OSHA Inspection: NORTH PAC CORPORATION

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59: The employers did not have a material safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:  At the project on or about August 16, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not have material safety data sheets for portland cement. Employees used portland cement to set fence posts.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(3): The use of any machinery, tool, material, or equipment which was not in compliance with any applicable requirement of this part was not prohibited. Such machine, tool, material, or equipment was not either identified as unsafe by tagging or locking the controls to render them inoperable or by physically removed from its place of operation:  At the project on or about August 16, 2013, the use of electrical equipment that were not in compliance with this part was not prohibited and the equipment was not identified as unsafe by tagging or by removal from the place of operation.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  At the project on or about August 16, 2013, employees and the foreman stated they were not instructed on the used of fire extinguishers or other fire extinguishing methods.  There were no 55 gallon drums of water with pails or hoses connected to water spigots that could reach the project.  There were combustible materials onsite such as plastic fence material.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction thereof.  Travel distance from any point of the protected area to the nearest fire extinguisher shall not exceed 100 feet:  At the project on or about August 16, 2013, there was no fire extinguisher onsite.  The foreman stated there was a fire extinguisher in a truck that left the site.  There were no 55 gallon drums of water with pails or hoses connected to spigots that could reach the project.  There were combustible materials onsite such as plastic fence material.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(c): In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, hospital, or physician, that was reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance to the worksite, which was available for the treatment of injured employees, a person who has a valid certificate in first-aid training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red Cross, or equivalent training that can be verified by documentary evidence, was not available at the worksite to render first aid:  At the project on or about August 16, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees and the foreman said no one was trained to render first aid. The nearest medical treatment was more than four minutes from the project.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:  Near the center of the project on or about August 16, 2013, eye protection or face shields were not worn while installing coiled up barbed wire on top of the cyclone fence.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:  On the north side of the project on or about August 16, 2013, a metal electrical box designed to be mounted lay on the ground. It provided power to a 110 VAC Black & Decker drill used to drill holes in a PVC drain pipe.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not protected from abrasion, and openings through which conductors entered were not effectively closed. Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings were not also effectively closed:  On the north side of the project on or about August 16, 2013, a 0.5 inch plug was missing in the electrical box that provided power to a 110 VAC Black & Decker drill used to drill holes in a PVC drain pipe.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step:  Near the center of the project on or about August 16, 2013, employees were on the top and top step of a 4 foot high job made stepladder and a 6 foot stepladder. They tied barbed wire to the top of the cyclone fence.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)(1)(iii): The employer did not ensure that each employee had been trained by a competent person in the proper construction, use, placement, and care in handling of all stairways and ladder:  Near the center of the project on or about August 16, 2013, employees stated that they were not trained on the proper use of stepladders. The foreman stated they were not trained to his knowledge.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,101 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers 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 were met (Referenced in 29 CFR 1926.59):    At the project on or about August 16, 2013, and at times prior thereto, a written hazard communication program had not been developed or implemented.  Employees used portland cement to set fence posts.    THE NORTH PAC CORPORATION WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1910.1200(E)(1) WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 110547320, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1A, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON OCTOBER 22, 2009, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT THE MARIANAS HIGH SCHOOL, BUILDING G, SAIPAN, MP  96950.

Issued

Nov 12, 2013

Abate by

Nov 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59: The 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 physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:    At the project on or about August 16, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not provide effective information and training on portland cement.  Employees did not know the hazards, personal protective equipment required, or first aid procedures in the event of contact.  Employees used portland cement to set fence posts.    THE NORTH PAC CORPORATION WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1910.1200(H)(1) WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 110547320, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1C, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON OCTOBER 22, 2009, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT THE MARIANAS HIGH SCHOOL, BUILDING G, SAIPAN, MP  96950.