OSHA Inspection: TOTAL NUTRITION TECHNOLOGY

Issued

Feb 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $8,067 · Current $8,067

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.242(b):Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:  a) For areas such as, but not limited to, the blending area rooms of the plant, as observed on or about 1/25/2024, the employer exposed employees to potential high pressure compressed air hazards, in that, employees used compressed air nozzles for cleaning with dead front pressures of 58 p.s.i.

Issued

Feb 28, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(ii):The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  a) For the blending area, on or about 01/25/2024, the employer exposed employees to potential pulmonary hazards, in that, elastomeric half-face and full-face respirators were made available for employees' use on a voluntary basis, and employees had not been through a medical evaluation to ensure that they were medically fit to wear the respirators.