OSHA Inspection: FOCUS PARTNERS LLC

Issued

2023-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10938.00 · Current $6563.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:  At the worksite at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees were exposed to inhalation hazards. The employer required employees to wear respirators when exposed to hazards including but not limited to pesticides, cannabis dust, and herbicides. The employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program in order to protect employees while wearing respirators.

Issued

2023-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(d)(3)(iv):The employer did not provide the appropriate respirator for protection against particulates:  At the worksite at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees were exposed to inhalation hazards. The employer provided an incorrect type of cartridge for use with respirators while working in the twister room while using the twister.

Issued

2023-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  At the worksite at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees were exposed to inhalation hazards such as mists vapors from the use of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, and nutrients. The employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees before:  a. Requiring the use of a half-face respirator while spraying pesticides or drenching nutrients throughout the grow rooms. b. Requiring the use of a half face respirator while using the twister. c. Requiring the use of a filtering facepiece before entering cultivation areas that have been sprayed with pesticides or drenching nutrients. d. Requiring the use of a filtering facepiece in the drying room.

Issued

2023-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  At the worksite at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees were exposed to inhalation hazards. The employer did not provide fit testing to employees before   a. Requiring the use of a half-face respirator while spraying pesticides or drenching nutrients throughout the grow rooms. b. Requiring the use of a half face respirator while using the twister. c. Requiring the use of a filtering facepiece before entering cultivation areas that have been sprayed with pesticides or drenching nutrients. d. Requiring the use of a filtering facepiece in the drying room.

Issued

2023-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals or were not packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve:  At the worksite at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees were exposed to inhalation hazards. The employer did not provide an adequate place for employees to store and maintain respirators in order to be free from contamination and damage in:   a. IPM office b. twister room

Issued

2023-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  At the worksite at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees were exposed to hazards associated with respirator use without proper training. The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training to employees before: a. Requiring the use of a half-face respirator while spraying pesticides or drenching nutrients  b. Requiring use of a filtering facepiece when entering and exiting cultivation rooms after spraying pesticides and or drenching nutrients. c. Requiring use in the drying room.

Issued

2023-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9376.00 · Current $5614.00 Reduced

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:  At the worksite located at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees engaged in cultivation and IPM activities were exposed to injury/illness from dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to chemicals. The employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program to ensure that employees were aware of the hazards associated with the chemicals used daily in their work operations.

Issued

2023-04-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $877.00 · Current $526.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  At the worksite located at 6050 Manchester Trafficway Raytown, MO 64133: Employees were exposed to inhalation, skin irritation, and dermal hazards.   The employer did not verify through a written certification that the workplace hazard assessment had been performed to provide proper personal protective equipment for each job task throughout the facility, for example including but not limited to the mixing of chemicals, drying cannabis, and spraying of chemicals.