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

The alleged violations below have been grouped because they involve similar or related hazards. Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees: a. As of July 8, 1993, for employees whose primary language was not English that have exposure to lead and other hazardous chemicals while performing required work tasks (including, but not limited to, manual seal operators, seal stringers, and packagers), training was not performed and training materials were not available in the primary language for those employees. In addition there were no specific procedures, policies and practices in place to assure that employees whose primary language was not English received adequate training in the hazards of the hazardous exposure. Due to this condition, employees are unaware of the hazards associated with lead and other hazards associated with lead and other hazardous chemicals in the workplace. Feasible and useful abatement methods for reducing the hazard, among others, are: 1. Utilization of an interpreter in the primary language of employees during required training; 2. Utilization of an interpreter to translate training materials developed by the employer and those required by OSHA standards; 3. Development of procedures to evaluate the employees understanding of the training and information; 4. Retraining for employees who deviate from protective policies and work practices.