OSHA Inspection: 3L BROS CORP.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.103:  The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:     a) 17 N. Park Place, Morristown, NJ    The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program for employees required to wear half mask negative pressure elastomeric  respirators for protection against dust containing silica while performing demolition of a vault structure with  jackhammers and a cutting saw.      Violation occurred on or about 12-13-13

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) as referenced by 29 CFR 1910.103:  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) 17 N. Park Place, Morristown, NJ    The employer did not provide medical evaluations for employees required to wear half mask negative pressure elastomeric respirators for protection against dust containing silica while performing demolition of a vault structure with jackhammers and a cutting saw.      Violation occurred on or about 12-13-13

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.103: The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):     a) 17 N. Park Place, Morristown, NJ    The employer failed to fit test workers required to use a half mask negative pressure elastomeric respirators  for protection against dust containing silica while performing demolition of a vault structure with jackhammers and cutting saw.         Violation occurred on or about 12-13-13

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.103:  Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:      a) 17 N. Park Place, Morristown, NJ    The employer did not train workers on the safe use, care, and limitations of half mask negative pressure respirators required for protection against dust containing silica while performing demolition of a vault structure with a hydraulic hammer and cutting saw.     Violation occurred on or about 12-13-13

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)  as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59:   Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):      a) 17 N. Park Place, Morristown, NJ    The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for workers exposed to carbon monoxide and silica while using a gasoline powered cutting saw and jackhammers to perform demolition of a concrete vault structure.     Violation occurred on or about 12-13-13

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) as referenced by 29 CFR 1926.59:  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) 17 N. Park Place, Morristown, NJ      The employer did not provide employees with training on chemicals they were exposed to including but not limited to carbon monoxide and silica, while using a gasoline powered cutting saw, and jackhammers during demolition of a concrete vault structure.       Violation occurred on or about 12-13-13

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Abate by

Jun 23, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.52(b): When employees were subjected to sound levels exceeding those listed in Table D-2 of this section, feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized:    An employee using a jackhammer during demolition of bank vault walls was exposed to continuous noise levels at  891.2% of the permissable daily noise exposure, (8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 90 dBA), which is 8.91 times the allowable exposure limit.  The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 105.8 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 254 minutes on December 13, 2013 with the unsampled portion of time, 226 minutes, considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation.  Engineering controls to include but not limited to hammer mufflers and silencers were not used during jackhammering operations.

Issued

Mar 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations:    17 N. Park Place, Morristown, NJ    a)  The employer did not ensure an engineering survey was performed by a competent person to determine that the ground floor of the bank could support the live load of the Bobcat E 32 excavator weighing 7,132 pounds which was driven from the street through the front doors to the vault location.     Violation occurred on or about 12-10-13    b) The employer did not ensure an engineering survey was performed by a competent person to determine that the bank vault floor itself could support the live load of the Bobcat E 32 excavator weighing 7,132 poundst and dead load of the pile of concrete rubble.      Violation occurred on or about 12-30-13