OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN HOSE & HYDRAULICS

Issued

2015-01-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7920.00 · Current $0.00 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.  WORSKHOP:  The employees, required to wear the filtering facepieces respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) spray painting and cleaning had not been medically evaluated for their ability prior to the employees wearing the respirator.    American Hose & Hydraulics was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 314676677, Citation Number 1, Item Number 1c, issued on 05-17-2011, with a final order date of  06-14-2011, with respect to a workplace location at 250 Vreeland Avenue, Paterson, NJ, 07513.

Issued

2015-01-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-02-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7920.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): The employer shall provide the training prior to requiring the employee to use a respirator in the workplace.  WORKSHOP:  The employer had not provided training and information prior to requiring employees to wear filtering dust mask respirators.    American Hose & Hydraulics was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent Occupational Safety and Health standard 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(ii), which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 314676677, Citation 1, Item Number 1d, issued on 05-17-2011, with a final order date of  06-14-2011, with respect to a workplace location at 250 Vreeland Avenue, Paterson, NJ, 07513.