Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 19100120 Q06 I E Hazardous waste operations and emergency response.
This violation item has been deleted.
Inspection Nr: 1329345.015
Citation: 01001
Citation Type: Serious
Abatement Date: 01/29/2019
Initial Penalty: $8,638.00
Current Penalty: $0.00
Issuance Date: 01/09/2019
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 2
Related Event Code (REC): R
Gravity: 5
Report ID: 0317300
Contest Date: 01/22/2019
Final Order: 06/14/2019
Emphasis:
Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalty | F: Formal Settlement | 06/14/2019 | $0.00 | 01/29/2019 | Serious | |
Penalty | C: Contested | 01/25/2019 | $8,638.00 | 01/29/2019 | Serious | |
Penalty | Z: Issued | 01/09/2019 | $8,638.00 | 01/29/2019 | Serious |
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(i)(E): Employees who participated, or were expected to participate, in emergency response as first responders at the awareness level did not have sufficient training or sufficient experience to objectively demonstrate competency in the role of the first responder awareness individual in the employer's emergency response plan including site security and control and the U.S. Department of Transpiration's Emergency Response Guidebook: (a) 55 Hosier Street, Warehouse #1, Selbyville, DE - On or about July 12, 2018, the employer failed to ensure that employees who participated in an emergency response event involving a greater than incidental release of a hazardous substance had sufficient training or experience to perform the role of a first responder at the awareness level. Employees responding to an uncontrolled spill of approximately 300 gallons of Peracetic Acid were not appropriately trained in the roles and actions to take upon discovery of the hazardous substance release.