| Inspection Type |
Referral
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| Scope |
Partial
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| Safety/Health |
Health
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| Emphasis |
L: EISAOF, L: EISAX
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| Case Closed |
2016-09-13
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Related Activity
| Type |
Referral |
| Activity Nr |
986147 |
| Health |
Yes |
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19100095 C01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-14 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-10-01 |
| Current Penalty |
420.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
700.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-09-10 |
| Nr Instances |
3 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent: At the sanding department of the sign and letter fabrication shop located at 16631 Scheer Blvd Hudson, FL, as observed on or about 7/17/2015. a) An employee was exposed to continuous noise levels at 120.2% of the allowable 8 hour TWA-Action Limit (85 dBA). The equivalent dBA level of this dose % is 91.3 dBA. The sampling was performed for 404 minutes during one shift on July 17, 2015. b) An employee was exposed to continuous noise levels at 90.9% of the allowable 8 hour TWA-Action Limit (85 dBA). The equivalent dBA level of this dose % is 89.3 dBA. The sampling was performed for 427 minutes during one shift on July 17, 2015. c) An employee was exposed to continuous noise levels at 75.8% of the allowable 8 hour TWA-Action Limit (85 dBA). The equivalent dBA level of this dose % is 88 dBA. The sampling was performed for 421 minutes during one shift on July 17, 2015. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19100134 C02 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-14 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-26 |
| Current Penalty |
420.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
700.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-09-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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: a) At the sign and letter fabrication shop located at 16631 Scheer Blvd. Hudson, FL, the employer provided elastomeric type respirator such as but not limited to Gerson Half Face piece 8000 Series OV/P95 and 3M Half Face piece Respirators 5000 Series OV/N95 for voluntary use when employees were involved in sanding operations, as observed on or about 5/28/2015. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19100134 C02 II |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-14 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-09-10 |
| Current Penalty |
420.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
700.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-09-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Referral |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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) At the sign and letter fabrication shop located at 16631 Scheer Blvd. Hudson, FL, the employer provided elastomeric type respirator such as but not limited to Gerson Half Face piece 8000 Series OV/P95 and 3M Half Face piece Respirators 5000 Series OV/N95 for voluntary use when employees were involved in sanding operations, as observed on or about 5/28/2015. |
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| Inspection Type |
Complaint
|
| Scope |
Partial
|
| Safety/Health |
Health
|
| Close Conference |
2015-04-29
|
| Emphasis |
L: EISAOF, L: EISAX, L: FORKLIFT, N: DUSTEXPL, P: DUSTEXPL
|
| Case Closed |
2018-09-20
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Related Activity
| Type |
Complaint |
| Activity Nr |
976765 |
| Safety |
Yes |
| Health |
Yes |
|
Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100178 L01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
30 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l): a) For the facility at 16631 Scheer Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667, as observed on or about 04/29/2015, forklift operators who operated forklifts on site were not trained and evaluated prior to operating forklifts. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100178 P01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-21 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
30 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): Powered industrial truck(s) found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe had not been taken out of service until restored to safe operating condition(s): a) For the facility at 16631 Scheer Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667, as observed on or about 04/29/2015, The forklift used on site was defective/damaged and unsafe to operate in that its right rear tire had missing chunks of rubber up to an inch of rubber lost, its horn was not functional, and its rear left taillight was broken. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100242 B |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-14 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.: a) For the facility at 16631 Scheer Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667, as observed on or about 04/29/2015, employees used compressed air with nozzles with dead front pressures measured to be greater than 50 psi. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100303 B02 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-11 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-28 |
| Nr Instances |
2 |
| Nr Exposed |
5 |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled equipment was not installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing and labeling. For the facility at 16631 Scheer Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667, as observed on or about 04/29/2015: a) portable power strips were used to power industrial equipment such as a drill press, a bench grinder, a belt sander, and fans. The portable power strip was also hard wired into a junction box. This is not the intended use of the power strip and is a potential fire hazard. b) Extension cords were hard wired into lighting fixtures. This is not the intended use of these flexible cords. |
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| Citation ID |
01005A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 E01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1260.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2100.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
10 |
| Gravity |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: a) For the facility at 16631 Scheer Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667, as observed on or about 04/29/2015, employees used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, lacquer thinner and SCIGRIP acrylics. A written hazardous communications program was not developed. |
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| Citation ID |
01005B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 F06 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-11 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
10 |
| Gravity |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6): The employer used written materials, such as signs, placards, process sheets, or batch tickets in lieu of affixing labels to individual stationary process containers that failed to identify the container(s) to which they were applicable and did not convey the information required by 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5): a) For the facility at 16631 Scheer Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667, as observed on or about 04/29/2015, employees used containers of lacquer thinner daily and they were not labeled to depict the hazards present with the chemical/lacquer thinner used. |
|
| Citation ID |
01005C |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 G08 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-04 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Gravity |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s) a) For the facility at 16631 Scheer Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667, as observed on or about 04/29/2015, employees used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, Smart Putty, and a safety data sheet was not available. |
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| Citation ID |
01005D |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 H01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-08-04 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-08-14 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-08-28 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
10 |
| Gravity |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
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) For the facility at 16631 Scheer Blvd., Hudson, FL 34667, as observed on or about 04/29/2015, employees used hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, lacquer thinner and SCIGRIP acrylics. Employees were not aware of what hazards were present with the chemicals they used. |
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