OSHA Inspection: TEAM DC, LLC

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(3)(i):  The employer failed to conduct daily monitoring that was representative of the exposure of each employee assigned to work in regulated areas or who performed Class I or II operations:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not conduct daily monitoring that was representative of the employee exposure.    Note:  Employers who complete a negative exposure assessment in accordance with paragraph (f)(2)(iii) do not need to conduct the daily monitoring for activity covered by the assessment.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(3)(iii):  Dust and debris containing ACM and PACM were dry swept, shoveled or removed by other dry clean-up methods:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not restrict employees from dry shoveling debris.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(i):  All Class II work was not supervised by a competent person as defined in paragraph (b) of this section:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not provide supervision by a competent person.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(o)(2):  The employer failed to ensure that frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment were made by the competent person as required by Section 1926.20(b)(2):    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not ensure frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite by a competent person.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(o)(3): In addition, the competent person did not make frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, in order to perform the duties set out in paragraph (o)(3)(i) and (ii) of this section. For Class I jobs, on-site inspections were not made at least once during each work shift, and at any time at employee request. For Class II, III, and IV jobs, on-site inspections were not made at intervals sufficient to assess whether conditions have changed, and at any reasonable time at employee request:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not ensure frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite by a competent person

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(ii): For all indoor Class II jobs, where the employer did not produce a negative exposure assessment pursuant to paragraph (f)(2)(iii) of this section, or where during the job, changed conditions indicate there may be exposure above the PEL or where the employer did not remove the ACM in a substantially intact state, the employer did not use one of the methods described in paragraph [A]  [C] to ensure that airborne asbestos does not migrate from the regulated area:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not use one of the containment methods in [A]-[C] after not completing a negative exposure assessment pursuant to paragraph (f)(2)(iii) of this section, or conditions changed indicating there may be exposure above the PEL.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i):  For jobs removing vinyl and asphalt flooring materials which contain asbestos, the employer did not ensure that employees complied with work practices described in 1926.1101(g)(8)(i)(A-I) and that employees were trained in these practices pursuant to paragraph 1926.1101(k)(9):    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not restrict employees from dry shoveling debris as prohibited in paragraph [E].

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(iv)(A):  Employees performing Class II work were not trained in all the elements included in paragraph (k)(9)(viii) and the specific work practices and engineering controls set forth in paragraph (g) of this section:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not train employees in all the elements included in paragraph (k)(9)(viii) and the specific work practices and engineering controls.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(3)(iii)[A]:  The employer did not provide a half-mask air-purifying respirator, other than a disposable respirator, equipped with high-efficiency filters, whenever the employee(s) performed Class II and III asbestos jobs where the employer did not produce a negative-exposure assessment:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dry shoveling and the employer did not provide a half-mask air-purifying respirator instead of a disposable respirator.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(i)(1):  The employer did not provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for each employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos when a required negative exposure assessment was not produced:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for each employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos when a required negative exposure assessment was not produced.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $2,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(j)(2)(i):  The employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees and equipment, adjacent to the regulated area, consisting of an impermeable drop cloth on the floor or horizontal working surface:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees and equipment, adjacent to the regulated area.

Issued

Oct 10, 2011

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(3)(ii)(B):  The employer did not inform employees who worked and were working in adjacent areas of the location and quantity of asbestos containing material and/or presumed asbestos containing material present in the area and the precautions to be taken to insure that airborne asbestos was confined to the area:    Employees performing clean-up operations disturbed ACM floor tile by dislodging the tile primarily with pressure water spray and the employer did not inform employees who worked and were working in adjacent areas of the location and quantity of asbestos containing material and/or presumed asbestos containing material present in the area and the precautions to be taken to insure that airborne asbestos was confined to the area.