OSHA Inspection: NAILISM CORP.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,687 · Current $1,844 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.22(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that all places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition:  a) Wood Shop: Explosive wood dust with a Kst of 14.78 bar meter/second, accumulated on electrical disconnect panel switch boxes, workstations, storage racks, electrical outlets, and on around wood working equipment, including enclosureless dust collectors. The employer did not ensure that the work area was kept free of dust accumulations on surfaces, on or about  7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2): The employer did not ensure that the  floor of each workroom is maintained in a clean and, to the extent feasible, in a dry condition:  a) Wood Shop: Explosive wood dust with a Kst of 14.78 bar meter/second, accumulated on the floor of the work area where cutting of laminate wood is performed. The employer did not ensure that the floor of the work area was kept free of dust accumulations from wood working equipment, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $3,687 · Current $1,844 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

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) Shop-Wide: Employees engaged in cutting wood and spray painting were required to wear 3M N95 filtering facepiece respirators and North 7700 series elastomeric half-mask dual cartridge respirators. The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program for required use of respiratory protection, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Feb 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

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:  a) Shop-Wide: Employees engaged in cutting wood and spray painting were required to wear 3M N95 filtering facepiece respirators and North 7700 series elastomeric half-mask dual cartridge respirators. The employer did not ensure that affected employees completed a medical evaluation to determine their ability to wear respiratory protection, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Feb 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  a) Shop-Wide: Employees engaged in cutting wood and spray painting were required to wear 3M N95 filtering facepiece respirators and North 7700 series elastomeric half-mask dual cartridge respirators. The employer did not ensure that affected employees completed a fit test prior to wearing s to wear respiratory protection, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  a) Shop-Wide: Employees engaged in cutting laminate wood and spray painting were required to wear 3M N95 filtering facepiece respirators and North 7700 series elastomeric half-mask dual cartridge respirators. The employer did not provide affected employees with training on the maintenance, limitations, and inspection of respiratory protection, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 3, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,383 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.145(c)(3): Safety instruction sign(s) were not used where there was a need for general instructions and suggestions relative to safety measure(s):  a) Wood Shop: The employer did not post signs at the entrance of the wood shop, notifying employees of the present of explosive wood dust, produced from wood working equipment, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Feb 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $4,610 · Current $2,305 Reduced

Hazardous substances E200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:  a) Wood Shop: Electrical equipment, including, but not limited to, electrical panel boxes, electrical disconnect switch box panel, and a electrical outlet, in a Class II, Division 2 location, was not intrinsically safe, approved for a Class II, Division 2 location, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,226 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(d)(2):The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine each employee's exposure to methylene chloride:  a) Spray Finishing: An employee was required to conduct spray finishing using Choice Adhesive Formica F-171 (contains 70-90% methylene chloride) on wood products, and was exposed to an airborne concentration of methylene chloride in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 12.5 parts per million. The employee was exposed to a concentration of 20.37 parts per million. Sampling was conducted for approximately 144 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for 336 minutes of unsampled time. The employer did not conduct initial monitoring to determine employee exposure to concentrations of methylene chloride, on or about  7/02/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,226 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(g)(3)(i): The employer did not select and provide to employees, the appropriate atmosphere-supplying respirator specified in 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(i)(A) and selected or used half masks:  a) Spray Finishing: An employee engaged in spray finishing using Choice Adhesive Formica F-171, which contain 70-90% methylene chloride, was required to wear a North 7700 series elastomeric half-mask dual cartridge respirator. The employee was exposed to airborne concentrations of methylene chloride at 20.1 parts per million and in excess of OSHA's Action Level, 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 12.5 parts per million. The employer did not select and provide affected employees with appropriate atmosphere-supplying respiratory protection, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,383 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(h)(1): Where needed to prevent methylene chloride induced skin or eye irritation, the employer did not provide clean protective clothing and equipment resistant to methylene chloride, at no cost to the employee, and/or did not ensure that each affected employee used it:.  a) Spray Finishing: An employee was required to apply Choice Adhesive Formica F-171, which contain 70-90% methylene chloride, on to Egger wood laminate, via spray gun/brush application. The employer did not ensure that clean protective clothing and equipment resistant to methylene chloride was provided to employees, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Feb 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,383 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(i)(1): It was reasonably foreseeable that employee's skin may contact solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater methylene chloride and the employer did not provide conveniently located washing facilities capable of removing the methylene chloride:  a) Spray Finishing: An employee was required to apply Choice Adhesive Formica F-171, which contain 70-90% methylene chloride, on to Egger wood laminate, via spray gun/brush application. The employer did not provide washing facilities capable of removing methylene chloride from employee's skin, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Feb 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(i)(2): It was reasonably foreseeable that an employee's eyes may contact solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater methylene chloride and the employer did not provide appropriate eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use:  a) Spray Finishing: An employee was required to apply Choice Adhesive Formica F-171, which contain 70-90% methylene chloride, on to Egger wood laminate, via spray gun/brush application. The employer did not provide eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use, thus exposing employees to an eye injury, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Feb 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,226 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(j)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available for employees who were or potentially were  exposed to methylene chloride at or above the action level on 30 or more days per year, or above the 8-hour time weighted average permissible exposure limit or the short term exposure limit on 10 or more days per year:  a) Spray Finishing: An employee was required to apply Choice Adhesive Formica F-171, which contain 70-90% methylene chloride, on to Egger wood laminate, via spray gun/brush application. The employee was exposed to airborne concentrations of methylene chloride at 20.1 parts per million and in excess of OSHA's Action Level, 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 12.5 parts per million. The employer did not make medical surveillance available to affected employees, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $6,452 · Current $3,226 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1052(l)(1): The employer did not provide information and training for each affected employee prior to or at the time of initial assignment to a job involving potential exposure to methylene chloride:  a) Spray Finishing: Employees are required to use Choice Adhesive Formica F-171, which contain 70-90% methylene chloride. The employer did not provide affected employees with information and training potential exposure to methylene chloride upon initial hire, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 17, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,765 · Current $1,383 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  a) Shop-Wide: Employees are required to use hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, AlbaChem dry silicone, mineral oil, wood dust from cutting laminate wood, and Choice Adhesive Formica F-171, which contain 70-90% methylene chloride. The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical:  Shop-Wide: Employees are required to use hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, AlbaChem dry silicone, mineral oil, wood dust from cutting laminate wood, and Choice Adhesive Formica F-171. The employer did not maintain safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals and substances, on or about 7/2/24.

Issued

Dec 20, 2024

Abate by

Jan 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Shop-Wide: Employees are required to use hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, AlbaChem dry silicone, and wood dust from cutting laminate wood. The employer did not provide affected employees with information and training on the safe methods for handling and using hazardous chemicals and substances, on or about 7/2/24.