OSHA Inspection: YOUNG BUILDERS AND CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2013-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2160.00 · Current $2160.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 ug/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):  (a)  Clay Water Treatment Plant - Clay, WV:  An employees was using a cutting torch August 26, 2013 to cut apart a steel tank that was coated with paint that contained up to 5 percent lead and an initial determination had not been done to determine the employee's airborne exposure level to lead as determined on September 23, 2013.

Issued

2013-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(A): Prior to the performance of an employee exposure assessment as required by (d) of this section, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in paragraphs (d)(2)(i)-(iv) of this section interim protection, including appropriate respiratory protection in accordance with paragraph (f) of this section:  (a)  Clay Water Treatment Plant - Clay, WV:  An employees was using a cutting torch August 26, 2013 to cut apart a steel tank that was coated with paint that contained up to 5 percent lead and the employee was not wearing any respiratory protection as determined on September 23, 2013.

Issued

2013-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(B): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(g):   (a)  Clay Water Treatment Plant - Clay, WV:  An employees was using a cutting torch August 26, 2013 to cut apart a steel tank that was coated with paint that contained up to 5 percent lead and the employee was not provided protective clothing to change out of prior to leaving the work site as determined on September 23, 2013.

Issued

2013-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(E): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with biological monitoring in accordance with 1926.62(j)(1)(i), to consist of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels:  (a)  Clay Water Treatment Plant - Clay, WV:  An employees was using a cutting torch August 26, 2013 to cut apart a steel tank that was coated with paint that contained up to 5 percent lead and a biological monitoring program had not been established to track the level of lead exposure as confirmed on September 23, 2013.

Issued

2013-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.354(d): Preservative coatings were not removed from the area to be heated a sufficient distance to ensure that the temperature of the unstripped metal would not be appreciably raised:  (a)  Clay Water Treatment Plant - Clay, WV:  An employees was using a cutting torch August 26, 2013 to cut apart a steel tank that was coated with paint that contained up to 5 percent lead and the paint was not removed from the surface area where the employee was torch cutting to prevent the release of lead fumes as confirmed on September 23, 2013.