OSHA Inspection: SHAMROCK FLOORING & TILE COMPANY

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(1):  Class II asbestos work was not conducted within regulated areas that complied with the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3),  (4),  and (5) of this section:    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not conduct the work within a regulated area.     Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(1)(i): Each employer who has a workplace or work operation where exposure monitoring is required under this section did not perform monitoring to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees may have been exposed:    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer, in lieu of a negative exposure assessment,  did not perform monitoring to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees may be exposed.      Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

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 or workplace:    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not conduct an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during the work.    Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1):  The employer did not use engineering controls and work practices in all operations covered by 29 CFR 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of the exposure:    i.  Vacuum cleaners equipped with HEPA filters;  ii.  Wet methods or wetting agents;  iii. Prompt clean-up and disposal of waste in leak-tight containers      a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not use the above engineering controls and work practices regardless of the levels of exposure.      Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(2): In addition to the requirements of paragraph (g)(1) of this section,  the employer did not use control methods to achieve compliance as required by 1926.1101(g)(2)(i) through (g)(2)(v):    i.  Local exhaust ventilation equipped with HEPA filter dust collection systems;  ii. Enclosure or isolation of processes producing asbestos dust;  iii.  Ventilation of the regulated area;   iv. Use of other feasible work practices and engineering controls.    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not use the above noted control methods to achieve complaince with the permissible exposure limit and excursion limit prescribed by paragraph (c) of this section.     Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

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 29 CFR 1926.1101(b):    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did have a competent person present to supervise the work.      Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(ii):  For all indoor Class II jobs, where the employer had not produced a negative exposure assessment pursuant to paragraph (f)(2)(iii) of this section, or where during the job, changed conditions indicated 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 listed in (A)-(C) of this section to ensure that airborne asbestos did not migrate from the regulated area:    (A) Critical barriers placed over all openings to the regulated area;  (B) Another barrier or isolation method which prevents migration;  (C) Impermeable dropcloths placed on surfaces beneath all removal activity     a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not use one of the above methods to ensure that airborne asbestos did not migrate from the regulated area.     Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i):  For jobs removing vinyl and asphalt flooring materials which contain asbestos of for which buildings constructed no later than 1980, where the employer did not verify the absence of asbestos containing material pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i)(I), the employer did not ensure that employees complied with work practices described in 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i)(A) through (g)(8)(i)(I) and that employees were trained in these practices pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9):    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not ensure tht employees complied with the work practices listed in subparagraphs (A) through (I) of this section.      Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(1):  Respirators were not used as required by subparagraphs (i)-(viii) of this paragraph by employees performing Class II asbestos work:    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  Employees were not wearing respirators as required by subparagraphs (i) through (viii) of this section.     Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

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 that exceed the time weighted average and/or excursion limit in 29 CFR 1926.1101(c) or for which a required negative exposure assessment was not produced:    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not provide or require the use of protective clothing.      Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

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, for employees engaged in Class I work involving less than 25 linear or 10 square feet of thermal system insulation or surfacing asbestos containing material and for Class II and Class III asbestos work operations where exposures exceed a permissible exposure limit or where there was not negative exposure assessment produced before the operation:    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees and equipment pursuant to the requirements of this section.     Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(i): The employer did not institute a training program for all employees who performed Class II asbestos operations:    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employee(s) were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not institute a training program for employees.      Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.

Issued

Sep 20, 2012

Abate by

Sep 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(l)(2): Asbestos waste, scrap, debris, bags, containers, equipment, and contaminated clothing consigned for disposal was not collected and disposed of in sealed, labeled, impermeable bags or other closed, labeled, impermeable containers:    a.  On or about March 26, 2012,  employees were engaged in Class II asbestos work on the Central Office 1st floor switch area.  The employer did not dispose of asbestos contaminated waste in labeled, impermeable bags or other closed, labeled, impermeable containers.     Employees were removing potentially asbestos containing material (PACM) and asbestos containing material (ACM) vinyl floor tiles and mastic.