LESTER, PA —
OSHA Inspection: JAMES D. MORRISSEY, INC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of JAMES D. MORRISSEY, INC. in AIRPORT BUSINESS COMPLEX, FOURTH AVENUE AND TINICUM ISLAND ROAD, LESTER, PA 19029 (NAICS 236210). OSHA activity number 337143580.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- JAMES D. MORRISSEY, INC.
- Site address
- AIRPORT BUSINESS COMPLEX, FOURTH AVENUE AND TINICUM ISLAND ROAD
- City
- LESTER
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19029
- Mailing
- 9119 FRANKFORD AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19114
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236210
- Employees
- 20
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.1101 E01
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013
- Abate by
- May 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,754 · Current $1,500 Reduced
9020
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(1): All Class I, II and III asbestos work was not conducted within a regulated area. Regulated areas shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3),(4) and (5) of this section. a. FedEX Ground Facility Construction Site, Tinicum Industrial Park, 2 Tinicum Island Road, Lester, PA 19113 - The employer did not establish a regulated area while employees were conducting Class II asbestos removal. Employees were removing transite water piping that contained 20% Chrysotile asbestos and 5% Crocidolite asbestos. The inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis and lung cancer. Observed On or About October 23, 2012
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1500
- — Z (S) $2754
1926.1101 F02 I
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9020
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i): Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not ensure that a "competent person" conducts an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation or workplace. The assessment must be completed in time to comply with requirements which are triggered by exposure data or the lack of a "negative exposure assessment," and to provide information necessary to assure that all control systems planned are appropriate for that operation and will work properly. a. FedEX Ground Facility Construction Site, Tinicum Industrial Park, 2 Tinicum Island Road, Lester, PA 19113 - The employer did not ensure an exposure assessment was performed by a competent person during the Class II asbestos removal, when employees were removing transite water piping that contained 20% Chrysotile asbestos and 5% Crocidolite asbestos. The inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis and lung cancer. Observed On or About October 23, 2012
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1101 H03 III A
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013
- Abate by
- May 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9020
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(3)(iii)(A): The employer did not provide employees with an air-purifying half mask respirator, other than a filtering facepiece respirator, whenever the employees perform Class II or Class III asbestos work for which no negative exposure assessment is available. a. FedEX Ground Facility Construction Site, Tinicum Industrial Park, 2 Tinicum Island Road, Lester, PA 19113 - The employer did not require appropriate respiratory protection for employees who were removing transite pipe that contained 20% Chrysotile asbestos and 5% Crocidolite asbestos. The inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis and lung cancer. Observed On or About October 23, 2012
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1101 G07 I
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013
- Abate by
- May 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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 paragraph (b) of this section. a. FedEX Ground Facility Construction Site, Tinicum Industrial Park, 2 Tinicum Island Road, Lester, PA 19113 - The employer did not have a competent person to supervise the Class II asbestos work being conducted at the site. Employees were removing transite pipe that contained 20% Chrysotile asbestos and 5% Crocidolite asbestos. The inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis and lung cancer. Observed On or About October 23, 2012
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1101 I01
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013
- Abate by
- May 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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 any employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos that exceed the TWA and/or excursion limit prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section, or for which a required negative exposure assessment was not produced. a. FedEX Ground Facility Construction Site, Tinicum Industrial Park, 2 Tinicum Island Road, Lester, PA 19113 - The employer did not provide the employees with appropriate whole-body protective coverings while removing Class II asbestos. The transite pipe contained 20% Chrysotile asbestos and 5% Crocidolite asbestos. The inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis and lung cancer. Observed On or About October 23, 2012
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1101 K08 I
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9020
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(8)(i): Labels were not affixed to all products containing asbestos and to all containers containing such products, including waste containers. a. FedEX Ground Facility Construction Site, Tinicum Industrial Park, 2 Tinicum Island Road, Lester, PA 19113 - The employer did not label piles of asbestos cement transite pipe. The asbestos cement transite pipe that contained 20% Chrysotile asbestos and 5% Crocidolite asbestos was not provided with affixed labels. The inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause asbestos and lung cancer. Observed On or About October 23, 2012
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1101 K09 I
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2013
- Abate by
- May 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9020
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(i): The employer did not train each employee who is likely to be exposed in excess of a PEL, and each employee who performs Class I through IV asbestos operations, in accordance with the requirements of this section. Such training shall be conducted at no cost to the employee. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program. a. FedEX Ground Facility Construction Site, Tinicum Industrial Park, 2 Tinicum Island Road, Lester, PA 19113 - The employer did not train each employee who was removing transite pipe that contained 20% Chrysotile asbestos and 5% Crocidolite asbestos. The inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause asbestosis and lung cancer. Observed On or About October 23, 2012
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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