OSHA Inspection: TYGART STEEL

Issued

May 22, 2023

Abate by

Jun 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,313 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.252(a)(1)(ii): When the object to be welded or cut could not be moved and all the fire hazards could not be removed, guards were not used to confine the heat, sparks, and slag to protect the immovable fire hazards:  a) Bay 4, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - Fire resistant curtains and/or guards were damaged by excessive usage.  The fire resistant curtains displayed holes and were not adequately confining the heat, sparks, and slag.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Abate by

Jun 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,313 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement and maintain at the workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met:  a) Worksite, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - The employer did not maintain a written hazard communication program when employees used various hazardous chemical solvents such as but not limited to: Nozzle Shield Anti-Spatter, which contained carbon dioxide and dichloromethane; and carbon dioxide compressed gas cylinders during welding and cutting on carbon steel parts.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Abate by

Jun 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Worksite, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemical solvents such as but not limited to: Nozzle Shield Anti-Spatter, which contained carbon dioxide and dichloromethane; and carbon dioxide compressed gas cylinders during welding and cutting on carbon steel parts.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  a) Worksite, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - The employer did not maintain SDS sheets for Nozzle Shield Anti-Spatter, which contained carbon dioxide and dichloromethane; and carbon dioxide compressed gas cylinders which were used during welding and cutting on carbon steel parts.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(d)(1)(i): Where methylene chloride was present in the workplace, the employer did not determine each employee's exposure:  a) Bay 4, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - The employer did not determine each employee's exposure when employees used  hazardous chemical solvents such as but not limited to: Nozzle Shield Anti-Spatter, which contained carbon dioxide and dichloromethane during welding on carbon steel parts.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(l)(1): The employer did not provide information and training for each affected employee prior to or at the time of initial assignment to a job involving potential exposure to methylene chloride:   a) Bay 4, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - The employer did not provide information and training to each employee exposed to  hazardous chemical solvents such as but not limited to: Nozzle Shield Anti-Spatter, which contained carbon dioxide and dichloromethane during welding on carbon steel parts.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(i)(2): It was reasonably foreseeable that an employee's eyes may contact solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater methylene chloride and the employer did not provide appropriate eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use:   a) Bay 4, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 -  When employees used Nozzle Shield Anti-Spatter, which contained carbon dioxide and 90% dichloromethane, during welding on carbon steel parts an eyewash facility was not provided in the immediate work area for emergency use.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:  a) Worksite, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 -  The employer did not provide protective equipment during grinding operations that protected the employee's lower body from hot sparks and hot small metal particle grindings.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Abate by

Jun 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, the identity of the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation had been performed, and the date the hazard assessment was done:  a) Worksite, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - The employer did not maintain a written certification on the evaluation of personal protection equipment completed during the hazard assessment.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Abate by

Jun 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  a) Bay 4, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - Employees voluntarily used 1/2 face air purifying respirators while grinding and welding on painted or dirty steel parts.  The employer did not provide Appendix D of the respirator standard to those affected employees.

Issued

May 22, 2023

Abate by

Jun 5, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  a) Bay 4, 1 Douglas Street, McKeesport, PA, On or about December 7, 2022 - Employees voluntarily used 1/2 face air purifying respirators while grinding and welding on painted or dirty steel parts.  The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user for those affected employees.