POMPANO BEACH, FL ·
OSHA Inspection: SPECIALTY VERMICULITE CORP.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of SPECIALTY VERMICULITE CORP. in 1200 NW 15TH AVENUE, POMPANO BEACH, FL 33069 (NAICS 327992). OSHA activity number 339468381.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- SPECIALTY VERMICULITE CORP.
- Site address
- 1200 NW 15TH AVENUE
- City
- POMPANO BEACH
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 33069
- Mailing
- 1 BALA AVENUE SUITE 310, BALA CYNWYD, PA 19004
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 327992
- Employees
- 12
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 C02 I
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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: On or about November 5, 2013, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not provide the information contained in the appendix D to employees using a 3M half-face disposal respirator during bagging processes at the facility.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (O) $0
1910.134 C02 II
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user: On or about November 5th, 2013, at the above address, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to employees using a disposal 3M half-face respirator during the bagging operation.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (O) $0
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall 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 will be met, and which also includes the following: On or about 11/5/13, the employer did not have a written hazard communication program while employees used chemicals such as Perlite and vermiculite.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (O) $0
1910.1200 H
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h): Employees were not provided effective information and training as specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) and -2 on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard was introduced in: On November 5, 2013 the employer at the above addressed job site, did not provide training to all employees who where working with Perlite and Vermiculite.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339468381.
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