OSHA Inspection: HARBERT CASTING REPAIR SERVICE CO.

Issued

Feb 13, 2024

Abate by

Feb 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $1,383 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1):A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  (a) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, employees were exposed to inhalation hazards when tig arc welding on stainless and mild steel. The employer required respirators but did not implement a written respiratory protection program describing necessary elements of respiratory protection.  (b) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, employees were exposed to inhalation hazards when tig arc welding on stainless and mild steel. The employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees required to use the respirators as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(ii).  (c) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, employees were exposed to inhalation hazards when tig arc welding on stainless and mild steel. The employer did not provide fit testing procedures for tight-fitting respirators to employees required to use the respirators as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(iii).  (d) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, employees were exposed to inhalation hazards when tig arc welding on stainless and mild steel. The employer did not provide procedures for cleaning, disinfecting, storing, inspecting, repairing, discarding, and otherwise maintaining respirators of employees required to use the respirators as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(v).  (e) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, employees were exposed to inhalation hazards when tig arc welding on stainless and mild steel. The employer did not provide training of employees in the respiratory hazards to which they are potentially exposed during routine and emergency situations for employees required to use the respirators as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(vii).  (f) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, employees were exposed to inhalation hazards when tig arc welding on stainless and mild steel. The employer did not establish work-site specific procedures to regularly evaluate the effectiveness of the program as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(ix).

Issued

Feb 13, 2024

Penalty

Initial $3,457 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1026(d)(2)(i): The employer using the scheduled monitoring option did not perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI) for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area:  (a) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, the employer did not determine employees' exposure to chromium (VI) during daily welding operations. Employees conduct tig arc welding on stainless steel parts on a semi-regular basis and the employer did not determine the 8-hour TWA exposure to the chromium (VI).

Issued

Feb 13, 2024

Abate by

Feb 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,074 · Current $1,383 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii)  (a) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, the employer had not implemented a written hazard communication program to include information associated with hazards from exposure to stainless and mild steel.   (b) Harbert Casting Repair Service, 1380 South Jason Street, Denver, CO 80223: On or about November 14, 2023, and at times prior, the employer did not make the written hazard communication program available upon request to the employees or their designated representatives as required in 1910.1200(e)(4).