Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets. a) Final Assembly Station - 820 Bloomfield Ave, Clifton NJ: Employees were testing a non-ferrous casted battery enclosure with Compressed Nitrogen from a Cylinder. The box exploded and struck a worker who was transported to the hospital and sustained blunt force trauma. The employees involved in the testing operation had not been given the Nitrogen SDS and had not been trained in the recognition of the hazards associated with this compressed gas. The Nitrogen SDS was not in the company binder with the other SDS'. Effective Hazard Communication training was not provided to the employees engaged in the pressure testing of a non-ferrous casted battery enclosure, on or about 4/13/21.