OSHA Inspection: CERESIST INC

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2009.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(e): The employer did not remove from service defective or damaged personal protective equipment:  a) Spray Painting Shop: Employees were required to conduct abrasive blasting operations, and were using torn gloves to operate a sand blasting cabinet. The employer did not ensure that damaged personal protective equipment were removed from service, on or about 12/07/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2009.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  a) Spray Finishing Shop: Employees engaged in spray finishing were required to wear a Honeywell RU8500 series dual-cartridge half-mask respirator. The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program, for required use of respiratory protection, on or about 12/07/22.  b) Welding Shop: Employees engaged in welding operations were required to wear a RPB Z4 powered full-facepiece air-purifying respirator. The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program, for required use of respiratory protection, on or about 12/07/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 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:  a) Facility-wide: Employees engaged in spray finishing and welding operations were required to wear respiratory protection, and had not completed a medical evaluation prior to initial use. The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to wear respiratory protection, on or about 12/07/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-31 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:  a) Facility-Wide: Employees conducting spray finishing and welding operations were required to wear respiratory protection and were not trained on the use, maintenance, and limitations of respirators, prior to initial use,  on or about 12/07/2022.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $2200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  a) Production Shop: The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections, to ensure the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy, when servicing and performing maintenance on machines, including, but not limited to, Romi Bridgeport lathe, Bridgeport milling, and a HYDMech vertical saw, on or about 12/07/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2009.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:  a) Production Shop: A portable fire extinguisher was unmounted and resting on the shop floor. The employer did not ensure that fire extinguishers were mounted, on or about 12/7/22.  b) Welding Shop: A portable fire extinguisher was unmounted and resting on top of a workstation. The employer did not ensure that fire extinguishers were mounted, on or about 12/7/22.  c) Spray Painting Shop: A portable fire extinguisher was unmounted and resting on the shop floor. The employer did not ensure that fire extinguishers were mounted, on or about 12/7/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2009.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:  a) Production-Wide: Employees are expected to utilize portable fire extinguishers and were not trained on the general principles of using a fire extinguisher and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting. The employer did not provide affected employees with training on the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards associated with fighting incipient stage fires, on or about 12/7/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2679.00 · Current $1750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:  a) Production Shop: Employees were using a Dayton pedestal grinding machine, to machine small pipe parts, and the tongue guard was missing. The employer did not ensure that the distance between the abrasive wheel did not exceed one fourth inch from the peripheral member at the top, by installing a tongue guard, on or about 12/07/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $2200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(b)(7)(i):Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:  a) Machining Shop: An electrical panel used to power production machinery had unused openings, that was not effectively closed, on or about 12/7/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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29 CFR  1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  a) Machine Shop: The circuit breakers located on an electrical panel used to power production machinery, was not labeled to indicate it purpose, thus exposing employees to an electrical shock hazard, on or about 12/7/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3349.00 · Current $2200.00 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:  a) Facility-Wide: Employees were required to work with hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, Kleen Strip Acetone, Carbocoat 8215, Krylon rust protector gloss enamel, Axalta Y32401 thinner dilutant, Carboline carbozine 11 HS base, Rust-Oleum high performance enamel, Great Lakes Mineral brown fused alumina blasting media, and Axalta corlar 2.1 VF-525 activator. The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program, thus exposing employees to chemical hazards, on or about 12/7/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):  a) Facility-Wide: The employer did not maintain safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, Kleen Strip Acetone, Carbocoat 8215, Krylon rust protector gloss enamel, Axalta Y32401 thinner dilutant, Carboline carbozine 11 HS base, Rust-Oleum high performance enamel, Great Lakes Mineral brown fused alumina blasting media, and Axalta corlar 2.1 VF-525 activator, on or about 12/07/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 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:  a) Facility-Wide: Employees were required to work with hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, Kleen Strip Acetone, Carbocoat 8215, Krylon rust protector gloss enamel, Axalta Y32401 thinner dilutant, Carboline carbozine 11 HS base, Rust-Oleum high performance enamel, Great Lakes Mineral brown fused alumina blasting media, and Axalta corlar 2.1 VF-525 activator. The employer did not provide effective training on the health effects and safe methods to follow when working with hazardous chemicals and substances, thus exposing employees to chemical hazards, on or about 12/7/22.

Issued

2023-05-11 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:  a) Facility-Wide: Employees engaged in spray finishing were required to wear respiratory protection, and were not fit-tested, prior to initial use, on or about 12/07/22.