OSHA Inspection: EXPRESS CONTAINER SERVICES

Issued

2024-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5288.00 · Current $3702.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall 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.  On or about January 11, 2024, employees that used a 3M full-face respirator were not medically evaluated to determine their ability to use the respirator.

Issued

2024-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5288.00 · Current $3702.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(f)(6): Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:   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. On or about January 11, 2024, the workplace containers between bays 2 and 3 that contained hazardous caustic chemicals did not have labels that provided at least general hazard information.  b. On or about January 11, 2024, the workplace container in the maintenance bay that contained a hazardous caustic chemical did not have labels that included at least general hazard information.  The container was labeled "Danger Caustic".

Issued

2024-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c): Respiratory protection program. This paragraph requires the employer to develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use. The program must be administered by a suitably trained program administrator. In addition, certain program elements may be required for voluntary use to prevent potential hazards associated with the use of the respirator. The Small Entity Compliance Guide contains criteria for the selection of a program administrator and a sample program that meets the requirements of this paragraph. Copies of the Small Entity Compliance Guide will be available on or about April 8, 1998 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Office of Publications, Room N 3101, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20210 (202-219-4667).   29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the following provisions of this section, as applicable:   29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1)(ii): Medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators.  On or about January 11, 2024, the written respirator program did not include medical evaluations for employees that were required to use 3M full-face respirators.

Issued

2024-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function.  On or about January 11, 2024, employees were not required to remove facial hair that would come between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face when required to wear a 3M full-face tight-fitting respirator while cleaning tanks that contained poisons.

Issued

2024-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(m)(1):Medical evaluation. Records of medical evaluations required by this section must be retained and made available in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1020.  On or about January 11, 2024, the employer did not retain medical evaluation records as required for employees that used 3M full-face tight-fitting respirators.

Issued

2024-04-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(m)(2)(i):The employer shall establish a record of the qualitative and quantitative fit tests administered to an employee.  On or about January 11, 2024, the employer did not establish a record of the fit tests that were administered to employees for the use of 3M full-face respirators.