OSHA Inspection: CHEVRON COMMERCIAL, INC.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $952.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(b)(5)(i): Visible gauges were not maintained so as to indicate or ensure that the required air velocity was maintained:    On the little spray booth, the manometer was covered in paint residues and was not readable.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2040.00 · Current $1428.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1073

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:     The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards during spray painting operations in the spray painting department and did not determine acceptable exposure to each contaminant, taking into account the chemical and physical characteristics of each.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1073

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:   The employer did not provide medical evaluations to determine the employees ability to use a respirator for employees in the spray painting department prior to requiring them to wear respirators.

Issued

2015-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1073

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:   An employee required to use a tight-fitting respirators in the spray painting department was not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator.  The employer provided and required an employee performing spray painting operations with a half-mask style tight fitting respirator for use in spray painting operations.  The employee was not fit tested prior to use.