OSHA Inspection: POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Issued

2022-12-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $6091.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(1)(i): Unprotected sides and edges.  Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:  a) 420 Corporate Blvd Newark, DE: On or about June 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure each employee was protected from falls while retrieving and lifting large rolls of insulation system material with a Powered Industrial Truck [PIT].  The insulation material being lifted from grade to the  warehouse mezzanine through an unprotected side or edge approximately 15 feet from grade.

Issued

2022-12-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $6091.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.30(a)(1):(a) Fall hazards. (1) Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart.  Employers must ensure employees are trained in the requirements of this paragraph on or before May 17, 2017.  a) 420 Corporate Blvd Newark, DE: On or about June 10, 2022, the employer did not ensure employees working from a height of approximately  15 feet  above grade and were adequately trained in the recognition and avoidance of  falls. The employees were exposed to an unprotected side and edge while receiving thermal system insulation.

Issued

2022-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.30(a)(3)(iii):(iii) The correct procedures for installing, inspecting, operating, maintaining, and disassembling the personal fall protection systems that the employee uses;  a) 420 Corporate Blvd Newark, DE: On or about June 10, 2022, the employer failed to ensure the fall protection system that was installed on the mezzanine of the warehouse had not been inspected and maintained as required.

Issued

2022-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10151.00 · Current $6091.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.140(c)(4): Lanyards and vertical lifelines must have a minimum breaking strength of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN):  a) 420 Corporate Blvd Newark, DE: On or about June 10, 2022, employees provided and required to use a  Miller Mini Lite Fall Arrest System with an arresting force or breaking strength of only 900 pounds or 140.6 Kg while working  approximately 15 feet above grade on the warehouse mezzanine.