OSHA Inspection: PRIDE ONE CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 1, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $952 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(i)(2)(i): Live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by cabinets or other forms of enclosures, nor by any of the following means: (A) by location in a room, vault, or similar enclosure that is accessible only to qualified persons; (B) by partitions or screens so arranged that only qualified persons will have access to the space within reach of the live parts; (C) by location on a balcony, gallery, or platform so elevated and arranged as to exclude unqualified persons; or (D) by elevation of 8 feet or more above the floor or other working surface and so installed as to exclude unqualified persons:    On or about 2/4/14, at the worksite located at 1030 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.  A junction box and two boxes containing electrical outlets, located on the 5th floor stairway guard rail, operating at 120 volts, had no covers.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $952 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.852(b): Materials chutes, at an angle of more than 45 degrees from the horizontal, were not entirely enclosed, except for openings equipped with closures at or about floor level for the insertion of materials:    On or about 2/4/14, at the worksite located at 1030 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, the vertical chute used to remove debris from floors 1 through 5, had no covers over the chute openings on each of the floors.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.852(e): Chute openings, into which workmen dumped debris, were not protected by substantial guardrails approximately forty-two inches above the floor or other surface on which men stood to dump material:     On or about 2/4/14, at the worksite located at 1030 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, the chute used to remove debris from floors 1 through 5, had no guard rails around the openings on the 4th and 5th floors.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 11, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $1,428 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i):  Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:     On or about 2/4/14, at the worksite located at 1030 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, the stairway connecting the 1st and 2nd floors had no handrail.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9120

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 (construction reference 1926.103):    On or about 2/4/14, at the worksite located at 1030 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, an employee working on the site was required to use respiratory protection, when the use of the chute and skid-steer equipment created dusty conditions on the worksite; no written program was developed.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9120

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 (construction reference 1926.103):    On or about 2/4/14, at the worksite located at 1030 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, an employee working on the site was required to use respiratory protection, when the use of the chute and skid-steer equipment created dusty conditions on the worksite; no evaluation was done to determine if the employee is medically able to tolerate the use of a respirator.

Issued

Mar 24, 2014

Abate by

Apr 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9120

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1):  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) (construction reference 1926.103):     On or about 2/4/14, at the worksite located at 1030 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, an employee working on the site was required to use respiratory protection when the use of the chute and skid-steer equipment created dusty conditions on the worksite; no fit test was done to determine if the respirator provides a good and reliable fit.