COLUMBUS, OH —
OSHA Inspection: V-MARBLE & GRANITE, LLC
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of V-MARBLE & GRANITE, LLC in 6033 TAYLOR ROAD, COLUMBUS, OH 43230 (NAICS 327991). OSHA activity number 336970462.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- V-MARBLE & GRANITE, LLC
- Site address
- 6033 TAYLOR ROAD
- City
- COLUMBUS
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43230
- Mailing
- 3625 BEXVIE AVE., COLUMBUS, OH 43227
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 327991
- Employees
- 1
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
10 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.178 L01 II
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer shall ensure that each operator has successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5). a) At the establishment, an employee who operated the Linde/Baker H4OD fork lift truck had not received the training required by 1910.178(l) exposing employees to struck-by hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $1200
1910.212 A05
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5): Exposure of blades. When the periphery of the blades of a fan is less than seven (7) feet above the floor or working level, the blades shall be guarded. The guard shall have openings no larger than one-half (1/2) inch. a) At the establishment, the blades of the supply room fan were not guarded exposing employees to amputation hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $1200
1910.219 D01
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,600 · Current $560 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes. a) At the establishment, pulleys on the Ty-Sa-Man granite saw were not guarded exposing employees to caught-by hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $560
- — Z (S) $1600
1910.219 E01 I
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i): Where both runs of horizontal belts are seven (7) feet or less from the floor level, the guard shall extend to at least fifteen (15) inches above the belt or to a standard height, except that where both runs of a horizontal belt are 42 inches or less from the floor, the belt shall be fully enclosed in accordance with paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. a) At the establishment, the horizontal belt on the Ty-Sa-Man granite saw was not guarded exposing the employee to a caught-by hazard.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.219 E03 I
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 21, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i): Vertical and inclined belts shall be enclosed by a guard conforming to standards in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. a) At the establishment, vertical belts on the Ty-Sa-Man granite saw were not guarded exposing the employee to a caught-by hazard.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.303 G02 I
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Jan 29, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by this standard, live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more shall be guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the following means: a) At the establishment, the electrical receptacle, located on the stanchion between the two bay doors, was missing its bottom retainer screw exposing live electrical parts. Employees were exposed to an electrical shock hazard.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $2000
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,200 · Current $560 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following: a) At the facility, a developed and implemented written hazard communication program was not maintained.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $560
- — Z (S) $1200
1910.1200 G01
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use. a) At the establishment, employees of the company did not have material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical/product used, thereby exposing employees to possible eye/skin and inhalation hazards. Hazardous chemicals/products included, but were not limited to, Great Stuff Insulating Foam, Bellinzoni Mastic 2000, Sonico Polyester Stone Adhesive, and crystalline quartz silica dust produced from the granite slab grinding process.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1200 H03 II
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area: a) At the establishment, an employee manufacturing granite counter tops had not received training on the physical and health hazards of the chemical that they worked with. Employees worked with chemicals such as, but not limited to Great Stuff Insulating Foam, Bellinzoni Mastic 2000, Sonico Polyester Stone Adhesive, and crystalline quartz silica dust produced from the granite slab grinding process. The inhalation of crystalline quartz silica can cause acute silicosis, and chronic silicosis, it is a suspected carcinogen, and increases the possibility of contracting tuberculosis.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.132 D01
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 5, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall: a) At the establishment, where employees were exposed to contact and inhalation hazards when using Great Stuff Insulating Foam, Bellinzoni Mastic 2000, Sonico Polyester Stone Adhesive, and exposed to quartz silica dust produced from the granite slab grinding process, a job hazard assessment had not been conducted to determine the hazards that employees were exposed to and the personal protective equipment required to protect them from the hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 336970462.
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