OSHA Inspection: SIGS COLLISION CENTER

Issued

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1575.00 · Current $1181.00 Reduced

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.    Employees were exposed to respiratory hazards in that they were not medically evaluated before using the 3-M tight fitting respirators.  Employees working in the paint and body shop areas wore respirators while performing sanding and grinding operations.

Issued

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.  Employees were exposed to inhalation hazards, including silica, in that they were not fit tested before using the 3-M tight fitting respirators.

Issued

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1575.00 · Current $1063.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by this standard, live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more shall be guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures:     Employees were exposed to energized parts in that the faceplate on the light switch operating at more than 50 volts in the body shop was broken.

Issued

2013-07-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using an identity that is referenced on the appropriate material safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas);  The employer had not developed a list of hazardous chemicals used at the workplace.