Department of Labor and Workforce Development
Karla Davis, Commissioner

Absence of, or deficiencies in, Exposure Control Plan, engineering and work practice controls, personal protective equipment, housekeeping, regulated waste, hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure follow-up procedures, labeling, recordkeeping, training

Absence of, or deficiencies in, written program, training, labels, MSDS

Absence of, or deficiencies in, written program, medical evaluations, maintenance of respirators, fit testing, training, program evaluation, selection of respirators, breathing air quality, use of respirators, recordkeeping

No non-containerized chemical warnings posted

No annual training on hazardous chemicals

No records of training on hazardous chemicals

ID of employees trained not maintained

Sign or placard not posted on outside of building for fire-fighter protection

Workplace chemical list not compiled, maintained, and/or updated

Engineering controls not used to reduce noise exposures to within the values in Table–G-1A and to protect employees’ hearing

Hearing conservation program not established to protect employees’ hearing

No monitoring of noise levels

Audiometric testing program not established and/or maintained properly

Audiometric testing equipment and procedures not properly maintained and calibrated

Hearing protectors not provided and worn properly

Absence of, or deficiencies in, annual employee training program on noise

Noise standard not posted in the workplace

Required records not maintained

Significant standard threshold shift not recorded

Form 300, 301, and/or 300A not maintained

Recordable injury/illness not recorded within 7 days

Employee names not removed for privacy cases

Annual summary (300A) not properly certified

Annual summary not posted in conspicuous place from January 1 through April 30

Copies of records not provided to government official in 4 hours

PPE not provided, used, and/or maintained

No workplace hazard assessment for PPE conducted

No written certification of workplace hazard assessment for PPE

Employees not trained on use of PPE

Employees did not demonstrate an understanding of the training

Spray booths not constructed of steel, concrete, or masonry

The average air velocity over the open face of a spray booth (except electrostatic) not maintained at 100 feet per minute

Discarded filter pads and rolls not immediately removed to safe location

Space on the downstream and upstream sides of filters not protected with automatic sprinklers

Each spray booth not separated from other operations by at least 3 feet

Clear space of at least 3 feet on all sides of spray booth not kept clear from storage/all portions of spray booth not accessible for cleaning

Open flame or spark producing equipment within 20 feet of spraying area

Electrical equipment on which combustible residues can accumulate located in spraying area

Electric lamps located within 20 feet of spraying area not totally enclosed

Quantity of flammable or combustible materials in the vicinity of spray finishing operations exceeded a one-shift or one-day supply

Containers not bonded and grounded during transfer of flammable or combustible liquids

Fire extinguishers not located near spraying area

Spraying conducted outside of predetermined spraying area

Approved metal waste cans not provided, used and contents disposed of at least once daily

“No Smoking” signs not posted at spraying areas and paint storage rooms

No emergency eye wash and/or safety shower

No one trained to render first aid

Portable fire extinguishers not provided, mounted and identified

Extinguishers not fully charged and operable or not in their designated location

No monthly visual inspection of portable fire extinguishers

No annual maintenance check

Employees not trained in use of extinguishers

Workplace not evaluated to determine if any spaces are permit-required

Permit-required spaces not identified with sign informing employees of the danger

Written permit space program not developed and/or implemented

No certification of (c)(7) re-classification

Contractors not apprised of the hazards in confined spaces

Deficiencies in permit space program

Entry permit not prepared before entry

Deficiencies in entry permit

Employees not trained and training not properly certified

Entrant did not use the equipment properly

Entrant did not communicate with the attendant affected

Employees did not practice making permit space rescues at least every 12 months

No written plan of action regarding employee participation

Lack of, or inadequacies in, compilation of written process safety information

Lack of, or inadequacies in, process hazard analysis

Appropriate written operating procedures not developed and/or implemented

Lack of or inadequate training for each employee involved in operating a process

Training not documented

Adequate written procedures for management of change not established and/or implemented

Incidents resulting in, or which could have resulted in, a catastrophic chemical release not promptly and properly investigated

All places of employment not kept as clean as the nature of the work allows

Waste materials not disposed of as necessary to maintain a sanitary workplace

No vermin control

No backflow preventers to prevent backflow of nonpotable water into potable system

Each water closet did not occupy a separate compartment

Washing facilities not maintained in a sanitary condition

Lavatory not provided with hot and cold running water

Toweling or warm-air blowers not available for drying hands in lavatories

Food or beverage stored in toilet room or in area exposed to toxic material

Employees exposed over the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL)

Initial exposure monitoring not conducted

Engineering and work practice controls not implemented to reduce lead exposure to below the PEL

Written compliance program to reduce employee exposure to below the PEL not established

Respiratory protection program not implemented

PPE not provided

Contaminated PPE not cleaned, laundered, disposed of properly

Change rooms, showers, and lunch rooms not provided or not properly maintained

Employees not trained annually and/or not provided copies of Appendices A and B of the lead standard

All places of employment not kept clean, orderly and sanitary

Floors not kept dry

No approved load level posted for overhead storage

8-hr TWA exposure not determined for each employee exposed to chromium

Periodic monitoring not performed every 6 months when initial monitoring revealed exposures at or above the action level

Employees allowed to remove chromium-contaminated PPE or equipment from the workplace

Containers of contaminated PPE or equipment not labeled according to the hazard communication standard

Change rooms not equipped with separate storage facilities for PPE and equipment and for street clothes

Employees allowed to enter eating and drinking area with contaminated clothing or equipment

Eating, drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco or gum, applying cosmetics allowed in regulated area

Waste, debris, scrap, etc., contaminated with chromium VI not disposed of in sealed, impermeable containers and/or not labeled according to the hazard communication standard

Medical surveillance not made available to employees exposed to chromium VI

Employees not trained on chromium VI

Employees not able to demonstrate knowledge of the contents of the standard and the medical surveillance program

Employees not provided a free copy of the standard

Overexposure to air contaminant listed in Table Z-1-A

Eye and face protection not used to protect from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors or light radiation

No side protection on eye protection

Employees wearing prescription lenses not protected with eye protection

Employees not wearing filter lenses with appropriate shade number

Employees not monitored for their exposure to formaldehyde

Appropriate PPE not selected for protection from formaldehyde

Shower not provided when employees’ skin may be splashed with solutions containing ≥ 1% formaldehyde

Eye wash not provided when employees’ eye may be splashed with solutions containing ≥ 0.1% formaldehyde

No written hazard communication program

Employees not trained on formaldehyde at initial assignment and at least annually

Type and brand of device in use when an exposure incident occurred not recorded on the sharps injury log within 6 days of the incident

Engineered sharps injury protection evaluated and currently in use not documented in exposure control plan