OSHA Inspection: TOYOTA INDUSTRIES COMPRESSOR PARTS AMERICA, CO.

Issued

2016-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4675.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America, Co., Pendergrass, GA - In the sand casting department, an employee pulling parts was exposed to pinch point hazards from the table shaking, on or about 2/24/16.

Issued

2016-04-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3179.00 · Current $3179.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:  a)  Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America, Co., Pendergrass, GA - In the sand casting department, an employee at the pouring deck was blowing excess water off of parts using compressed air. The air pressure at dead end was measured at 82 p.s.i., on or about 2/24/16.  b)  Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America, Co., Pendergrass, GA - In the sand casting department, an employee at the melt deck was blowing excess water off of parts using compressed air. The air pressure at dead end was measured at 85 p.s.i., on or about 2/24/16.

Issued

2016-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4675.00 · Current $4675.00

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):  Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America, Co., Pendergrass, GA - At the foundry, sand casting department, an employee operating a forklift and dumping sand super sacks was exposed to crystalline silica quartz at a time weighted average (TWA) of 1.8 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), 1.17 times the permissible exposure limit of 1.538 mg/m3. The exposure was derived from a sample taken over 455 minutes. Zero exposure was assumed for the 25 unsampled minutes, on or about 2/24/16.

Issued

2016-04-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  Toyota Industries Compressor Parts America, Co., Pendergrass, GA - In the sand casting department, an employee pulling parts was provided with and allowed to use PAPR for protection against dust. A medical evaluation had not been performed, on or about 2/24/16.