OSHA Inspection: O'NEILL MASONRY

Issued

Feb 11, 2015

Abate by

Mar 3, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $952 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

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:    a) O'Neill Masonry -  Employee exposure to silica exceeded the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL).  Employee exposure monitoring conducted on 10/2/13 showed that an employee grinding out joints was exposed to silica at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) of 22 mppcf, approximately 1.3 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 16.7 mppcf as an 8-hour time weighted average.  Sampling was conducted for 90 minutes and a zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled portion of the 8-hour shift.  Observed on or about 10/2/14.

Issued

Feb 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.55(b): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce employee exposure:  a) O'Neill Masonry -  Feasible engineering or administrative controls were not implemented to reduce employee exposure to silica during brick pointing (grinding joints).  Employee exposure monitoring conducted on 10/2/13 showed that an employee grinding out joints was exposed to silica at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) of 22 mppcf, approximately 1.3 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 16.7 mppcf as an 8-hour time weighted average.  Sampling was conducted for 90 minutes and a zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled portion of the 8-hour shift.  Observed on or about 10/2/14.

Issued

Feb 11, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $714 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103:     a) O'Neill Masonry -  The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite specific procedures for employees were required to wear 3M 6300DD half-mask air purifying respirators with 3M 60923 (organic vapor/acid gas/P100) cartridges or MSA Advantage full facepiece air purifying respirators with GME-P100 (organic vapor, acid gas, P100) while grinding out joints.  Employee exposure monitoring conducted on 10/2/14 showed that employees were exposed to silica in excess of the permissible exposure limit.  Observed on or about 10/2/14.

Issued

Feb 11, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 as referenced in 1926.103:    a) O'Neill Masonry - The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to wear a respirator before employees were required to wear a half-mask or full facepiece air purifying respirator while brick pointing.  Observed on or about 10/2/14.

Issued

Feb 11, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator face-piece (size, style, model or make) was used, and at least annually thereafter as referenced in 1926.103:       a) O'Neill Masonry -  Employees were not fit tested prior to being required to wear 3M 6300DD half-mask air purifying respirators with 3M 60923 (organic vapor/acid gas/P100) cartridges or MSA Advantage full facepiece air purifying respirators with GME-P100 (organic vapor, acid gas, P100) cartridges while brick pointing (grinding out joints).  Employee exposure monitoring conducted on 10/2/14 showed that employees were exposed to silica in excess of the permissible exposure limit.  Observed on or about 10/2/14.

Issued

Feb 11, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103:    a) O'Neill Masonry -  The employer did not ensure that employees wearing 3M 6300DD half-mask air purifying respirators or MSA Advantage full facepiece air purifying respirators while brick pointing (grinding out joints) were clean shaven, exposing employees to silica.  Employee exposure monitoring conducted on 10/2/14 showed that employees were exposed to silica in excess of the permissible exposure limit.  Observed on or about 10/2/14.

Issued

Feb 11, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $634 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

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, as referenced in 1926.59:      a) O'Neill Masonry - The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program, which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met.  Employees are exposed to hazardous chemicals including but not limited to:  Silica, Portland Cement.  Observed on or about 10/2/14.

Issued

Feb 11, 2015

Abate by

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s), as referenced in 1926.59:      a) O'Neill Masonry - The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible to employees.  Observed on or about 10/2/14.