OSHA Inspection: SAM CARROLL MEMORIALS, INC.

Issued

Feb 20, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $1,360

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(a)(1)(i): All portable, power-driven circular saws having a blade diameter greater than 2 in. shall be equipped with guards above and below the base plate or shoe. The upper guard shall cover the saw to the depth of the teeth, except for the minimum arc required to permit the base to be tilted for bevel cuts. The lower guard shall cover the saw to the depth of the teeth, except for the minimum arc required to allow proper retraction and contact with the work. When the tool is withdrawn from the work, the lower guard shall automatically and instantly return to covering position.   a)Sam Carroll Memorials Inc. shop area:  On or about January 15th, 2015 and prior to, employees were exposed to amputation and laceration injuries from a portable Dewalt cut off saw (SN:002575) that did not have a guard in place.

Issued

Feb 20, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

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:  a)Sam Carroll Memorials, Inc.:  On or about January 15th, 2015, and prior to,  no written hazard communication program was available to employee(s) exposed to hazards including but not limited to paints, thinner, silica from granite stone, and sandblasting media during job tasks.

Issued

Feb 20, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i): A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas)   a)Sam Carroll Memorials, Inc.:  On or about January 15th, 2015, and prior to,  no chemical inventory list was available to employee(s) exposed to hazards including but not limited to paints, thinner, silica from granite stone, and sandblasting media during job tasks

Issued

Feb 20, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required material safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access, microfiche, and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the material safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)            a)Sam Carroll Memorials, Inc.:  On or about January 15th, 2015, and prior to,  no safety data sheets (SDS) were available to employee(s) exposed to hazards including but not limited to paints, thinner, silica from granite stone, and sandblasting media during job tasks.

Issued

Feb 20, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and material safety data sheets.   a)Sam Carroll Memorials, Inc.:  On or about January 15th, 2015, and prior to,  no Hazard Communication Program training was available to employee(s) exposed to hazards including but not limited to paints, thinner, silica from granite stone, and sandblasting media during job tasks.

Issued

Feb 20, 2015

Abate by

Mar 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    a)Sam Carroll Memorials, Inc.:  On or about January 15th, 2015 and prior to, employees were exposed to inhalation hazards from sandblasting tasks.  The employer provides and allows voluntary use of N95 dust masks for work tasks and did not assure provide training or appendix D.