OSHA Inspection: SIMWON NA CORP.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7458.00 · Current $4475.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(ii):  LP gas container(s) stored inside were located near or in area(s) normally used or intended for the safe exit of employees:  On or about June 15, 2022, and at times prior thereto, Liquefied Petroleum Gas containers had been stored near emergency exits, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7458.00 · Current $4475.00 Reduced

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.  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, employees were required to wear a respirator while cleaning metal particulates from machinery without having a medical evaluation, exposing employees to the hazards of wearing a respirator.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-20 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):  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, employees were required to wear a respirator while cleaning metal particulates from machinery without being fit tested, exposing employees to the hazards of wearing a respirator.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, employees were required to wear a respirator while cleaning metal particulates from machinery without being trained, exposing employees to the hazards of wearing a respirator.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7458.00 · Current $4475.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, an employee performing maintenance operations within a press pit was not informed by use of signage of the area being a permit-required confined space and the dangers associated with entering, exposing the employee to hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry, such as but not limited to entrapment, asphyxiation, and fall from height.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide, at no cost to the employees, testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5):  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not provide testing and monitoring equipment for employees performing maintenance operations within a press pit, exposing employees to hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry, such as but not limited to entrapment, asphyxiation, and fall from height.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7458.00 · Current $4475.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(iii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide at no cost to the employee's communications equipment necessary for compliance with 29 CFR 1910.146(h)(3) and 29 CFR 1910.146(i)(5):   On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, an employee performing maintenance operations within a press pit was not provided communication equipment, exposing the employee to to hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry, such as but not limited to entrapment, asphyxiation, and fall from height.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(6): The employer did not provide at least one attendant outside the permit space into which entry was authorized for the duration of entry operations:  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure an attendant was present while employees performed maintenance operations within a press pit, exposing employees to hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry, such as but not limited to entrapment, asphyxiation, and fall from height.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7458.00 · Current $4475.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(viii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not provide, at no cost to the employees, rescue and emergency equipment needed to comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9):  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not provide rescue and emergency equipment for employees performing maintenance operations inside of a press pit, exposing employee to hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry, such as but not limited to entrapment, asphyxiation, and fall from height.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:   On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, an employee performing maintenance operations within a press pit was not provided training prior to being required to enter permit spaces.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9324.00 · Current $5600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii): Inside of buildings, cylinders were not stored in a well-protected, well-ventilated, dry location, at least 20 feet (6.1 m) from highly combustible materials such as oil or excelsior:  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, employees were working near compressed gas cylinders that were stored near combustible materials, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv): Valve protection caps, where cylinders were designed to accept caps, were not always in place, hand-tight, except when cylinders were in use or connected for use.  On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, employees were working near compressed gas cylinders that were stored on the production floor and in the welding area without their valve protection caps installed, exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5594.00 · Current $3350.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s).  On or about June 30, 2022, the employer did not ensure Safety Data Sheets for each hazardous chemicals used as part of maintenance or operation processes were maintained and made readily available as part of the employer Hazardous Communication Program, exposing employees to hazardous chemicals and substances. Instance a): A Safety Data Sheet for substances, such as but not limited to Fourney General Purpose Repair Solder, was not readily accessible. Instance b): A Safety Data Sheet for substances, such as but not limited to Unisorb Standard V-100 Epoxy Grout, was not readily accessible. Instance c): A Safety Data Sheet for substances, such as but not limited to Gasoline, was not readily accessible.

Issued

2022-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-01-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    On or about June 30, 2022, and at times prior thereto, maintenance employees utilized chemicals and substances, such as but not limited to solder and epoxy grout, in their work area without being trained at the time of their initial assignment, exposing those employees to corrosive and lead chemicals and substances.