OSHA Inspection: AMERI-SOURCE SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $3984.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): A representative monitoring program was not developed and implemented when information indicated that an employee's exposure may equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 dBA:    a) In the facility, on or about June 25, 2019 - The employer did not monitor noise exposure levels in the workplace to accurately identify employees' exposure to noise at or above 85 decibels (dB) averaged over eight working hours, or an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).

Issued

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:  a) In the facility, on or about June 25, 2019 - The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for an employee operating the Weiye Vertical Saw #2 and exposed to continuous noise at 84.5% of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level for the exposure was 88.8.

Issued

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k).  The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program:    a) In the facility, on or about June 25, 2019 - The employer did not train employees exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average level of 85 dBA in the effects of noise, the purposes, advantages, disadvantages, and attenuation of various types of hearing protectors, and the purposes and procedures of audiometric testing.

Issued

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2388.00 Reduced

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:    a) In the facility, on or about June 5, 2019 - The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program for voluntary users that included provisions for medical evaluation of employees who use tight-fitting elastomeric respirators and the procedures for cleaning, disinfecting, storing, inspecting, repairing, removing from service or discarding and otherwise maintaining respirators.

Issued

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a) In the facility, on or about June 25, 2019 - The employer did not ensure that employees voluntarily wearing tight-fitting elastomeric respirators in the workplace were provided the basic advisory information provided in 29 CFR 1910.134, Appendix D.

Issued

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2388.00 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:    a) In the facility, on or about June 25, 2019 - The employer did not ensure that all employees potentially exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace, such as, but not limited to graphite were provided training at the time of their initial assignment.

Issued

2019-09-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(l)(1): The employer did not make available to affected employees or their representatives copies of 29 CFR 1910.95 and did not post a copy in the workplace:  a) In the facility, on or about June 25, 2019 - The employer did not ensure a copy of 29 CFR 1910.95 was made available to all affected employees or posted in the workplace.