OSHA Inspection: PREMIER GRAPHICS, LLC

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not conducted the Workplace Hazard Assessment to determine the necessitate and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE).

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE. Each such employee shall be trained to know at least the following:    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not trained all the employees on the Workplace hazard assessment for personal protective equipment (PPE).

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs 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.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a site specific hazardous energy control lockout/tagout program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written energy control procedures, employees training and inspections for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited to) the printing presses, stitchers, and cutter.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.     WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented written step-by-step hazardous energy control lockout/tagout procedures in the machine specific for the employees during servicing and maintenance of equipment,   such as (but not limited to) the printing presses, stitchers, and cutter.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Jun 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following:    WORKSHOP:  The employees, as authorized, affected and other types were not provided with training and information in the controlling of potentially hazardous and unexpected releases of energy sources (lockout/tagout) during servicing and maintenance of equipment, such as (but not limited not limited to) printing presses, stitchers, and cutter.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not ensured through a written certification that the operator of the powered industrial truck (PIT) was appropraitely trained and evaluated.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work rest shall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.    WORKSHOP:  The A3 abrasive grinder/wire brush, unknown identification was not equipped with a work rest on the left wheel.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in Subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b)(3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)    WORKSHOP:  The A3 abrasive grinder/wire brush, unknown identification was not equipped with a tongue guard on the left wheel.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a written hazard communication program where employees were required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) printing inks and coating.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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 physical or health 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 material safety data sheets.    WORKSHOP:  The employees, required to work with chemicals, such as (but not limited to) printing inks and coatings   were not provided with training and information in the chemical hazard communications.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.38(b): Written and oral emergency action plans. An emergency action plan must be in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review. However, an employer with 10 or fewer employees may communicate the plan orally to employees.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not established and implemented a written emergency evacuation plan for the employees.

Issued

Feb 14, 2013

Abate by

Apr 3, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1910.38(e): Training. An employer must designate and train employees to assist in a safe and orderly evacuation of other employees.    WORKSHOP:  The employer had not designated and trained appropraite employees to assist others during an emergency evacuation process.