OSHA Inspection: DECORATIVE HOME SERVICES, LLC

Issued

Dec 17, 2013

Abate by

Feb 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $500 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(k): Hazard communication- The Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program which included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (Construction Reference: 1926.1152)    a)  for employees applying and removing Klean-Strip Premium Sprayable Stripper to the sheet metal gazebo roof located at 950 Cherry Hills Drive, Sun City Center (FL), on or about 08/07/2013.  As per the safety data sheet (SDS), the stripping product contained 70-85% methylene chloride, a known carcinogen.

Issued

Dec 17, 2013

Abate by

Feb 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(l): Employee information and training - 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: 1926.1152)    a)  for employees applying and removing Klean-Strip Premium Sprayable Stripper to the sheet metal gazebo roof located at 950 Cherry Hills Drive, Sun City Center (FL), on or about 08/07/2013.  As per the safety data sheet (SDS), the stripping product contained 70-85% methylene chloride, a known carcinogen.

Issued

Dec 17, 2013

Abate by

Feb 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1): Exposure monitoring - Where methylene chloride was present in the workplace, the did not determine/characterize each employees' exposure by air sampling:  (Construction Reference: 1926.1152)    a)  for employees applying and removing Klean-Strip Premium Sprayable Stripper to the sheet metal gazebo roof located at 950 Cherry Hills Drive, Sun City Center (FL), on or about 08/07/2013.  As per the safety data sheet (SDS), the stripping product contained 70-85% methylene chloride, a known carcinogen.

Issued

Dec 17, 2013

Abate by

Jan 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1): Scaffold(s) and scaffold(s) component(s) were not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:     for the ladder jack scaffold system located at 950 Cherry Hills Drive, Sun City Center (FL) used by employees to strip paint from a sheet metal gazebo roof, on or about 08/07/2013.  As observed on or about 08/15/2013 the ladder jack scaffold system and components had various deficiencies in the design and setup that affected the capacity of the system:     a)  the width of the platform was 11.25 inches instead of 12 inches as required by  29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(i)     b)  the working width of the platform was further reduced by installing the brackets on the inside of the ladder such that the platform was nearly under the edge of the roof.       c)  the span of the ladder jacks supports was 12 feet instead of 8 feet as per 1926 Subpart L App A - Scaffold Specifications.     d)  the work platform was sandwiched between the ladder jack support clamps instead of fastened and secured.

Issued

Dec 17, 2013

Abate by

Jan 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2)(i): Each ladder jack scaffold, top plate bracket scaffold, roof bracket scaffold, and pump jack scaffold was not at least 12 inches (30 cm) wide:    a) at the gazebo located at 950 Cherry Hills Drive, Sun City Center (FL) -  for employees stripping and scrapping paint from a sheet metal gazebo roof using a ladder jack scaffold with a platform 11.25 inches wide, on or about 08/07/2013.

Issued

Dec 17, 2013

Abate by

Jan 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration; such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:     a) for the ladder jack scaffold sytem used at the gazebo located at 950 Cherry Hills Drive, Sun City Center (FL), on or about 08/07/2013.  The owner, who designed and erected the scaffold system:    1) did not assure the width of the platform was at least 12-inches.    2) did not assure the platform was not under the edge of the roof.       3)  did not assure the span of the ladder jacks was only 8 feet as per 1926 Subpart L App A - Scaffold Specifications.     4) did not assure the work platform was properly secured.

Issued

Dec 17, 2013

Abate by

Jan 31, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $750 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:    a) for the employees stripping and scrapping paint from the sheet metal gazebo roof using a ladder jack scaffold system at the gazebo located at 950 Cherry Hills Drive, Sun City Center (FL), on or about 8/07/2013.  Employees had not received training to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards, on or about 08/15/2013.