OSHA Inspection: QUAIL RIDGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(2): Exit routes were not arranged so that employees would not have to travel toward a high hazard area, unless the path of travel was effectively shielded from the high hazard area by suitable partitions or other physical barriers:   (a) West Exit Door, Near Offices:  A designated employee exit route directed employees within 8 feet 3 inches of a 200 gallon diesel fuel storage tank, as determined on June 21, 2013.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.107(c)(2): Open flame or spark producing equipment was not kept from a spraying area nor within 20 feet, unless separated from by a partition:    (a)  Paint Area:  An employee was grinding on a piece of metal in the paint area where paint spraying occures.    Sparks created from the grinding operation landed in a bucket of paint thinner and caused a fire.  Spark producing equipment was not kept from the spraying area or separated from by a partition, as determined on June 21, 2013.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Abate by

Oct 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):  In any workplace where respirators were necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use:    (a)Quail Ridge Pipe Co.:  The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program to protect employees from respiratory hazards such as but not limited to, respirable garnet dust during abrasive blasting and paint vapors during painting operations, as determined on June 21, 2013.    Abatement Certification Required for this Item.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Abate by

Oct 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee(s) ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:   (a) Paint Area:  The employer requires an employee to wear a 3M 6200 half mask tight fitting respirator while conducting painting activities.  The employer has not provided the employee with a medical evaluation prior to required respirator use, as determined on June 21, 2013.   Abatement Certification Required for this Item.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Abate by

Oct 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   (a) Paint Area:  The employer requires an employees to wear a 3M 6200 half mask tight fitting respirator while conducting painting activities.  The employer has not provided the employees with a fit test prior to required respirator use, as determined on June 21, 2013.   Abatement Certification Required for this Item.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Abate by

Oct 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i):  The employer did not ensure that respirators are stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals, and they shall be packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve:    (a) Paint Area:  The employer did not ensure that respirators were stored to protect them from contamination.  Employees are required to wear 3M 6200 half mask tight fitting respirators while conducting painting activities.  The respirators were stored directly on a shelf in the flammable storage cabinet, as observed on June 21, 2013.    Abatement Certification Required for this Item.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not 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) (Construction Reference 29 CFR 1926.602(b)):   (a) Facility Wide:  Employees operated a Toyota Forklift (model #7FGU32, serial #64993) and a JCB rough terrain extendable boom forklift (model #50942 , PIN#JCB5CGKGA1403962) and the employer did not ensure that the employee had completed a training and evaluation program, as determined on June 21, 2013.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Abate by

Oct 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3): The employee training did not include the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(i) through (h)(3)(iv):   (a)  Facility Wide:  Employees used Sherwin Williams Macropoxy 646, which contains, xylene and ethyl benzene, Nickel Antiseize, which contains nickel, diesel fuel, which is a combustible liquid, and abrasive garnet during abrasive blasting. The employer has not provided employees training on the hazards associated with the use of the chemicals, as determined on June 21, 2013.   Abatement Certification Required for this Item.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Abate by

Dec 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500

Hazardous substances 90109130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c):  An employee(s) was exposed to crystalline silica quartz (respirable) in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average limits for crystalline silica quartz calculated from the equation listed in Table Z-3:    (a)Abrasive Blasting Booth: An employee conducting abrasive blasting operations was exposed to the respirable fraction of crystalline silica quartz at an 8 hour Time Weighted Average of 8.10 milligrams per cubic meter of air for the 448 minute sampling period.  The employee was exposed over the 8 hour Time Weighted Average of 1.844 milligrams per cubic meter of air calculated for Table Z-3, as determined on July 26, 2013.      Abatement Certification Required for this Item.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Abate by

Feb 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 90109130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):  (a)  Abrasive Blasting Booth: An employee conducting abrasive blasting operations was exposed to the respirable fraction of crystalline silica quartz at an 8 hour Time Weighted Average of 8.10 milligrams per cubic meter of air for the 448 minute sampling period.  The employer has not implemented all feasible engineering or administrative controls to achieve compliance with the permissible exposure limit of 1.84 milligrams per cubic meter of air for the respirable fraction of crystalline silica quartz, as determined on July 26, 2013.    Feasible engineering/administrative controls include, but are not limited to the following:    1. Clean the existing abrasive blast media pot and nozzle, along with the abrasive blast area to remove any residual silica quartz in the area.      2.  Install a dust collection system and industrial ventilation to capture contaminants before reaching employees breathing zone.    3.  Rotating employees throughout the workday during abrasive blasting operations.    Step 1:  Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposure to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation.  The plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:    (1)    Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options; (2)    Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design; (3)    Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures; and (4)    Testing and acceptance or modification redesign of controls.    Note:  All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.    Step 2:  Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.

Issued

Sep 27, 2013

Abate by

Oct 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(C): Employees whose work operations were in an area where energy control procedures were utilized were not instructed about the procedure:   (a) Facility Wide:  The employer has not instructed employees in the purpose of the energy control procedure.  Employees do not conduct maintenance activities on equipment, but will lock or tag them out for the outside maintenance contractor, as determined on June 21, 2013.     Abatement Certification Required for this Item.