OSHA Inspection: JSS CONSTRUCTION AND PAINTING

Issued

2013-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):  A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use (Construction reference 1926.103):      Employees working at the hotel renovation located at 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood Ohio, were required to use respiratory protection while applying spray paint.  No written respirator program was developed to assure that respirators were properly used.

Issued

2013-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 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 employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace (Construction reference 1926.103):      Employees working at the hotel renovation located at 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood Ohio, were required to use respiratory protection while applying spray paint.  No medical evaluation was provided.

Issued

2013-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-10 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 employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in 29 CFR 1910(f) (Construction reference 1926.103):    Employees working at the hotel renovation located at 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood Ohio, were required to use respiratory protection while applying spray paint.  No fit testing was provided for these employees.

Issued

2013-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1):  The employer did not ensure that each employee can demonstrate knowledge of at least 29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1)(i) through(vii) (Construction reference 1926.103):    Employees working at the hotel renovation located at 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood Ohio, were required to use respiratory protection while applying spray paint.  No training was provided for these employees.

Issued

2013-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met and which also includes the items listed in (e)(1)(i) and (ii) (Construction reference 1926.59):       Employees working at the hotel renovation located at 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood Ohio, were applying paint, including but not limited to, Sherwin Williams Pro Industrial paint, which contains the hazardous materials 2(2-Methoxyethoxy)-ethanol, 1(2-Butoxymethylethoxy)-propanol, Cristobalite and Titanium dioxide.  No written program was developed for these employees.

Issued

2013-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not maintain copies of the safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and ensure that they are readily accessible to employees (Construction reference 1926.59):       Employees working at the hotel renovation located at 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood Ohio, were applying paint, including but not limited to, Sherwin Williams, Pro Industrial paint. No data sheets were maintained on the site.

Issued

2013-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers did not  provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area (Construction reference 1926.59):     Employees working at the hotel renovation located at 3775 Park East Drive, Beachwood Ohio, were applying paint, including but not limited to, Sherwin Williams, Pro Industrial paint. No training was provided for these employees.