OSHA Inspection: HANSEN AND SONS

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):   A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    The employer did not develop and implement a written respiraotry protection program for employees required to wear respirators when cutting and chipping on silica containing brick and mortar.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k):   The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)    Employees required to wear respiratory protection when exposed to silica dust were not provided respiratory protection training.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

May 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):   The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    Employees required to wear half face, tight fitting respirators were not provided medical evaluations to wear respiratory protection.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

May 1, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2):   Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    Employees required to wear half mask respirators when cutting and chipping on silica containing brick and mortar were not provided fit testing prior to initial use.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Jul 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):   The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    The employer did not perform initial air monitoring to determine employee exposures to airborne silica dust.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):   Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    Employees performing cutting and chipping on silica containing brick and mortar were not provided training on health hazards associated with exposure to silica dust.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):   When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.    Employees were ascending and descending scaffold tiers greater than 10ft off the ground without the use of ladders.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):   Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    Employees working from a 5 tiered scaffold were exposed to fall hazards in excess of 10 feet on the 3rd and 4th tiers of the scaffold system.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).

Issued

Mar 22, 2013

Abate by

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):   The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.    Employees working from a 5 tier scaffold system were not provided training on fall hazards associated with working from scaffolds.    Abatement certification required per 29 CFR 1903.19(c).