Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation. (a) On August 10, 2017, an employee was exposed to a serious eye hazard where the employer did not ensure that the employee was wearing the required safety glasses while transporting a drum of GF Clean 771L with a pH of 10.5 by forklift. (b) On August 24, 2017, an employee was exposed to a serious eye hazard where the employer did not ensure that the employee was wearing the required safety glasses while transporting a drum of the corrosive CW 888L by forklift. (c) On August 24, 2017, an employee was exposed to a serious eye hazard where the employer did not ensure that the employee was wearing the required safety glasses while transporting a drum of Trexada 311 with a pH of 12.4.