OSHA Inspection: INDUSTRIAL PLATING & MACHINE INC.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $3803.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(c): The employer did not provide, and ensure each employee used, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces:    (a)  Chrome Plating Department:  On July 25, 2017 and times prior, the employer used a 3 ton overhead under hung hoist to lower and raise an employee from a chrome plating pit/tank that was 22 feet deep.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3042.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not provided and used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:    (a)  Chrome Plating Department:  On July 25, 2017 and times prior, an employee entered into a chrome plating pit/tank  to remove the liner and clean the pit.  The employer did not provide or require use of protective clothing, such as a chemical resistant suit, to protect an employee from chemical burns from chromic and sulfuric acid residue.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3042.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:    (a)  Chrome Plating Department:  On July 27, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that employees wore face protection while loading and unloading parts from the chrome plating pits/tanks that contain chromic acid and sulfuric acid.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $3803.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    (a)  Chrome Plating Department:  On July 27, 2017 and times prior, the facility contains chrome plating pits/tanks that meet the definition of a permit required confined space.  The employer had not conducted an evaluation to determine if the permit required confined spaces were present.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  (a)  Chrome Plating Department:  On July 27, 2017 and times prior, the facility contains chrome plating pits/tanks that meet the definition of a permit required confined space.  The employer had not posted danger sings showing the existence and location of the permit required confined spaces.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:  (a)  Chrome Plating Department:  On July 25, 2017 and times prior, an employee entered a chrome plating pit/tank  to remove the liner and clean the pit which meets the definition of a permit required confined space.  The chrome plating pit is 4 feet wide by 4 feet long and 22 feet deep.  The employer has not developed and implemented a written permit space entry program to protect the employee while entering the permit required confined space.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $3803.00 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    (a)  Chrome Plating Department:  On June 17, 2017 and times prior, the employer has not ensure that a suitable facility for quick flushing of the eyes was available for employees that are conducting chrome plating using a corrosive solution containing chromic acid and sulfuric acid.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6338.00 · Current $3803.00 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)  Sanding Department, Large Sander:  On August 2, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that machine guarding was provided on lathe equipped with a sanding attachment to protect employees from the rotating chuck.     (b)  Sanding Department, Small Sander:  On August 2, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that machine guarding was provided on lathe equipped with a sanding attachment to protect employees from the rotating chuck.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3802.00 · Current $2281.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0691

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(iii): The employer used the scheduled monitoring option, and monitoring revealed employee exposures to chromium (VI) to be at or above the action level; however, the employer did not perform periodic monitoring at least every six months:    (a) Chrome Plating Department:  On August 2, 2017 and times prior, the employer's initial exposure determination conducted in October 2015 showed an employee's exposure was greater than the action level.  The employees exposure to hexavalent chromium was 2.8 micrograms per cubic meter of air.  The employer has not conducted employee exposure monitoring at least every six months.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-10-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(4)(i): Employees were allowed to consume food or beverages at a worksite where chromium (VI) was present; however, the employer did not ensure that the eating and drinking areas were maintained as free as practicable of chromium (VI):  (a) Lunch Area, Near Chrome Department:  On August 2, 2017 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that all eating and drinking areas were as a free a practicable of hexavalent chromium.  Wipe samples collected on the lunch table and microwave showed the presence of hexavalent chromium.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0691

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(k)(1)(i)(A): The employer did not make medical surveillance available for all employees who were or could be occupationally exposed to chromium (VI) at or above the action level for 30 or more days a year:  (a) Chrome Plating Department:  On August 2, 2017 and times prior, an employee conducting chrome plating was exposed to an airborne concentration to hexavalent chromium at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 4.68 micrograms per cubic meter of air for the 468 minute sampling period on August 2, 2017.  The employee was exposed over the action level of 2.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air.  The employer has not made a medical surveillance program available for the employee that was exposed over the action level.

Issued

2017-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-11-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0691

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2)(i)(B): The employer did not provide appropriate information and training for all employees exposed to chromium (VI) on the purpose and description of the requirements for a medical surveillance program as outlined by the Chromium (VI) standard, 29 CFR 1910.1026(k):   (a) Chrome Plating Department:  On August 2, 2017 and times prior, an employee conducting chrome plating was exposed to an airborne concentration to hexavalent chromium at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 4.68 micrograms per cubic meter of air for the 468 minute sampling period on August 2, 2017.  The employee was exposed over the action level of 2.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air.  The employer's hexavalent chromium training program did not include information on the medical surveillance program.