WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA —
OSHA Inspection: VAREIKA CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Unprogrammed Other inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Other health inspection of VAREIKA CONSTRUCTION, INC. in 219 WALNUT STREET, WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA 02379 (NAICS 238390). OSHA activity number 338679830.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- VAREIKA CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- Site address
- 219 WALNUT STREET
- City
- WEST BRIDGEWATER
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02379
- Mailing
- 219 WALNUT STREET, WEST BRIDGEWATER, MA 02379
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Unprogrammed Other (I)
- 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
- 238390
- Employees
- 9
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 D01 I
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Aug 30, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,410 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(i): The employer shall select and provide an appropriate respirator based on the respiratory hazard(s) to which the worker is exposed and workplace and user factors that affect respirator performance and reliability. Location: Shop: An assessment of worker exposures during scraping, heat gun and sanding of lead paint, in the shop, was not conducted to ensure that the half mask respirators provided were appropriate.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $4410
1910.134 H02 I
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Dec 31, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,410 · Current $3,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage and contamination. Location: Shop: An employee's half mask respirator was lying, unprotected on a work bench beside lead paint scrapings and a lead contaminated hand scrapper.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3000
- — Z (S) $4410
1910.1025 D02
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Dec 31, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,410 · Current $3,000 Reduced
1591
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2): Initial determination. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard shall determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level. Location: Shop: The employer did not collect personal lead samples for employees invloved in the handling, cleaning, scraping, repair and rebuilding of various wooden building parts including, but not limited to doors, trim, window frames and sashes.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3000
- — Z (S) $4410
1910.1025 E03 I
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Aug 30, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,410 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(i): Each employer shall establish and implement a written compliance program to reduce exposures to or below the permissible exposure limit, and interim levels if applicable, solely by means of engineering and work practice controls in accordance with the implementation schedule in paragraph (e)(1). Location: Shop: A written compliance program was not established and implemented for employees involved in sanding, heat gun, scraping, repair and rebuilding of various lead painted building components such as molding, window and doors.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $4410
1910.1025 L01 I
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Aug 30, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,410 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i): Each employer who has a workplace in which there is a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level did not inform employees of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation: Location: Shop: The employees involved in lead paint removal and repair of lead painted building components were not trained in the contents of Appendices A and B on the OSHA lead standard.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $4410
1910.1200 E01 I
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Aug 30, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,890 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): The employer did not comply a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet Location: Shop: The written Hazard Communication Program did not include a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be in use in the shop, including but not limited to Zip Strip paint remover, epoxy resins and lead.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $1890
1910.1200 G01
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Aug 30, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,890 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers shall have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use. Location: Shop: Material Safety Data Sheets were not maintained for hazardous chemicals being used in the shop, including but not limited to, Zip Strip paint remover, epoxy resins and lead.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $1890
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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 338679830.
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