OSHA Inspection: R.D. CRUMLEY & COMPANY

Issued

May 19, 2014

Abate by

May 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    a) At the site, where a written hazard communication program was not maintained.  Employees are exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to lead and cadmium when heating materials such as, but not limited to, #14 Tracer Yellow Wire, 'silver' solder and polyethylene pipe.

Issued

May 19, 2014

Abate by

May 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    a) At the site, where the material safety data sheet for the #14 Tracer Yellow wire was not maintained.  Employees are potentially  exposed to fumes when soldering this wire.    b)  At the site, where the material safety data sheet for 'silver' solder was not maintained.  Employees are potentially exposed to lead and cadmium when using this solder.    c)  At the site, where the material safety data sheet for polyethylene was not maintained.  Employees are potentially exposed to fumes and vapors when heating polyethylene pipe.

Issued

May 19, 2014

Abate by

Jun 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $3,780 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(ii): The employer did not provide information to the employees on operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals were present (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    a) At the site, where employees had not been informed of any operations in their work area where hazardous chemicals were present such as, but not limited to, hazardous chemicals that may be present when heating polyethylene pipe, #14 Yellow Tracer Wire, and 'silver' solder.

Issued

May 19, 2014

Abate by

Jun 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  a) At the site, where employees had not received training on the physical and health hazards created when altering polyethylene pipe,#14 yellow tracer wire, and 'silver' solder by heating.  These work processes generate hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to, formaldehyde, lead, cadmium, and copper fume.

Issued

May 19, 2014

Abate by

Jun 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

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) At the site, where the employer did not determine the employees' exposure to lead when using lead solder in an excavation.

Issued

May 19, 2014

Abate by

May 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    a) At the site, where a safe means of egress from the excavation was not available while the employees were installing natural gas lines.

Issued

May 19, 2014

Abate by

May 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could have resulted in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of protective systems:    a) At the site, where the competent person inspecting the excavation and protective systems was not competent in that he could not type soil, could not determine a safe means of egress from the excavation, was not familiar with the requirements of 29 CFR Subpart P, and could not determine if the benching system was adequate.

Issued

May 19, 2014

Abate by

May 21, 2014

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1):  Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c):     a) At the site, where the benching system was not designed in accordance with 1926.652(b) and no support system, shield system or other protective system was used.