OSHA Inspection: ONDA USA LLC

Issued

2026-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6621.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.94(a)(5)(iv): For employees who use respirators required by this section, the employer must implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134.  a. On or about February 17, 2026, the employer did not implement a respiratory protection program for assembler employees required to use RPB Safety Nova 3 powered air purifying respirators during abrasive-blasting operations.

Issued

2026-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $6621.00

General-duty citation text

1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required and voluntary respirator use:  a. On or about February 17, 2026, the employer failed to establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures for employees required to use RPB Safety Nova 3 powered air purifying respirators during abrasive-blasting operations [as required by 1910.94(a)(5)(iv)].  b. On or about February 17, 2026, 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 and implement the necessary written program elements to ensure that employees voluntarily using Miller Electric half-face respirators with P100 filters and 3M N95 disposable particulate respirators were medically able to use them safely.

Issued

2026-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  a.  On or about February 17, 2026, the employer failed to provide a medical evaluation to determine an employees' ability to use RPB Safety Nova 3 powered air purifying respirators during shotblasting operations in the workplace.

Issued

2026-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.  a. On or about February 17, 2026, the employer did not provide effective training to an assembler that was required to use RPB Safety Nova 3 powered air purifying respirators during abrasive-blasting operations.

Issued

2026-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6621.00 · Current $6621.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Protection from arc welding rays. Where the work permits, the welder should be enclosed in an individual booth painted with a finish of low reflectivity such as zinc oxide (an important factor for absorbing ultraviolet radiations) and lamp black, or shall be enclosed with noncombustible screens similarly painted. Booths and screens shall permit circulation of air at floor level. Workers or other persons adjacent to the welding areas shall be protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields or shall be required to wear appropriate goggles.  a.  On or about February 17, 2026, in the welding department, welders performed MIG welding on heat exchanger equipment with only partial barriers in place. The welding curtains did not block the line of sight to the arc, thereby exposing employees working and walking nearby to be exposed to arc?flash hazards.

Issued

2026-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6621.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.  a.  On or about February 17, 2026, the employer failed to provided employees in the welding department with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area, such as, but not limited to, carbon steel welding fumes.

Issued

2026-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(ii): In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).  a.  On or about February 17, 2026, the employer did not implement the necessary written program elements to ensure that employees voluntarily using Miller Electric half-face respirators with P100 filters and 3M N95 disposable particulate respirators were medically able to use them safely.

Issued

2026-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.  a. On or about February 17, 2026, 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 wore respirators when their use was not required by the employer.