OSHA Inspection: SIMON CONTRACTORS INC.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1):     When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:    At the facility the employer is failing to implement a hearing monitoring program. Employees are operating pneumatic equipment inside the cement truck drum, exposing them to noise in excess of 85 decibels.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii):     The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    At the facility the employer is failing to ensure that an evaluation of exposure to respiratory hazards and identification of the hazards was accomplished when employees are engaged in the task of chipping out cement from within the cement truck drum.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5500.00 · Current $5500.00

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:    At the facility the employer is failing to ensure that employees are provide a medical evaluation prior to requiring the use of N95 tight fitting respirator when entering the cement truck drum to perform chipping operations.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5500.00 · Current $5500.00

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:    At the facility the employer is failing to ensure that employees that are required to use N95 masks when entering the cement truck drum to perform chipping operations pass a fit test.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1):     Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:     At the facility the employer is failing to ensure that a document is completed prior to entry of the permit required confined space. Employees are entering the mixing drum to perform chipping operations.     Note:  Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.146 presents examples of permits whose elements are considered to comply with these requirements.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(h)(1):     The employer did not ensure that all authorized entrants knew the hazards that could be faced during entry, including information on the mode, sign or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure:    In the yard the employer is failing to ensure that the authorized employees performing entry into the permit required confined space are aware of the hazards that could be faced during entry.      Hazards that could be encountered are but not limited to:  Air Contaminants, Noise, Struck by or caught between Hazards, and Heat Stress.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $4400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii):     The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training consisting of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.    At the facility the employer is failing to ensure that employees who are operating powered industrial trucks are trained in accordance with this subpart.  Specifically: an employee was observed operating a Caterpillar fork lift model - GP40K1 Serial number - AT20C01216 without being trained on this machine.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b):     Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:    Within the truck maintenance shop the employer is failing to ensure that employees are not using compressed air for cleaning purposes at a pressure greater than 30 p.s.i.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):   The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:   The employer is failing to ensure that a written certification was produced when accomplishing the workplace hazard assessment.  Hazard assessment such as but not limited to Chipping operations within the cement mixer drum,  working around powered industrial trucks, working in and around the various operations within the cement plant.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(C):     Where lockout was used for energy control, the periodic inspection did not include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected:                                                      Throughout the facility the employer is failing to ensure that periodic inspections of their energy control program is being documented in accordance with this subpart.

Issued

2015-02-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii):     The Employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the appropriate hazard warning:    At the facility the employer is failing to ensure that containers are labeled in accordance with this sub part.    a) Behind the vehicle maintenance building is located a diesel fuel tank.  This tank is not labeled with its contents.   b) Within the maintenance building are two tanks used to hold engine oil, these tanks are not labeled with their specific contents.    c) In the casting and forms area of the facility is a tank used to hold form oil.  This tank was not labeled with its specific content.