OSHA Inspection: JARED MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATED

Issued

2025-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $531.00 · Current $531.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   Location:  25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut  Abatement certification and verification for Citation 001, Item 01; Citation 001, Item 02' Citation 001, Item 03; Citation 001, Item 04; Citation 001, Item 05; Citation 001, Item 06; Citation 002, Item 01 and Citation 002, Item 02 with a final order date of 9/12/2024  was not received within 10 calendar days (by 10/12/2024) following the abatement due date (10/2/2024).

Issued

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3687.00 · Current $3687.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:   25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk CT: On or about March 5, 2024, the employer did not implement the written respiratory protection program for the workers using half-face and N95 filtering facepiece respirators during tasks such as (but not limited to) cleaning with lacquer thinner and grinding metal.

Issued

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3687.00 · Current $3687.00

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 was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk CT: On or about March 5, 2024, the employer did not provide medical evaluations to the workers wearing half-face and N95 filtering facepiece respirators during tasks such as (but not limited to) cleaning with lacquer thinner and grinding metal.

Issued

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3687.00 · Current $3687.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):   25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk CT: On or about March 5, 2024, the employer did not provide a fit test to the grinder required to wear an N95 filtering facepiece respirator during tasks such as (but not limited to) grinding metal.

Issued

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $4610.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(4)(iii):An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk CT: On or about March 5, 2024, the employer did not provide a performance evaluation every three years for the worker operating the sit down Komatsu forklift multiple times a week.

Issued

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $4610.00

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1026(d)(1):The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI):The employer is to make this determination in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2), the scheduled monitoring option, or paragraph (d)(3), the performance-oriented option.  25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk CT: On or about March 4, 2024, the employer did not perform sampling to determine the full shift exposure to Chromium (VI) for the worker exposed to Chromium (VI) during tasks such as (but not limited to) welding stainless steel.

Issued

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $4610.00

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1026(l)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee can demonstrate knowledge of at least the following:   25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk CT: On or about March 4, 2024, the employer did not provide training on the contents of the OSHA hexavalent chromium standard and medical surveillance requirements for the worker exposed to hexavalent chromium during tasks such as (but not limited to) welding stainless steel.

Issued

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): The employer had not included chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program, established to comply with the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200, ensured that each employee had access to labels on containers of chromium (VI) and to safety data sheets, and was trained in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard and 29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2):   25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk CT: On or about March 4, 2024, the employer did not include chromium (VI) in the written hazard communication program for the worker exposed to hexavalent chromium during tasks such as (but not limited to) welding stainless steel.

Issued

2024-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(3)(iv): Employee training did not include the details of the hazardous communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of labels received on shipped containers and the work place labeling system used by their employer, and the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how the employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:   25 Perry Avenue, Norwalk CT: On or about March 5, 2024, the employer had not updated the written hazard communication program and provided training to reflect changes in labeling and safety data sheets to the global harmonized system (GHS) by December 1, 2023.