OSHA Inspection: GATEWAY METALLIZING INCORPORATED

Issued

Apr 25, 2023

Abate by

May 17, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,465 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l): The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.    JOB SITE: Gateway Metallizing Inc., 5001 South 38th Street, St. Louis, MO 63116, on or about 02/14/2023 the employer did not certify the employees designated to operate the forklift (Model #7FGCU30 / Serial #63188) were trained and evaluated as required by paragraph (l). The employees' training document did not identify the date of evaluation or the person performing the training and evaluation.

Issued

Apr 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $5,358 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to need repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been  taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition:  JOB SITE: Gateway Metallizing Incorporated, 5001 South 38th Street, St. Louis, MO 63116, on or about 02/14/2023 the employer did not ensure the forklift was removed from service when the backup alarm was broken.

Issued

Apr 25, 2023

Abate by

Jun 23, 2023

Penalty

Initial $6,250 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding were not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips, and sparks:   JOB SITE: Gateway Metallizing Inc., 5001 South 38th Street, St. Louis, MO 63116, on or about 02/14/2023, the employer did not use one or more methods of machine guarding to protect employees from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and spark in the machine areas, to include but not limited to horizontal and vertical lathe machines.

Issued

Apr 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,572 · Current $1,750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program that described how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200 paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training would be met.  JOB SITE: Gateway Metallizing Incorporated, 5001 South 38th Street, St. Louis, MO 63116, on or about 2/14/2023 the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees who were occupationally exposed to hazardous chemicals on a routine basis including, but not limited to aerosol brake cleaner, lubricating oil, tapping and drilling fluid, and synthetic pyrethroid insecticide and synergist.

Issued

Apr 25, 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, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s)   JOB SITE: Gateway Metallizing Incorporated, 5001 South 38th Street, St. Louis, MO 63116, on or about 2/14/2023  the employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets (SDS) were available to employees who were exposed to hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to aerosol brake cleaner, lubricating oil, tapping and drilling fluid, and synthetic pyrethroid insecticide and synergist.

Issued

Apr 25, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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.  JOB SITE: Gateway Metallizing Incorporated, 5001 South 38th Street, St. Louis, MO 63116, on or about 2/14/2023  the employer did not provide effective information and training to employees 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.

Issued

Apr 25, 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:  JOB SITE: Gateway Metalizing Inc., 5001 South 38th Street, St. Louis, MO 63116, on or about 02/14/2023 the employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification.