OSHA Inspection: A-E DOOR SALES AND SERVICE, INC

Issued

2024-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $10500.00 Reduced

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) On or about November 3, 2023, the employer did ensure that employees working in areas where gasoline powered generators are used were trained on the hazards of carbon monoxide (asphyxiant).

Issued

2024-03-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16131.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.55(a)(2):Other substances-8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure, as determined from breathing-zone air samples, to any substance in Table 1 or 2 of this section with a permissible exposure limit not preceded by (C) must not exceed the limit specified for that substance measured as an 8-hour time-weighted average in any work shift.  a) On or about November 3, 2023, at the worksite located at 5878 Parkview Ln Milford, OH 45150, an employee installing a residential garage door was exposed to Carbon Monoxide produced by a Chicago Pneumatic 7000 Watt gasoline-powered generator at a level of 226.3 ppm as an 8 hour Time Weighted Average, approximately 4.53 times the OSHA PEL of 50 ppm. This exposure was determined by Carboxyhemoglobin calculations over 480 minutes.