OSHA Inspection: LEWIS NILES

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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. Site- The employer failed to provide a medical evaluation for employees required to wear air-purifying half face respirators with HEPA filter cartridges while engaged in demolition work.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    a. Site- The employer failed to conduct frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite conducted by a competent person where employees were exposed to fall, fire, struck by, and respiratory hazards.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.34(c): Means of egress was not continually maintained free of all obstructions or impediments to full instant use in the case of fire or other emergency.    a. Site- Employees were exposed to fire and entrapment hazards where the first floor connecting hallway between the two buildings, which was the designated exit route, was obstructed due to the storage of salvage lumber in the hallway.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:    a. Site- The employer required employees exposed to struck-by, laceration, and respiratory hazards to wear eye, hand, head, and respiratory protection and provide the personal protective equipment at their own cost.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction there of:    a. site- Employees were exposed to fire and entrapment hazards where fire extinguishers were not provided in four story wood framed building during demolition work.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.    a. Low Roof- Employees palletizing salvage lumber on the low roof were exposed to a fall of 14 feet where fall protection not used or provided.    b. Attic- Employees were exposed to a fall of 6 six feet around the top of the stairway where fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:    a. Low Roof and Second Floor- Employees were exposed to a fall of 14 feet where they were exiting the rear building through a wall opening in the second floor gable end wall and stepping on to a narrow cornice to access the low roof where fall protection was not used or provided.    b. Third and Fourth Floor- Employees were exposed to falls of up to 16 feet where window openings had bottom sills approximately 27 inches from the floor and no top rail between 39 and 45 inches from the floor.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:    a. Attic- Employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 8 feet while passing lumber down through and working around floor holes where fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    a. Site- Employees exposed to fall hazards were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 28, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a. Site- The employer failed to develop and implement a written respiratory protection program where employees were required to wear air-purifying half face respirators with HEPA filter cartridges and filtering facepiece (dust mask) respirators.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f): The employee was required to use a respirator without being fit tested with the same make, model, style and size of respirator that was to be used:    a. Site- Employees required to wear air-purifying half face respirators with HEPA filter cartridges were not fit tested prior to use.

Issued

Dec 10, 2012

Abate by

Dec 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable respiratory protection training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:    a. Site- Employees required to wear air-purifying half face respirators with HEPA filter cartridges and filtering facepiece (dust mask) respirators were not provided with respiratory protection training.