systems product containing silica and initial monitoring for silica was not conducted.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3108.00 · Current $1860.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(j)(1): The employer did not  include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200). The employer did not ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of crystalline silica and safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the provisions of HCS and paragraph (j)(3) of this section. The employer did not ensure that at least the following hazards are addressed: Cancer, lung effects, immune system effects, and kidney effects:  a)  Production Room, on or about 7/20/2022:  The employer did not include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200) and/or did not ensure that each employee had access to labels on containers of crystalline silica and safety data sheets and was trained as required, and did not ensure that at least the following hazards were addressed: Cancer, lung effects, immune system effects, and kidney effects.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met; specifically:     1) Labeling and other forms of warning;   2) SDS requirements for the hazardous materials known to be present at the jobsite;   3) Employee training and information.  The written program must also include:   (a) A list of all the chemicals used at the jobsite.   (b) Methods to inform employees of hazards associated with non-routine tasks.   (c) Methods the employer will use to inform any contractors employees of workplace hazards.   a)  At the establishment, on or about 6/3/2022: A written hazard communication program was not developed for the employees who work with hazardous materials including but not limited to:  Stampshield; Ball Clay and Elotex Titan8100.

Issued

2022-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

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)  At the establishment, on or about 10/13/2021: Employees were exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to: Trinic Stampshield; Ball Clay and Elotex Titan8100 while manufacturing additives for concrete . The employer did not provide information and training to employees on the hazardous chemicals in their work area as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and (2).