OSHA Inspection: STONE WORKS MARBLE AND GRANITE

Issued

2013-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(3): Safety guards used on machines know as right angle head or vertical portable grinders shall have a maximum exposure angle of 180 degrees, and the guard shall be so located so as to be between the operator and the wheel during use. Adjustment of the guard shall be such that pieces of an accidentally broken wheel will be deflected away from the operator.       (a)        Stone Works Marble and Granite DBA Stone Works LLC, 5613 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212: On and before May 14, 2013 employees use a handheld Makita grinder that is unguarded. The employees use the grinder with an abrasive grinding stone. This condition exposes the employees to hazardous conditions associated with flying chips should the grinding stone become fractured and break apart.       Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2013-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  The employer did not 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:      (a)               Stone Works Marble and Granite DBA Stone Works LLC, 5613 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212: The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace specific written hazard communication program which describes how the specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met. This condition exposes employees to hazards associated with silica, acetone, and epoxy.      Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2013-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):  A written respiratory protection program with worksite specific procedures, as specified in subparagraphs (c)(1)(i) through (ix) of this section, was not established and implemented where respirator(s) were required by the employer:     (a)               Stone Works Marble and Granite DBA Stone Works LLC, 5613 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212: On and before May 14, 2013, the employer did not ensure that a written respiratory protection program was established and implemented in the workplace when the employer required the use of respirators during granite countertop fabrication.       Abatement Note:  The written program shall include at least the following:     (1)   Procedures for selecting respirators for use in the workplace;     (2)   Medical evaluations of employees required to use respirators;     (3)   Fit testing procedures for tight fitting respirators;     (4)   Procedures for proper use of respirators in routine and reasonably foreseeable emergency situations;     (5)   Procedures and schedules for cleaning, disinfection, storing, inspection., repairing, discarding, and otherwise maintaining respirators;     (6)   Procedures to ensure adequate air quality, quantity, and flow of breathing air for atmosphere-supplying respirators;     (7)   Training of employees in the respiratory hazards to which they are potentially exposed during routine and emergency situation;     (8)   Training of employees in the proper use of respirators, including putting on and removing them, any limitations on their use, and their maintenance; and     (9)   Procedure for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2013-08-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):  The employer did not evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form:      (a)               Stone Works Marble and Granite DBA Stone Works LLC, 5613 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212: On and before May 15, 2013, the employer did not conduct air monitoring to determine employees exposure to the air contaminants associated with granite countertop fabrication performed at the job site.  This condition exposed employees to respiratory hazards.      Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is not required for this item.

Issued

2013-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 employees were fit tested or required to use a respirator in the workplace:     (a)               Stone Works Marble and Granite DBA Stone Works LLC, 5613 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212: On and before May 15, 2013, the employer did not ensure that all employees who are required to wear respirator were medically evaluated.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (See enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2013-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) annually:      (a)   Stone Works Marble and Granite DBA Stone Works LLC, 5613 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212: On and before May 15, 2013, the employer did not ensure that employees they required to wear tight-fitting half mask respirators passed a fit test on an annual basis.                                                                   Abatement Note:  Abatement certification is required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").

Issued

2013-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5): If the truck is equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, the user shall request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered:      (a)        Stone Works Marble and Granite DBA Stone Works LLC, 5613 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212: On and before May 15, 2013, the forklift was equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, however the employer did not request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered.      Abatement Note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (See enclosed Sample Abatement Certification Letter).

Issued

2013-08-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).     (a)   Stone Works Marble and Granite DBA Stone Works LLC, 5613 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212: On and before May 15, 2013, the employer did not ensure that the employees were trained in the safe operation of powered industrial trucks, in that operators were not trained to use the Mitsubishi forklift.  This condition exposed the employee to the hazard of improper forklift operation.     Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required for this item (see enclosed "Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet").     Abatement Note:  Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.