OSHA Inspection: TRAFFIC MATERIALS SUPPLIER, LLC

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $11585.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    a. Production Area: On or about November 29, 2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to entrapment and caught-in hazards in that the employer allowed employees to enter confined spaces in four mixers and two pits without first evaluating the spaces to determine if they were a permit required confined space.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that their employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did neither develop nor implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:      a. Production Area: On or about November 29, 2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to entrapment and caught-in hazards in that the employer allowed employees to enter confined spaces in mixers and pits without first developing and implementing a written permit space entry program.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11585.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:     a. Production Area: On or about November 29, 2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to entrapment and caught-in hazards in that the employer allowed employees to enter confined spaces in four mixers and two pits without first providing training to employees to understand and have the knowledge/skills necessary for the safe performance of their duties inside confined spaces.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $16550.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:     a. Production Area: On or about December 2, 2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to struck-by, caught between, and impalement hazards in that employees were allowed to perform maintenance and servicing on equipment such as, but not limited to, robotic systems and mixers without having equipment specific energy control procedures, knowledge of the hazards and how to control them, protective materials and hardware to isolate the hazards, and periodic inspections to ensure compliance with the requirements.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6620.00 · Current $6620.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting:    a. Near bypass to Batch Control in Production Area: On or about December 2, 2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to caught-in hazards in that employees were allowed to walk/work in close proximity of unguarded rotating shafts.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(2)(i):Overhead horizontal belts, with lower parts seven (7) feet or less from the floor or platform, were not guarded on sides and bottom in accordance with paragraph (o)(3) of this section:    a. Near bypass to Batch Control in Production Area: On or about December 2, 2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to in-going nip point hazards in that employees were allowed to walk/work in close proximity of unguarded overhead horizontal belts.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4965.00 · Current $4965.00

Hazardous substances 9135

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. Production Area: On or about December 2, 2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazardous chemicals, such as, but not limited to, Sylvacote 4995, TiO2, and ProTex 63105GM in that a written hazard communication program was not implemented.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9135

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. Production Area: On or about December 2, 2024, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Sylvacote 4995, TiO2, and ProTex 63105GM, without providing effective information and training.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $930.00 · Current $930.00

Hazardous substances 9135

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. Production Area: On or about December 4, 2024, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards, in that employees voluntarily wore elastomeric half-face negative pressure respirators in the workplace, but the employer failed to establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $930.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

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. Production Area: On or about December 4, 2024, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards, in that the employer allowed the use of respirators without first providing a medical evaluation to determine if employees were able to wear a respirator or not.

Issued

2025-05-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-08-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $930.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

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. Production Area: On or about December 4, 2024, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards, in that respirator training was not provided prior to initial use of the respirators.