OSHA Inspection: B & D TRADING WORLDWIDE, LLC

Issued

2017-06-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:     Paint Booth area: Employer is exposing employees to inhalation hazards.  The employees are exposed to hazardous chemical vapors where the employer requires the employees to use respirators without a respirator program.       On and about 03/02/2017 a written respiratory protection program was not developed and instituted for employees who were required to use negative pressure respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M 6502 (Medium).

Issued

2017-06-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1300.00 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:       Paint Booth: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employer requires employees to wear tight -fitting respirators without providing required medical evaluation to the employees.    On and about 03/29/2017 medical evaluation was not provided for an employee who was required to wear 3M 6502 (Medium) during spray painting operation in a paint booth.

Issued

2017-06-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting face-piece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):     Paint Booth area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employees are being required to wear tight -fitting respirators without being provided required fit-testing.   On and about 03/29/2017 respirator fit testing was not provided for employee required to wear 3M 6502 (Medium) during spray painting operation in a paint booth.

Issued

2017-06-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:       Paint Booth area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employees are being required to wear tight -fitting respirators without being provided required training.   On and about 03/29/2017 respirator training was not provided for an employee who was required to wear 3M 6502 (Medium) during spray painting operation in a paint booth.

Issued

2017-06-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:       Paint Booth area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  Employees who are exposed to hazardous chemicals are not provided a written hazard communication program by the employer.       On and about 03/02/2017 the employees used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Hydro-Vator (Butyl Cellosolve), without the employer having developed and implemented a written hazard communication program for the exposed employees.

Issued

2017-06-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:     Paint Booth area: The employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employees are using hazardous chemicals without having received training.      On and about 03/02/2017 employees worked with hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Hydro-Vator (Butyl Cellosolve) in painting operations without having been provided required hazard communication training.