OSHA Inspection: PROPERTY DOCTORS INC.

Issued

Jan 13, 2012

Abate by

Feb 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,530 · Current $918 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):  A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented 	for required respirator use:    a)  On or about December 1, 2011, and at times prior, the employer did not establish a written respiratory protection program for employees who used respirators to protect themselves from asbestos while performing asbestos abatement activities.  The employer did not implement adequate respirator selection and fit test procedures and did not provide adequate training to the asbestos abatement employees.

Issued

Jan 13, 2012

Abate by

Feb 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(3)(iv)(A):  A tight-fitting powered air-purifying respirator or a full facepiece, supplied-air respirator operated in the pressure-demand mode and equipped with either HEPA egress cartridges or an auxiliary positive-pressure, self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) was not provided to employees in a 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 f/cc as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):    a)  On or about December 1, 2011, employees were potentially exposed to asbestos because the employer did not supply a full-face powered air-purifying respirator or a supplied air respirator to employees performing Class I asbestos abatement work where an exposure assessment had not been completed.

Issued

Jan 13, 2012

Abate by

Feb 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,530 · Current $918 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i):  The employer with a work operation covered by the asbestos standard did not ensure that a "competent person" conducted an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation:      a)  On or about December 1, 2011, and at times prior, employees were exposed to unknown quantities of airborne asbestos fibers while removing Class I and II asbestos containing materials because the employer had failed to perform an initial exposure assessment at or before the commencement of abatement activities.

Issued

Jan 13, 2012

Abate by

Feb 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(i):  The employer did not institute a training program for all employees who are likely to be exposed in excess of a PEL and for all employees who perform Class I through Class IV asbestos operations, and did not ensure their participation in the program:    a)  On or about December 1, 2011, employees were exposed to asbestos because the employer had not provided them with adequate training to conduct asbestos abatement work.  Two employees with no asbestos training carried bags of asbestos waste from the load out area of the asbestos abatement containment to the van that hauled the waste.