OSHA Inspection: ISM INSULATION

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  The employer does not ensure that a respiratory protection program is developed and implemented with worksite specific procedures and elements for employees required to use respirators. This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, at a residential home under construction where a respiratory protection program was not developed for employees required to wear a 3M full face respirator with high efficiency (HE) filters and a Bullard free air pump when spraying foam insulation, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):  The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  The employer does not ensure that a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator is provided before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, at a residential home under construction where a medical evaluation was not provided for employees required to wear a 3M full face respirator with high efficiency (HE) filters and a Bullard free air pump when spraying foam insulation, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2):  Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  The employer does not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting face piece respirator are fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator. This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, at a residential home under construction where a fit test was not provided for employees required to wear a 3M full face respirator with high efficiency (HE) filters and a Bullard free air pump when spraying foam insulation, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1):  Respirators were not cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of 29 CFR 1910.134 or equivalent procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)  The employer does not ensure that employees are provided with respirators that are clean, sanitary and in good working order. This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, at a residential home under construction where an employee was exposed to dermal hazards when wearing a 3M full face respirator contaminated with dirt, residual foam and oil when spraying foam insulation.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k):  The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)  The employer does not ensure that employees who are required to use respirators are provided with effective training. This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, at a residential home under construction where respirator training was not provided for employees required to wear a 3M full face respirator with high efficiency (HE) filters and a Bullard free air pump when spraying foam insulation, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference 29 CFR 1926.59)  The employer does not ensure that a hazard communication program is developed, implemented and maintained at each workplace.  This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, at a residential home under construction where a hazard communication program was not developed for employees spraying foam insulation containing diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not 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 had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area. (Construction Reference 29 CFR 1926.59)  The employer does not ensure that employees are provided with effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals in their work place at the time of initial assignment.  This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, at a residential home under construction where hazard communication training was not provided for employees spraying foam insulation containing diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):  Platform(s) on all working levels of scaffolds, were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and guardrail supports such that the space between adjacent units, and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than one inch.  The employer does not ensure that each platform on all working levels of scaffolds are fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrails.  This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, on the interior west wall of a residential home where employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 12 feet, 4 inches when spraying foam insulation in the living room from the second tier which was the top tier of a mobile scaffold that was not fully planked.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:  The employer does not ensure that each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level is protected from falling to the lower level.  This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, on the interior west wall of a residential home where employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 12 feet, 4 inches when spraying foam insulation in the living room from the second tier of a mobile scaffold that was not equipped with guardrails.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.    The employer does not ensure that when scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet above or below a point of access that portable ladders, hook-on ladders or attachable ladders are used.  This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, on the interior west wall of a residential home where employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 12 feet, 4 inches when spraying foam insulation in the living room from a mobile scaffold that was not equipped with a ladder.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15):  Ladders were used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees:   The employer does not ensure that ladders are not used on scaffolds to increase the working level height of employees.  This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, on the interior west wall of a residential home where employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 20 feet when spraying foam insulation in the living room from a 12 foot extension ladder that was set up and used on the second tier of a mobile scaffold to gain additional height.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(1):  All brace connections were not secured:  The employer does not ensure that all brace connections are secured.  This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, on the interior west wall of a residential home where employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 12 feet, 4 inches when spraying foam insulation in the living room from the platform of the second/top tier of a mobile scaffold where the pins to hold the cross braces were not working.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a):  The employer did not orally report the death of an employee or the in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees as a result of a work-related incident.  The employer does not orally report the death of an employee or the in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees as a result of a work-related incident. This occurred on or about April 28, 2012 at a residential home under construction where a work place fatality was not reported to OSHA within 8 hours.

Issued

Jul 11, 2012

Abate by

Sep 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(i): Selection of appropriate respirators was not based on the respiratory hazard(s) to which the worker was exposed and user factors that affect respirator performance and reliability: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  The employer does not ensure that the appropriate respirator based on the respiratory hazards to which the worker is exposed is selected and provided. This violation occurred on or about April 28, 2012, at a residential home under construction where employees wore a 3M full face respirator with high efficiency (HE) filters and a Bullard free air pump when spraying foam insulation instead of a respirator with organic vapor cartridges with N95 filters.