OSHA Inspection: HANSON PIPE & PRECAST LLC

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Dec 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,610 · Current $3,366 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:    On or about October 18, 2012 - During work on the Bulb Tee Girder Line Prestress Bed #B4, employees performing a sequence of tasks while moving along a concrete form more than four feet above the ground level with open-sided edges where standard guard rails could not be installed were exposed to a fall hazard.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,740 · Current $3,740

Hazardous substances 9010

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:      (a) On or about October, 18, 2012 - Finishing, an employee was exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average level (TWA) of 4.4 milligrams per cubic meters (mg/m3) of silica, crystalline quartz (respirable fraction), 7.5 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.588mg/m3. The sampling was performed for 480 minutes during one shift on October 23, 2012.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Apr 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of crystalline silica (respirable fraction) listed in Table Z-3 in excess of an 8-hour time-weighted average concentration:    (a) On or about October, 18, 2012 - Finishing, an employee was exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average level (TWA) of 4.4 milligrams per cubic meters (mg/m3) of silica, crystalline quartz (respirable fraction), 7.5 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.588 mg/m3. The sampling was conducted performed for 480 minutes during one shift on October 23, 2012.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Apr 22, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):    (a) On or about October, 18, 2012 - Finishing, an employee was exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average level (TWA) of 4.4 milligrams per cubic meters (mg/m3) of silica, crystalline quartz (respirable fraction), 7.5 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.588 mg/m3. The sampling was performed for 480 minutes during one shift on October 23, 2012.     General methods of abatement include, but are not limited to:    1. Utilizing of wet grinding process.    2. Utilizing engineering controls such as, but not limited to, using grinders equipped with vacuums/dust guards.    ABATEMENT SCHEDULE:    STEP 1:   Effective respiratory protection shall be provided and used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented, or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within the permissible exposure limits.    STEP 2:   Submit to the area director a written, detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposure to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation.  This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:    (a)	Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options;    (b)	Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;    (c)	Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures; and    (d)	Testing and acceptable or modification/redesign of controls.    All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.    Thirty - (30) day progress reports are required during the abatement period.     STEP 3:   Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(iv): The employer did not ensure that employees who declined to accept the hepatitis B vaccination offered by the employer signed the statement in appendix A:      (a) On or about October 18, 2012, Facility, the employer did not ensure that employees who declined the Hepatitis B vaccination signed a declination form.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the identity of the hazardous chemical(s) contained therein:      (a) On or about October 18, 2012 - Production Yard, secondary containers of Form Oil were not labeled to identify their contents.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warnings:    (a) On or about October 18, 2012 - Production Yard, secondary containers of Form Oil were not marked with information regarding the hazard(s) of their contents.