{"id":17511,"date":"2019-06-05T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T00:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxebridge.com\/emma\/?p=17511"},"modified":"2019-06-05T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T00:49:33","slug":"spirit-aerosystems-exposed-employees-to-carcinogens-while-certified-by-ohsas-18001-by-dnv-gl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxebridge.com\/emma\/spirit-aerosystems-exposed-employees-to-carcinogens-while-certified-by-ohsas-18001-by-dnv-gl\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit AeroSystems Exposed Employees to Carcinogens While Certified by OHSAS 18001 by DNV-GL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wichita-based aircraft manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems was fined $193,000 by the US Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) for exposing employees to carcinogenic hexavalent chromium, according to an official OSHA release<\/a>. According to the document, OSHA found Spirit had “failed to implement feasible engineering controls to limit employee exposure<\/em>” to the toxic chemical and then “failed to establish protocols to ensure that employees remove contaminated personal protective equipment and clothing before leaving the work area<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

The findings were the result of a December 2018 on-site inspection<\/a> by OSHA of the Wichita KS plant.<\/p>\n

That same plant holds OHSAS 18001 certification<\/a> issued by registrar DNV-GL and accredited by the Dutch accreditation body RvA. Oxebridge has confirmed the certificates are still valid.<\/p>\n

OHSAS 18001 is an occupational health and safety standard recently replaced by ISO 45001, although OHSAS 18001 certificates are still valid at this time. According to the DNV-GL website<\/a>, certification to the standard provides companies a way to “demonstrate …commitment to health and safety at work and provide assurance that legal compliance is effectively managed<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Independent assessment and certification of your occupational health and safety management system by DNV GL proves that you have a compliant system in place. Certification to an internationally recognized management system standard demonstrates that you are working to provide safe and healthy workplaces by preventing work-related injury and ill-health and that you are proactively working to improve your OH&S performance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If any employees were exposed to the hexavalent chrome, both Spirit and DNV-GL could face litigation, contradicting DNV’s marketing claims.<\/p>\n

OSHA’s notice was released on May 7, 2019, and so far DNV-GL has not withdrawn Spirit’s certification.<\/p>\n

Spirit is at the center of Boeing’s latest controversy, as defective slat tracks have been found on numerous 737MAX and 737NG airplanes, and were manufactured<\/a> by an as-yet unidentified Spirit sub-tier supplier.<\/p>\n

DNV-GL has faced prior controversies with its certifications. The company had certified Korry Electronics (Everett WA) and Leach (Buena Park CA) to AS9100, even as the companies were later found<\/a> to have violated ITAR regulations over 180 times.<\/p>\n

DNV issued<\/a> the RC14001 “Responsible Care” environmental management certificate to the California utility PG&E which was found to have caused the massive California wildfires which killed over 85 people and destroyed thousands of homes.<\/p>\n

Panasonic Avionics was forced to pay $137 million in fines after the US Securities and Exchange Commission and US Dept. of Justice found<\/a> that the company bribed government officials and airline consultants in order to win lucrative contracts. The company retained its AS9100 certificate issued by DNV regardless.<\/p>\n

With the exception of the OHSAS 18001 certificate which was accredited by RvA, all the DNV-GL certificates were accredited by US-based accreditation body ANAB.<\/p>\n

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