| Inspection Type |
Complaint
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| Scope |
Partial
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| Safety/Health |
Health
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| Close Conference |
2016-03-08
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| Emphasis |
N: CHROME6
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| Case Closed |
2016-08-24
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Related Activity
| Type |
Complaint |
| Activity Nr |
1066812 |
| Health |
Yes |
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100095 C01 |
| Issuance Date |
2016-05-31 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2016-07-03 |
| Current Penalty |
1020.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1700.0 |
| Final Order |
2016-06-24 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent: A) Worksite - On or about March 28, 2016, an employee operating a hand grinder and a Dynafile was exposed to continuous noise levels at 91.5 dBA or 123.3 percent of the permissible daily noise exposure (8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 90 dBA) during the 452 minute sampling period; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 28 minutes not sampled. |
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| Citation ID |
01002A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100134 C02 II |
| Issuance Date |
2016-05-31 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2016-07-18 |
| Current Penalty |
1020.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1700.0 |
| Final Order |
2016-06-24 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): 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 user: A) Worksite - On or about March 8, 2016, the employer did not establish and implement the elements of a written respiratory protection program for those employees who were voluntarily wearing Miller powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs) and 3M half-face air purifying respirators. |
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| Citation ID |
01002B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100134 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2016-05-31 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2016-07-18 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2016-06-24 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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) Worksite - On or about March 8, 2016, shop fabricators who were wearing Miller PAPRs and 3M half-face APRs had never been provided with medical evaluations to ensure that the act of wearing the respirators would not expose the employees to hazards. |
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| Citation ID |
01002C |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100134 K06 |
| Issuance Date |
2016-05-31 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2016-07-18 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2016-06-24 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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) Worksite - On or about March 8, 2016, employees who wore powered air purifying respirators and half-face respirators were not provided with basic information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of the Respiratory Protection standard. |
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| Citation ID |
01003A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2016-05-31 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2016-06-23 |
| Current Penalty |
1020.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1700.0 |
| Final Order |
2016-06-24 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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) Worksite - On or about March 8, 2016, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program to address the hazards of chemicals such as but not limited to: welding rod, flux, stainless steel, and phosphoric acid (Surfox-T). |
|
| Citation ID |
01003B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 H01 |
| Issuance Date |
2016-05-31 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2016-06-23 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2016-06-24 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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) Worksite - On or about March 8, 2016, the employer did not train employees on the hazards of materials such as but not limited to: welding rod, flux, stainless steel, and phosphoric acid (Surfox-T). |
|
| Citation ID |
02001 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19101026 D01 |
| Issuance Date |
2016-05-31 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2016-06-24 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI): A) Worksite - On and prior to March 8, 2016, the employer did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI) while welding or grinding stainless steel. |
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