OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN CUSTOM RACK CO., INC.

Issued

2023-03-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · Current $1788.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). The employer is to make this determination in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2), the scheduled monitoring option, or paragraph (d)(3), the performance-oriented option.  On or about December 15, 2022, the employer failed to determine the 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI) when tack welding the stainless steel racks. An employee that did this operation was determined to be exposed to 0.057 �g/m3 of hexavalent chromium as an 8-hour TWA.

Issued

2023-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · Current $1788.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1026(l)(1)(iii): The employer had not included chromium (VI) in the hazard communication program, established to comply with the Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200, ensured that each employee had access to labels on containers of chromium (VI) and to safety data sheets, and was trained in accordance with the requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard and 29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2), including the contents of the Hexavalent Chromium Standard, the purpose and a description of the medical surveillance program, and made copies of this standard available to all affected employees.  On or about December 15, 2022, the employer failed to provide training to include the health hazards associated with hexavalent chromium when employees were exposed to chromium (VI) when tack welding the stainless steel racks. An employee that did this operation was determined to be exposed to 0.057 �g/m3 of hexavalent chromium as an 8-hour TWA.

Issued

2023-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  On or about December 15, 2022, the employer failed to provide effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work are at the time of their initial assignment. Employees are exposed to hazardous chemicals to include, but are not limited to, aluminum oxide and polysol solvent based blue primer.

Issued

2023-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.94(a)(5)(iv): For employees who use respirators required by this section, the employer did not implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134.  On or about December 15, 2022, the employer failed to implement a respiratory protection program for employees who wear air supplied respirators while sandblasting.

Issued

2023-03-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible.  On or about December 15, 2022, the employer did not provide the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when providing filtering facepiece respirators to be worn on a voluntary basis.