OSHA Inspection: BISON LABORATORIES, INC.

Issued

2022-08-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2818.00 · Current $1700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.22(d)(2):29 CFR 1910.22(d)(2): The employer did not ensure that hazardous conditions on walking-working surfaces are corrected or repaired before an employee uses the walking-working surface again. The employer did not ensure that if the correction or repair cannot be made immediately, the hazard is guarded to prevent employees from using the walking-working surface until the hazard is corrected or repaired.  a) Next to the bottle unscrambling machine - On or about 7/14/22, a floor hole, with an area of about 396 sq. inches,  was present in the concrete floor.  The employer did not ensure that floor hole on the walking-working surface was repaired.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2022-08-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $4000.00 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:  (a) Production area - On or about 6/14/21, employees voluntarily wear 3M half face, model 7502, elastomeric respirators with organic vapor and P100 cartridges.   The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator.  ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED Bison Laboratories, Inc.  was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard (29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1536186, citation number 1, item number 3 and was affirmed as a final order on 11/2/2021, with respect to a workplace located at 100 Leslie Street Buffalo, NY 14211.

Issued

2022-08-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $704.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2): Annual electronic submission of OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses by establishments with 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.   a) On or about 8/19/2022, the employer failed during calendar year 2021, to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent by 03/02/2022.   ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED