OSHA Inspection: POETTKER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Abate by

Mar 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,050 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):       Employees performing masonry demolition were exposed to noise exposure hazards including, but not limited to, permanent hearing loss and the employer did not ensure frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite were completed by a competent person.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Abate by

Mar 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.52(b): Employees were subjected to sound levels exceeding those listed in table D-2 of Subpart D of 29 CFR part 1926 and feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized to reduce sound levels:       Employees performing masonry demolition were exposed to noise exposure hazards including, but not limited to, permanent hearing loss and the employer did not ensure feasible administrative or engineering controls were utilized to reduce sound levels.       A) An employee operating a pneumatic chisel hammer was exposed to 350 minutes of occupational noise with a dose of 212.6% and a time weighted average of 95.4 dBA.       B) An employee operating a pneumatic chisel hammer was exposed to 385 minutes of occupational noise with a dose of 428.4% and a time weighted average of 100.5 dBA.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Abate by

Apr 9, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.52(d)(1):  In all cases where the sound levels exceeded the values shown in Table D-2 of this paragraph, a continuing, effective hearing conservation program was not administered:       Employees performing masonry demolition were exposed to noise exposure hazards including, but not limited to, permanent hearing loss and the employer did not initiate and administer a continuing and effective hearing conservation program in the following instances:       A) An employee operating a pneumatic chisel hammer was exposed to 350 minutes of occupational noise with a dose of 212.6% and a time weighted average of 95.4 dBA.       B) An employee operating a pneumatic chisel hammer was exposed to 385 minutes of occupational noise with a dose of 428.4% and a time weighted average of 100.5 dBA.

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,050 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.55(a): Employee(s) were exposed to material(s) at concentrations above those specified in the Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants for 1970 of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists:      Employees performing masonry demolition were exposed to Particulate Not Otherwise Regulated and Quartz Silica in the following instances and employer did not ensure airborne material concentrations were kept below the specified Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants for 1970 of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.      A) An employee performing Skid-Steer operations was exposed to an airborne concentration of 122.2 million particles per cubic foot (mppcf) of total dust for a duration of 390 minutes, which is above the permissible exposure limit of 50 mppcf (PNOR) and 29.14 mppcf (quartz silica).       B) An employee performing demolition operations was exposed to an airborne concentration of 231.9 million particles per cubic foot (mppcf) of total dust for a duration of 350 minutes, which is above the permissible exposure limit of 50 mppcf (PNOR) and 21.35 mppcf (quartz silica).         C) An employee performing demolition operations was exposed to an airborne concentration of 52.4 million particles per cubic foot (mppcf) of respirable dust for a duration of 385 minutes, which is above the permissible exposure limit of 50 mppcf (PNOR) and 32.81 mppcf (quartz silica).

Issued

Mar 14, 2014

Abate by

Mar 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,050 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1):  A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:       Employees performing masonry demolition were exposed to Particulate Not Otherwise Regulated and Quartz Silica and the employer did not establish and implement a respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix).