OSHA Inspection: TRANSPORTER MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION, LLC

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:  a.  The employer did not ensure that when information indicated that an employee's exposure equaled or exceeded the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, that a monitoring program was implemented.  This violation occurred on or about February 5, 2015 when the employer did not implement a monitoring program for the sandblaster who was exposed to noise in excess of the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:  a.  The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.  This violation occurred on or about February 5, 2015 in the sandblasting area where employee(s) were exposed to noise in excess of the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 81108111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program:  a. The employer did not ensure that a hearing conservation education and training program was implemented and that employees participated in the program.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when employees were exposed to noise in the Sandblasting area and the Truck Shop that was in excess of the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(2)(ii)(b)(1): The quantity of liquid that may be located outside of an inside storage room or storage cabinet in a building or in any one fire area of a building shall not exceed 25 gallons of Category 1 flammable liquids in containers:  a.  On or about February 3, 2015, Paint Shop, Category 1 flammable liquids in excess of 25 gallons, including but not limited to, Imron Solventborne 9T00-A, Imron Primer 1333-67637, Imron 3.5 Polyurethane, Imron 610P, Imron VF-525, Imron Thinner D-8054, and Imron 33-AG009 were not stored in an approved flammable storage cabinet or storage room.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $3430.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(c)(2):  Open flame or spark producing equipment was within a spraying area and/or within 20 feet thereof, was not separated by a partition:  a.  The employer did not ensure that spark producing equipment was not within a spraying area nor separated by a partition when within 20 feet thereof.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when there was spark producing electrical equipment (including but not limited to general service lighting, fans, power outlets, and exposed wires) within 20 feet of the spray area without any partition separating the equipment from the spray area.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(c)(5): The employer failed to ensure that there was no electrical equipment in any spraying area, whereon deposits of combustible residues may readily accumulate, except wiring in rigid conduit or in boxes or fittings containing no taps, splices, or terminal connections:  a.  On or about February 3, 2015, in the paint shop, there was flexible wiring, electrical outlets, fans, and light fixtures on which combustible paint residue accumulated.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0691901098059965

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  a. The employer did not ensure that respiratory hazards in the workplace were evaluated.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when the employer failed to evaluate the respiratory hazards in the spray finishing area of the Paint Shop where the employees were potentially overexposed to isocyanates, volatile organic compounds, and other toxins from industrial automotive paints, additives, and activators.  b. The employer did not ensure that respiratory hazards in the workplace were evaluated.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when the employer failed to evaluate the respiratory hazards in the Sandblasting area where the employees were potentially overexposed to silica during abrasive blasting operations.  c. The employer did not ensure that respiratory hazards in the workplace were evaluated.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when the employer failed to evaluate the respiratory hazards in Shop 2 where employees welding on stainless steel tanker trailers were potentially overexposed to hexavalent chromium while MIG and TIG welding.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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.  The employer did not ensure that a medical evaluation was done to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was required to use the respirator in the workplace.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when an employee that was required to wear a half-face, tight fitting respirator (3M model 07193) and an abrasive blasting airline respirator (NOVA 3) was not given a medical evaluation to determine the ability to use a respirator.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0440137724609010H130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  a. The employer did not ensure that employees using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when an employee in the Paint Shop wore a half-face, tight fitting respirator (3M model 07193) when painting tanker trailers.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0460104013772460H130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(iii): Employee(s) did not perform a user seal check each time they put on a tight-fitting respirator using the procedure in Appendix B-1 of 29 CFR 1910.134  or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer that the employer demonstrated were as effective as those in Appendix B-1:   a. The employer did not ensure that employees performed a user seal check each time they put on a tight-fitting respirator using the procedure in Appendix B-1 of 29 CFR 1910.134  or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when an employee wore a half-face, tight fitting respirator (3M model 07193) to spray paint tanker trailers in the Paint Shop.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2260

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:  a. The employer did not ensure that employees exposed to injurious corrosive materials were provided with suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body within the work area for immediate emergency use. This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 in the outdoors vapor scrubbing area where employees used caustic sodium hydroxide to neutralize the acid vapors in the trailers and did not have facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 00700240X100

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv): Valve protection caps, where cylinders were designed to accept caps, were not always in place, hand-tight, except when cylinders were in use or connected for use:  a. The employer did not ensure that valve protection caps were in place.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 in Shop two (2) when compressed gas cylinders that were not in use or connected for use did not have valve protection caps in place.  These included an argon, an acetylene, an oxygen,  an argon/carbon dioxide, and an argon/helium/carbon dioxide.  b. The employer did not ensure that valve protection caps were in place.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 in The Truck Shop when compressed gas cylinders that were not in use or connected for use did not have valve protection caps in place.  These included an oxygen and an acetylene.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0070X100

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii): Oxygen cylinders in storage were not separated from fuel-gas cylinders or combustible materials (especially oil or grease), a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour:  a. The employer did not ensure that oxygen cylinders in storage were separated from fuel-gas cylinders a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when oxygen cylinders in storage in the Truck Shop were not separated from acetylene cylinders.  b. The employer did not ensure that oxygen cylinders in storage were separated from fuel-gas cylinders a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when oxygen cylinders in storage in Shop 2 were not separated from acetylene cylinders.  c. The employer did not ensure that oxygen cylinders in storage were separated from fuel-gas cylinders a minimum distance of 20 feet (6.1 m) or by a noncombustible barrier at least 5 feet (1.5 m) high having a fire-resistance rating of at least one-half hour.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when oxygen cylinders in storage in the Weld Shop were not separated from acetylene cylinders.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $3430.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i)(A): For electric equipment operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, and likely to require examination, adjustment, servicing, or maintenance while energized, the depth of the working space in the direction of access to live parts (as measured from the live parts where they were exposed or from the enclosure front or opening whwere they were enclosed) was less than indicated in Table S-1 of Subpart S of Part 1910:  a.  The employer did not ensure that electric equipment operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, and likely to require examination, adjustment, servicing, or maintenance while energized, that the depth of the working space in the direction of access to live parts was not less than indicated in Table S-1 of Subpart S of Part 1910.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015, when the circuit breaker panels on the North Side of Shop One (1) did not have at least three (3) feet of clearance in the direction of access as required in Table S-1.  b. The employer did not ensure that electric equipment operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, and likely to require examination, adjustment, servicing, or maintenance while energized, that the depth of the working space in the direction of access to live parts was not less than indicated in Table S-1 of Subpart S of Part 1910.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015, when the circuit breaker panels on the Center Partition wall of Shop One (1) did not have at least three (3) feet of clearance in the direction of access as required in Table S-1.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2450.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): An employee(s) was exposed to crystalline silica in excess of the 8-hour time-weighted average limits listed in Table Z-3:  a. The employer did not ensure that employees were not exposed to crystalline silica in excess of the 8-hour time-weighted average listed in Table Z-3.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 when abrasive blasting exposed an employee to crystalline silica in excess of the calculated 8-hour time-weighted average of 0.159 milligrams per cubic meter of air.  The employee was monitored for 137 minutes while blasting a tanker trailer and was exposed to 3.6 millilgrams per cubic meter of respirable silica.  The 8-hour time-weighted average of 1.09 milligrams per cubic meter of air was calculated assuming zero exposure for the remaining 343 minutes.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  a.  The employer did not ensure that feasible administrative or engineering controls were determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d).  This violation occurred on or about February 2, 2015 when administrative or engineering controls were not determined or implemented to achieve compliance when employees were exposed above the exposure limits for crystalline silica described in 29 CFR 1910.1000(c).

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i): Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were not effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment:  a.  The employer did not ensure that unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 in Inspection Bay 1 when an electrical outlet box was missing the knockout cover in an unused opening.  b.  The employer did not ensure that unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings were effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 in Inspection Bay 2 when an electrical outlet box was missing the knockout cover in an unused opening.

Issued

2015-07-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-08-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  a.  The employer did not ensure that flexible cords and cables were connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.  This violation occurred on or about February 3, 2015 in Shop 1 when a flexible cord had damaged from strain at the plug end revealing the inner conductors.