OSHA Inspection: LOAD TRAIL LLC.

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:    (a) In the Load Max area, employees were exposed to fall hazards of 4 feet while welding on the edge of a trailer;    (b) In the Load Trail Max finishing department, employees were exposed to fall hazards of 52 inches while working on a moving trailer attached to an overhead conveyor system.

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4900.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(h)(12): Fire protection. All areas used for spraying, including the interior of the booth, were not protected by an automatic sprinklers or other approved automatic extinguishing equipment:    (a) In powder coating booth number 1 located in the Load Trail Area, employees are exposed to fire hazards due to the lack of sprinklers or any other extinguishing means in the booth where combustible powder coating is performed;    (b) In powder coating booth number 2 located in the Load Trail Area, employees are exposed to fire hazards due to the lack of sprinklers or any other extinguishing means in the booth where combustible powder coating is performed;    (c) In powder coating booth number 1 located in the Load Max Area, employees are exposed to fire hazards due to the lack of sprinklers or any other extinguishing means in the booth where combustible powder coating is performed;    (d) In powder coating booth number 2 located in the Load Max Area, employees are exposed to fire hazards due to the lack of sprinklers or any other extinguishing means in the booth where combustible powder coating is performed;

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(vi): The written respiratory protection program did not contain procedures to ensure adequate air quality, quantity, and flow of breathing air for atmosphere-supplying respirators:    (a) For the written reparatory protection program, the employer did not develop procedures to ensure adequate air quality, quantity, and flow of breathing air for employees using supplied air respirators in the Load Trail area, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(1)(ii): Breathing air did not meet requirements for Grade D breathing air as described in the ANSI/Compressed Gas Association Commodity Specification G-7.1-1989:  (a) The employer does not ensure that compressed breathing air for the supplied air used in the powder coating booths in the Load Trail area meet at least the requirements for Grade D breathing air, exposing employees to inhalation hazards;  (b) The employer does not ensure that compressed breathing air for the supplied air used in the powder coating booths in the Load Max area meet at least the requirements for Grade D breathing air, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:    (a) Portable fire extinguishers in the paint kitchen are not checked or maintained, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6000.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Workers or other persons adjacent to the welding areas were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields or by being required to wear appropriate goggles:    (a) Employees working in the Load Trail welding area were not protected from the ultraviolet radiation by welding screens or shields or by wearing appropriate goggles, exposing employees to eye injuries;    (b) Employees working in the Load Max welding area were not protected from the ultraviolet radiation by welding screens or shields or by wearing appropriate goggles, exposing employees to eye injuries.

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2):  Employees were exposed to airborne concentrations of particulates not otherwise regulated, listed in Table Z-1, which is also referenced in Table Z-3 under Inert or Nuisance dust, in excess of 15 mg/m3 (total fraction) as an 8-hour time weighted average:    (a)   In powder coating booth 2 in the Load Trail area, a powder coat applicator was exposed to Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated (PNOR), total fraction, at an 8-hour TWA of 122.4107 mg/m3 of air, approximately 8.2 times the PEL of 15 mg/m3;    (b) In the Load Max area, a powder coat applicator was exposed to PNOR, total fraction, at an 8-hour TWA of 30.0 mg/m3 of air, approximately 2.0 times the PEL of 15 mg/m3;    (c) In the Load Max area, a powder coat applicator was exposed to PNOR, total fraction, at an 8-hour TWA of 458.1 mg/m3 of air, approximately 30.5 times the PEL of 15 mg/m3;    (d) In the powder coating booth 2 in the Load Trail area, a powder coat applicator was exposed to PNOR, total fraction, at an 8-hour TWA of 173.6 mg/m3 of air, approximately 11.6 times the PEL of 15 mg/m3.

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0527

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon black listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour-Time Weighted Average concentration of 3.5 mg/m3:  (a) In the powder coating booth 2 in the Load Max area, a powder coat applicator was exposed to carbon black at an 8-hour TWA of 29.2 mg/m3 of air, approximately 8.3 times the PEL of 3.5 mg/m3.

Issued

2015-09-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 05279135

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 implement feasible administrative or engineering controls to achieve compliance with the prescribed exposure limit for particles not otherwise regulated, total fraction for powder coat applicators working in the Load Trail area;    (b) The employer did not implement feasible administrative or engineering controls to achieve compliance with the prescribed exposure limit for particles not otherwise regulated, total fraction for powder coat applicators working in the Load Max area;    (c)  The employer did not implement feasible administrative or engineering controls to achieve compliance with the prescribed exposure limit for carbon black for powder coat applicators working in the Load Max area.