OSHA Inspection: MAI BOAT SERVICE CORPORATION

Issued

Dec 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,074 · Current $1,037 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection 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. On or about September 05, 2024, in the United Airline West Ramp Hangar in the Maintenance area: employees were exposed to respiratory hazards, in that employees were wearing 3M Half facepiece respirators while performing interior aircraft removal of adhesive tape with Acetone chemical. 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 use.

Issued

Dec 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6):The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a. On or about September 05, 2024, in the United Airline West Ramp Hangar in the Maintenance area: the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards, in that employees using 3M Half facepiece respirators voluntarily while performing interior aircraft removal of adhesive tape with Acetone chemical and were not trained on the basic advisory information contained in Appendix  D.

Issued

Dec 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. On or about September 05, 2024, in the United Airline West Ramp Hangar in the Maintenance area: employees were exposed to respiratory illness, in that, a medical evaluation was not performed to determine the employee's ability to use a 3M Half face Respirator with a 3M VOC and P100 combined cartridge while applying Acetone to the interior aircraft during the removal of adhesive tape.

Issued

Dec 26, 2024

Penalty

Initial $2,074 · Current $1,037 Reduced

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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  a. On or about September 05, 2024, in the United Airline West Ramp Hangar in the Maintenance area: the employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program for employees using chemicals such as, but not limited to, Acetone while performing interior aircraft removal of adhesive tape.