OSHA Inspection: FLUIDRA USA, LLC

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $9930.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2280

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1):The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  a. Lamination Area: On or about March 26, 2025 and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards, in that employees were required to wear NIOSH approved, 3M brand half face respirators while laminating inside of commercial water filters using epoxy and catalyst, acetone, and gel coat resin and employees had not been provided with medical evaluations prior to wearing respirators.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 22809135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):   a. Prep Area: On or about March 26, 2025 and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards, in that employees were required to wear NIOSH approved, 3M brand half face respirators while grinding and sanding inside of commercial water filters and employees had not been fit tested prior to initial use of respirators.  b. Lamination Area: On or about March 26, 2025 and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards, in that employees were required to wear NIOSH approved, 3M brand half face respirators while laminating inside of commercial water filters using epoxy and catalyst, acetone, and gel coat resin and employees had not been fit tested prior to initial use of respirators.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A):Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  a. Prep Area: On or about March 26, 2025, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards, in that employees were allowed to have facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the respirator facepiece and the face resulting inadequate seal.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $9930.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 22809135

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.  In the Lamination, Prep, and Final Interiors Areas: On or about March 26, 2025 and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to confined space hazards, in that the employer allowed employees to enter a confined space inside of commercial water filters without first evaluating the space to determine if it is a permit required confined space.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $16550.00 · Current $9930.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 15 parts per million:   a.  An assembler working in the Prep Area was exposed to Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated (PNOR) at a Time Weighted Average (TWA) of 122.37 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), 8.1 times the permissible exposure limit of 15.0 mg/m3. The sampling was performed for 354 minutes during one shift on May 8, 2025.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 2280

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1000(b)(2):Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of Styrene listed in Table Z-2 in excess of the ceiling concentration of 200 ppm:  a. On or about March 26, 2025, A laminator working in the Lamination Area was exposed to styrene at a Ceiling Level of 1340 parts per million (ppm), 6.7 times the ceiling level of 200 ppm and 2.3 times the peak limit of 600 ppm for a single time period up to 5 min in any 3 hours. The sampling was performed for 13 minutes during one shift on July 2, 2025.

Issued

2025-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 22809135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1000(e):Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  a. Prep Area: On or about March 26, 2025 and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards,  in that employees sanding and grinding commercial water filters were exposed to Particulates Not Otherwise Regulated in excess of the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), the employer did not determine the feasibility of administrative or engineering controls to reduce exposure levels below the PEL.  b. Lamination Area: On or about March 26, 2025 and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to respiratory hazards,  in that employees laminating inside of commercial water filters were exposed to Styrene  in excess of the OSHA Ceiling Limit , the employer did not determine the feasibility of administrative or engineering controls to reduce exposure levels below the Ceiling Limit.