OSHA Inspection: PRECISION PROTECTIVE COATINGS

Issued

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8276.00 · Current $4138.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(i): The spraying operations was not designed, installed or maintained that the average air velocity over the open face of the booth (or booth cross section during spraying operations) shall be not less than 100 linear feet per minute.  a) At 8 Telfair Road Savannah, GA 31415 in paint spray booth 1: On or about April 2, 2025, the employer exposed employees to fire and burn hazards in that employees were spraying flammable materials including, but not limited to, Corrosion Resistant Epoxy Primer 10P30-5, and the average air velocity in the booth was 46 feet per minute.  b) At 8 Telfair Road Savannah, GA 31415 in paint spray booth 2: On or about April 2, 2025, the employer exposed employees to fire and burn hazards in that employees were spraying flammable materials including, but not limited to, Corrosion Resistant Epoxy Primer 10P30-5, and the average air velocity in the booth was 43 feet per minute.

Issued

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8276.00 · Current $4138.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(iii): Employee(s) required to use PPE by this section were not trained to know how to don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE:  a) At 8 Telfair Road Savannah, GA 31415 in the Cr (VI) regulated area: On or about April 2, 2025, the employer exposed employees to hexavalent chromium hazards in that PPE training was not provided for employees required to work with hexavalent chromium.

Issued

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(e): The employer did not ensure that employees were not using defective or damaged personal protective equipment in the workplace.  a) At 8 Telfair Road Savannah, GA 31415 in the Cr (VI) regulated area: On or about April 2, 2025, the employer exposed employees to hexavalent chromium hazards in that damaged or defective PPE was not removed from service for employees working in the paint spray or sanding areas.

Issued

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16552.00 · Current $8276.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(c): Employees were exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) which exceeded 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air, as an 8-hour time-weighted average:  a) At 8 Telfair Road, Savannah, GA 31415 in the paint spray area: On or about April 2, 2025, the employer exposed employees to hexavalent chromium hazards, in that an employee was priming aerospace parts and was exposed to hexavalent chromium at an 8-hour TWA of 0.0093698 mg/m3. This level exceeded the permissible exposure level (PEL) of 0.005 mg/m3 at 190% of the PEL. The exposure was derived from two samples collected for a cumulative 191 minutes. Exposure calculations included a zero increment for time not sampled.   b) At 8 Telfair Road, Savannah, GA 31415 in the paint spray area: On or about April 2, 2025, the employer exposed employees to hexavalent chromium hazards, in that an employee was sanding aerospace parts and was exposed to hexavalent chromium at an 8-hour TWA of 0.0103658 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.005 mg/m3 at 210% of the PEL.   Precision Protective Coatings was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1026(c), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1735681citation number 1, item 1, and was affirmed as final order on September 30, 2024, with respect to a workplace located at 8 Telfair Road Savannah, GA 31415.

Issued

2025-08-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1655.00 · Current $827.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.41(a)(1): The establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and the establishment was classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, and the employer did not electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee by the specified date:  (a) Precision Protective Coatings, Savannah, Georgia;  On or about March 2, 2025, the employer failed to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A, Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses or equivalent form, for calendar year 2024 on or before March 2, 2025.  The establishment employed 50 employees during calendar year 2024 and was classified under NAICS code 3328813.