OSHA Inspection: CEMPORT INC.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:    a) Establishment    The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program for employees required to wear a half face cartridge type respirator when entering trailers to clear clogs and debris or perform repair work such as welding. Trailers transported powders such as, but not limited to, Portland cement (caustic) and fly ash (crystalline silica).    Violation occurred on or about 9/10/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 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 employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    a) Establishment    The employer did not provide a medical evaluation for employees wearing a half face cartridge type respirator when entering trailers to clear clogs and debris or perform repair work such as welding.  Trailers transported powders such as, but not limited to, Portland cement (caustic) and fly ash (crystalline silica).    Violation occurred on or about 9/10/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Establishment    The employer did not provide a fit testing for employees wearing a half face cartridge type respirator when entering trailers to clear clogs and debris or perform repair work such as welding.  Trailers transported powders such as, but not limited to, Portland cement (caustic) and fly ash (crystalline silica).      Violation occurred on or about 9/10/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:    a) Establishment    The employer did not provide training to employees wearing a half face cartridge type respirator when entering trailers to clear clogs and debris or perform repair work such as welding.  Trailers transported powders such as, but not limited to, Portland cement (caustic) and fly ash (crystalline silica).    Violation occurred on or about 9/10/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:    a) Establishment    Trailers entered by employees to clean out clogs and debris or make repairs were not evaluated to determine if they were permit required confined spaces.  During such operations employees were exposed to airborne dust containing silica and entrapment hazards posed by the multiple hopper tank configuration.    Violation occurred on or about 9/9/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:    a) Establishment    Employees entering trailers to clean out clogs and debris or make repairs were not informed of the existence and danger posed by the permit required confined spaces.  During such operations employees were exposed to airborne dust containing silica and entrapment hazards posed by the multiple hopper tank configuration.    Violation occurred on or about 9/9/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:    a) Establishment    The employer did not have a confined space entry program for employees who entered trailers to clean out clogs and debris or make repairs.  During such operations workers were exposed to powders such as, but not limited to, Portland cement (caustic) and fly ash (crystalline silica) and entrapment hazard posed by the  multiple hopper tank configuration.      Violation occurred on or about 9/9/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 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) would be met.    a) Establishment    The employer did not establish and implement a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to Portland cement dust (caustic) and fly ash (crystalline silica) during work operations including, but not limited to, loading, unloading and unclogging of trailers.      Violation occurred on or about 9/10/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 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 required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace:  a) Establishment  The employer did not have copies of safety data sheets for the bulk powders it transported including, but not limited to, fly ash (1-5%  crystalline silica) and Portland cement (caustic).  Violation occurred on or about 9/10/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): 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:    a) Establishment    The employer did not provide hazard communication training to all employees exposed to caustic dust (Portland cement) or dust containing crystalline silica (fly ash) during work operations such as, but not limited to, loading, unloading and unclogging of trailers.     Violation occurred on or about 9/10/13.

Issued

2013-12-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-02-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:    a) Establishment    Employees allowed to use 3M 8210 filtering facepiece respirators voluntarily while performing work operations such as, but not limited to, cleaning the shop, were not provided with the information in 29 CFR 1910.134 Appendix D.    Violation occurred on or about 9/10/13.