COLORADO SPRINGS, CO —
OSHA Inspection: REFINE ASBESTOS, INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of REFINE ASBESTOS, INC. in 4208 CROWELLS MILL SQUARE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80901 (NAICS 562910). OSHA activity number 330292640.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- REFINE ASBESTOS, INC.
- Site address
- 4208 CROWELLS MILL SQUARE
- City
- COLORADO SPRINGS
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80901
- Mailing
- 3204 N. CASCADE SUITE A, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80907
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 562910
- Employees
- 6
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.1101 F02 I
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2011
- Abate by
- Aug 19, 2011
- Penalty
- Initial $1,800 · Current $1,300 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i): The employer failed to ensure that the exposure assessment was conducted in time to comply with requirements which are triggered by the exposure data or the lack of a negative exposure assessment: a) On or about April 22, 2011, the employer, Refine Asbestos Inc. did not ensure exposure assessments were conducted immediately before or at the initiation of the asbestos removal operation in order to quantify personal exposures during that operation.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1300
- — Z (S) $1800
1926.1101 H03 IV A
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2011
- Abate by
- Aug 19, 2011
- Penalty
- Initial $1,800 · Current $1,300 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(3)(iv)(A): The employer did not provide employees with a tight-fitting powered air-purifying respirator operated in the pressure-demand mode and equipped with either HEPA egress cartridges or an auxiliary positive-pressure self-contained breathing apparatus, whenever the employees were in regulated area performing Class I asbestos work for which a negative exposure assessment was not available and the exposure assessment indicated that the exposure level will be at or below 1 fiber per cubic centimeter as an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA): a) On or about April 22, 2011, the employer, Refine Asbestos, Inc. did not adequately protect employees, who were performing Class I asbestos removal, from asbestos hazards by not requiring the use of powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) when exposure levels were below 1 fiber per cubic centimeter as an 8-hour TWA.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1300
- — Z (S) $1800
1926.1101 K08 II
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2011
- Abate by
- Aug 19, 2011
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(8)(ii): Labels were not printed in large, bold letters on a contrasting background: a) On or about April 22, 2011, the employer, Refine Asbestos, Inc. did not ensure the waste container used to store Class I asbestos containing material was properly labeled.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 330292640.
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