OSHA Inspection: RETAIL FLUENT

Issued

Oct 2, 2023

Abate by

Oct 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $7,813 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1910.132(d)(1)  The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:  a.) 465 Mola Blvd Elmwood Park, NJ: Employees were exposed to eye hazards while using a Pneumatic Stapler without safety glasses. The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards on or about April 6, 2023.

Issued

Oct 2, 2023

Abate by

Oct 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,687 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.  a.) 465 Mola Blvd Elmwood Park, NJ: Employees were required to wear 3M half face elastomeric respirators while painting retail signs for protection against acetone and xylene. The employer did not provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators on or about April 6, 2023.

Issued

Oct 2, 2023

Abate by

Oct 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,687 · Current $2,000 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.) 465 Mola Blvd Elmwood Park, NJ: Employees were required to wear 3M half face elastomeric respirators while painting retail signs for protection against acetone and xylene. The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, on or about April 6, 2023.

Issued

Oct 2, 2023

Abate by

Oct 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $6,250 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(3):Training program content. Powered industrial truck operators shall receive initial training in the following topics, except in topics which the employer can demonstrate are not applicable to safe operation of the truck in the employer's workplace.  a.)	465 Mola Blvd Elmwood Park, NJ: The employer did not ensure that employees operating an electric power industrial vehicles were trained, on or about April 6, 2023.

Issued

Oct 2, 2023

Abate by

Oct 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,938 · Current $3,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.252(c)(1)(ii):Screens. When welding must be performed in a space entirely screened on all sides, the screens shall be so arranged that no serious restriction of ventilation exists. It is desirable to have the screens so mounted that they are about 2 feet (0.61 m) above the floor unless the work is performed at so low a level that the screen must be extended nearer to the floor to protect nearby workers from the glare of welding.  a.) 465 Mola Blvd Elmwood Park, NJ: Employees were exposed to ultraviolet radiation while manufacturing retail signs. The employer did ensure that welding was performed in a space entirely screened on all sides, on or about April 6, 2023.

Issued

Oct 2, 2023

Abate by

Oct 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A):29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)[A]: The employer did not prohibit a tight-fitting facepiece to be worn by employees who had facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face:  a.) 465 Mola Blvd Elmwood Park, NJ: Employees were required to wear 3M half face elastomeric respirators while painting retail signs for protection against acetone and xylene. The employer did not prohibit a tight-fitting facepiece to be worn by employees who had facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face on or about April 6, 2023.

Issued

Oct 2, 2023

Abate by

Oct 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6)(ii):Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.  a.) 465 Mola Blvd Elmwood Park, NJ: Employees use unlabeled portable containers to store paint and alcohol. The employer did not ensure a Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals was labeled on the containers, on or about April 6, 2023.

Issued

Oct 2, 2023

Abate by

Oct 20, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1):Employers shall 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 chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.   a.) 465 Mola Blvd Elmwood Park, NJ: Employees were exposed to Acetone and Xylene while painting retail signs. The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training, on or about April 6, 2023.