OSHA Inspection: JORDAN MARBLE & GRANITE, LLC

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2040.00 · Current $1224.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard  assessment had been performed through a written certification which included the  requirements as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):         (a)  Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC, 512 W. 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538: On            and before December 7, 2011, the employer did not ensure through written            verification that a workplace personal protective equipment (PPE) hazard            assessment had been performed.    Abatement Note: The employer shall verify that the required workplace assessment has been performed through a written certification that shall include the following:       1)   Identifies the workplace evaluated;       2)   The person certifying that the evaluation has been performed;       3)   The date(s) that the hazard assessment was performed; and       4)   Which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.    Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3):  The employer shall ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses.      (a)	Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC, 512 W. 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538: On and before December 7, 2011 an employee was wearing his personal prescription glasses without wearing eye protection over the prescription glasses. The employee was using a Makita Grinder and a grinding stone without proper machine guarding. This condition exposes the employees to hazardous conditions associated with flying chips should the grinding stone become fractured and break apart.Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").    Note: 	In lieu of wearing protection over prescription glasses, the employer can provide the employee with prescription safety glasses.

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-05-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2040.00 · Current $1224.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5): If the truck is equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, the user shall request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered:    (a)    Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC 512 W. 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538: On and before December 7, 2011 the forklift was equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, however the employer did not request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered:    Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    (a)	Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC., 512 W. 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538: On and before December 7, 2011 the employer did not ensure that the forklift operators were properly trained in forklift safety.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").    Abatement Note:  Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1530.00 · Current $918.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(3): Safety guards used on machines know as right angle head or vertical portable grinders shall have a maximum exposure angle of 180 degrees, and the guard shall be so located so as to be between the operator and the wheel during use. Adjustment of the guard shall be such that pieces of an accidentally broken wheel will be deflected away from the operator.     (a)	Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC, 512 W. 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538: On and before December 7, 2011 an employee was using a handheld Makita grinder that was unguarded. The employees were using the grinder with an abrasive grinding stone. This condition exposes the employees to hazardous conditions associated with flying chips should the grinding stone become fractured and break apart.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route:    (a)	Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC, 512 W 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538: On and before December 7, 2011, the employer stored a portable industrial fan in front of a marked emergency exit. The blocked exit was the south exit on the west wall.      Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is not required for this item.

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:    (a)	Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC 512 W. 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538: On and before December 7, 2011. Employees are provided with N95 dust masks for use while grinding during fabrication operations. The employer did not provide employees with the information contained in Appendix D.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):  The employer did not evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form:     (a)	Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC, 512 W. 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538: On and before December 7, 2011, the employer did not conduct air monitoring to determine employees exposure to the air contaminants associated with the granite fabrication performed at the job site.  Employees are exposed to silica.  This condition exposed employees to respiratory hazards.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is not required for this item.

Issued

2012-01-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-03-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):  Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety datasheets.    (a)	Jordan Marble & Granite, LLC, 512 W. 67th St., Loveland, CO 80538:  On and before December 7, 2011, the employer did not provide employees with information on the health hazards of silica. This lack of knowledge exposed employees to inhalation hazards associated with respirable crystalline silica.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").