OSHA Inspection: DLHBOWLES

Issued

2017-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10864.00 · Current $7605.00 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:    a.       On or about April 14, 2017, employees operating extruder line 1 were exposed to pinch points while accessing the puller belts to remove tubing product jammed around the belts.     b.      On or about April 14, 2017, employees operating extruder line 4 were exposed to an ingoing nip point on the end of the conveyor while retrieving finished tubing product from a bin on the floor at the end of the line.       c.       On or about April 14, 2017, employees operating extruder lines 5 and 6 brought hands within 4 inches of ingoing nip points on the puller belts as they hand fed tubing material.

Issued

2017-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4617.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:    On or about April 14, 2017, employees were exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, sulfuric acid when charging fork truck batteries. Employees were not provided with an eyewash facility in the charging station work area.

Issued

2017-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5432.00 · Current $0.00 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:    On or about April 14, 2017, employees were exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, methyl ethyl ketone, isopropyl alcohol, and sulfuric acid in the facility. No written hazard communication program has been developed, implemented, or maintained in the workplace.

Issued

2017-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not ensure that Safety Data Sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    On or about April 14, 2017 employees were exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to, methyl ethyl ketone, isopropyl alcohol, and sulfuric acid in the facility. Employees do not have immediate access to safety data sheets, which are maintained electronically. Employees must ask a secretary or supervisor to sign onto a computer in order to access the safety data sheets. Computers are located outside of the employee work area. There is no backup system in place in cases of emergency. Safety data sheets are not maintained on the computers in the work area.

Issued

2017-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area:    On or about April 14, 2017 employees work with chemicals including, but not limited to, methyl ethyl ketone, isopropyl alcohol, and sulfuric acid in the facility. Employees were not trained on the specific physical and health hazards associated with these chemicals.

Issued

2017-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1811.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.30(a): The employer did not keep a separate OSHA 300 Log for each establishment that was expected to be in operation for one year or longer:     On or about April 14, 2017, the employer kept one OSHA 300 log for multiple establishments located throughout the state of Ohio including, but not limited to, establishments located in Canton and Carrolton, Ohio.

Issued

2017-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:   On or about April 14, 2017 the employer failed to certify in writing that a workplace hazard assessment was performed.

Issued

2017-06-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2): The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:  On or about April 14, 2017, the employer maintained fire extinguishers for employee use at the facility without providing an educational program to train employees on the principles of fire extinguisher use in the workplace and the hazards associated with incipient stage firefighting  at the time of initial employment and at least annually.