OSHA Inspection: C & L AVIATION SERVICES, LLC.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,585 · Current $8,110 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment:  Facility - The employer did not assess the workplace to determine the hazards likely to be present during the mixing of chemicals while setting up tanks for cadmium plating.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 9, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,585 · Current $8,110 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop, and/or implement, a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures for required respirator use:  Facility - The employer did not have a written respiratory protection program for employees required to wear a respirator while spray painting and/or mixing chemicals.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 9, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(i): The employer did not evaluate workplace hazards and provide an appropriate respirator based on the respiratory hazards to which the workers would be exposed/potentially be exposed to:  Facility - The employer did not provide an appropriate respirator, and cartridges, to protect each employee from cyanide gas while mixing chemicals for the setup of the cadmium plating tanks.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation for employee(s) to determine their ability to use a respirator before employees were fit tested, or required to use a respirator in the workplace:  Facility - The employer did not provide a medical evaluation for each employee required to wear a respirator while spray painting and/or mixing chemicals.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) prior to use:  Facility - The employer did not provide a fit test for each employee prior to requiring the use of a respirator while spray painting and/or mixing chemicals.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 9, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(vii): The employer did not ensure that each employee was trained, which included the general requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134:   Facility - The annual training provided to employees required to wear a respirator did not include the general requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134 in the following instances:  a) The requirement to have a written respiratory protection program. b) The requirement to have employees fit tested prior to using a respirator. c) The requirement when using a respirator is that there shall be no facial hair that comes between the sealing facepiece of the respirator and the face.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 9, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,585 · Current $8,110 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(a): Medical personnel were not readily available for advice and/or consultation on matters of plant health:  Facility - Where there was a risk of employee exposure to cyanide, the employer did not reach out to a local medical provider prior to use of the chemical(s) to ensure that a cyanide antidote was readily available.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 9, 2025

Penalty

Initial $11,585 · Current $8,110 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement and maintain at the workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g) and (h) of this section will be met:  Facility - The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program that meets the requirements of the regulation.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 9, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced into their work area:  Facility - New hazardous chemicals were introduced into the work area, and employees were not provided with effective information and training, in the following instances:  a) Cyanide Briquettes. b) Sodium Hydroxide. c) Cadmium Oxide.

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3): The employer did not provide employees with effective training which included the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(i) through 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv):  Facility - The employer did not train employees on all the requirements listed in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(i) through (h)(3)(iv).

Issued

May 6, 2025

Abate by

Jun 24, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(4): The form used by the company to log work related injuries and illnesses was not equivalent to the OSHA 300 log:  Facility - The OSHA 300 log equivalent, used by the company, did not meet or exceed the information that the OSHA 300 log requires in the following instances:  a) Step 2 - Column (E): Where the event occurred. b) Step 2 - Column (F): Describe injury or illness, parts of body affected, and object/substance that directly injured or made person ill. c) Step 3 - Classification of the injury severity or time lost/restricted at work. d) Step 4 - The days away from work and/or restricted. e) Step 5 - Classification of injury/illness.