OSHA Inspection: STONE PRO, LLC.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

Apr 27, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):    (a) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; The employer did not identify and evaluate employee exposure to crystalline silica when employee(s) were dry cutting block.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; An employee dry cutting block was exposed to crystalline silica at an 8-hour time weight average of 41.14 million particles per cubic foot (mppcf), approximately 2.85 times the calculated permissible exposure limit of 14.44 million particles per cubic foot for a sample containing 12.31 % of respirable silica.  The sample was collected for 269 minutes, exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 211 minutes not sampled.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 8, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.55(b): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce employee exposure(s):   (a) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; An employee dry cutting block was exposed to crystalline silica at an 8-hour time weight average of 41.14 million particles per cubic foot (mppcf), approximately 2.85 times the calculated permissible exposure limit of 14.44 million particles per cubic foot. The sample was collected for 269 minutes, exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 211 minutes not sampled.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):     (a) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; Filtering facepiece respirators were required to be worn when employees were tasked to dry cut block; a written respiratory protection program was not developed and implemented.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 22, 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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):   (a) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; Filtering facepiece respirators were required to be worn when employee(s) were tasked to dry cut block; medical evaluations were not provided prior to the employees use of the respirator.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):   (a) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; Filtering facepiece respirators were required to be worn when employee(s) were tasked to dry cut block; fit tests were not provided prior to the employees use of the respirator.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 (Construction Reference 1926.103):   (a) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; The employee required to wear a filtering facepiece respirator when dry cutting block had facial hair between the sealing surface of the facepiece.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

May 22, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): Training and information. The employer did not provide training initially, annually, or as often as necessary to employees required to use respirators to ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of items (i)-(viii) of this section:   (a)  2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; Filtering facepiece respirators were required to be worn when employee(s) were tasked to dry cut block; training had not been provided before use.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

Jun 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,050 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) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; A written hazard communication program was not developed, implemented, and maintained based on employee exposure to crystalline silica and other utilized chemicals.

Issued

Apr 17, 2015

Abate by

Jun 7, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area (Construction Reference: 1926.59):     (a) 2200 Brackett Avenue Eau Claire, WI; Initial hazard communication training was not provided for all employees to inform them of the hazards associated with crystalline silica and other utilized chemicals.