OSHA Inspection: AMAZING NUTRA INC.

Issued

2023-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:   a) Production Area: The use of 3M half facepiece elastomeric dual cartridge respirator was required for a Machine Operator working  in a tablet press machine room for protection against the airborne powder. The employer failed to ensure that the employee did not have facial hair that would interfere with mask-to-face seal, on or about 04/26/2023.

Issued

2023-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of why the respirator was necessary and how improper fit, usage, or maintenance could compromise the protective effect of the respirator:   a) Facility/Production Area: The use of respiratory protection, including but not limited to 3M half facepiece elastomeric dual cartridge respirators, was required for all employees working with tablet press or encapsulating machines in the facility for protection against the airborne dust generated during loading the machines with powder. The employer did not ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of how facial hair would interfere with mask-to-face seal and compromise the protective effect of the respirator. The violation occurred on or about 04/26/23.

Issued

2023-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2678.00 · Current $1300.00 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) Facility: Portable fire extinguisher training was not provided for the employees who were expected to use the fire extinguishers during a fire emergency, on or about 4/10/2023.

Issued

2023-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $44646.00 · Current $21500.00 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 is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  a) Facility / Production Area: Medical evaluation was not completed and documented for each employee that were required to wear 3M half facepiece elastomeric dual cartridge respirators, on or about 04/10/2023.

Issued

2023-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $31250.00 · Current $15250.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of particulates not otherwise regulated, total dust, listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 15 mg/m3:  a) Production Area: An employees was exposed to components of nutritional supplements, which were evaluated as particulates not otherwise regulated, at 34.9 mg/m3 total dust, averaged over 8-hours with zero exposure averaged for any unsampled time, on or about 04/26/23.  The Amazing Vitamins LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 1910.1000(a)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1418803, citation number 1, item number 8,  and was affirmed as a final order on 08/31/2020, with respect to a workplace located at 190-A Jony Drive, Carlstadt, NJ 07072.  The Amazing Vitamins LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 1910.1000(a)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1537913, citation number 2, item number 2,  and was affirmed as a final order on 10/20/2022, with respect to a workplace located at 190-A Jony Drive, Carlstadt, NJ 07072.

Issued

2023-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12500.00 · Current $6274.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  a) Manufacturing areas:  Employees were exposed to components of nutritional supplements, which were evaluated as particulates not otherwise regulated, at 38.7 mg/m3 and 34.9 mg/m3  of total dust, averaged over 8-hours with zero exposure for any unsampled time. The worker operated machines to process ingredients to manufacture nutritional supplements, but the employer did not institute sufficient engineering controls, on or about 04/26/2023.  The Amazing Vitamins LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 1910.1000(e), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1537913, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 10/20/2022, with respect to a workplace located at 190-A Jony Drive, Carlstadt, NJ 07072.

Issued

2023-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(iii): The employer did not provide information to the employees as to the location and availability of the written hazard communication program and safety data sheets required by 29 CFR 1910.1200:   a) Facility: Employees were assigned to work with hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to, Black Cohosh Root Powder, Calcium HMB monohydrate, and Microcrystalline Cellulose Powder. The employees did not know location of the company written hazard communication program and safety data sheets (SDSs), on or about 04/10/2023.