OSHA Inspection: CHERINGAL ASSOCIATES, INC.

Issued

2018-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employee(s) to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands were exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasion; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes.    (a) Ink Room: Employees disassembled and cleaned ink cartridges, sharp printer blades and anilox rollers exposing them to lacerations and hazardous chemicals that are in the inks and the cleaning products that may be absorbed through the skin, but the employer did not ensure that employees were provided and used adequate hand protection on or about January 10, 2018.

Issued

2018-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:   (a) Ink Room: Employees dispensed and cleaned printing equipment parts in the sink with FW Anilox Cleaner, which is corrosive and injurious to the eyes; however appropriate protective eyewear was not required to be worn thus exposing employees to chemical burns to their eyes, on or about January 10, 2018.

Issued

2018-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $3880.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2):   Information. Employees shall be informed of:    (i) The requirements of this section;  (ii) Any operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals are present; and,  (iii) The location and availability of the written hazard communication program, including the required list(s) of hazardous chemicals, and material safety data sheets required by this section.    (a) Establishment: Employees operate and clean parts of flexographic printers which used UV inks, adhesives and used cleaning products to clean the inks and adhesives from the printing equipment. The inks, adhesives and cleaning products contained hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to 2-butoxyethanol, butyl acetate, butyl carbitol, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, ethanolamine, ethyl acetate, potassium hydroxide, propyl acetate, ethanol, n-propyl alcohol, n-propanol, polyester acrylated resin, alkyl acrylate ester, 2 hydroxyl 2 methyl 1 phenyl propanone, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, and dipropylene glycol methyl ether, but were not informed of the requirements of OSHA's Hazard communication Standard, the operations in the work area where hazardous chemicals were present, nor the location of the safety data sheets, on or about January 10, 2018.

Issued

2018-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.  (a) Establishment: Employees operate and clean parts of flexographic printers which used UV inks, adhesives and used cleaning products to clean the inks and adhesives from the printing equipment. The inks, adhesives and cleaning products contained hazardous chemicals including, but not limited to 2-butoxyethanol, butyl acetate, butyl carbitol, diethylene glycol monoethyl ether, ethanolamine, ethyl acetate, potassium hydroxide, propyl acetate, ethanol, n-propyl alcohol, n-propanol, polyester acrylated resin, alkyl acrylate ester, 2 hydroxyl 2 methyl 1 phenyl propanone, propylene glycol monomethyl ether, and dipropylene glycol methyl ether, but employees were not provided effective information and training at the time of their assignment, on or about January 10, 2018.

Issued

2018-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(ii): The employer shall select a NIOSH-certified respirator. The respirator shall be used in compliance with the conditions of its certification.  (a) Ink room: Employees wore dust masks provided by the employer, for voluntary use, but they were not NIOSH approved, on or about March 14, 2018.

Issued

2018-06-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.  (a) Ink room: Employees wore dust masks, which were supplied by the employer for voluntary use, but were not provided the basic advisory information, on or about January 10, 2018.