OSHA Inspection: LIBERTY MECHANICAL, LLC

Issued

Apr 25, 2013

Abate by

Dec 30, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $900 Reduced

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):      1601 Brenner Rd, Bldg B6, Salisbury NC:  The employer did not evaluate respiratory hazards where employees were exposed to airborne dust while boring holes through a concrete slab.  The bucksaw cutting was not accomplished using wet methods to reduce the airborne dust.

Issued

Apr 25, 2013

Abate by

May 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $720 Reduced

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:      1601 Brenner St, Bldg B6, Salisbury NC:  Employees were not trained on the hazards associated with silica dust while cutting concrete with a bucksaw.

Issued

Apr 25, 2013

Abate by

May 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $1,260 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    1601 Brenner St, Bldg B6, Salisbury NC:  Employees engaged in mechanical system installation were not protected from fall hazards greater than 18 feet.

Issued

Apr 25, 2013

Abate by

May 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  1601 Brenner St, Bldg B6, Salisbury NC: Employees exposed to fall hazards greater than 18 feet were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to minimize the hazards.