OSHA Inspection: PHOENIX SOIL, LLC

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances S114

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:  Preprocessing - On, or about, April 20, 2015, the employers' written respiratory protection did not include worksite specific procedures  for respirator use and was not updated to reflect changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. Employees were required to wear a respirator while performing sandblasting operations involving crystalline silica.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances S114

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:  Preprocessing- On, or about, April 20, 2015, an employee required to wear a North 7700-30M, half face, negative pressure respirator and an Allegro, Nova 3 supplied air respirator while performing sandblasting activities  was not medically evaluated prior to being required to use either respirator.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances S114

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:  Preprocessing  - On, or about, April 20, 2015, an employee required to wear a North 7700-30M, half face, negative pressure respirator while sandblasting crystalline silica had not been fit tested prior to being required to wear the respirator.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances S114

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:  Preprocessing  - On, or about, April 20, 2015, an employee required to wear a North 7700-30M, half face, negative pressure respirator while performing sandblasting activities involving crystalline silica had more than one days' growth of facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the respirator.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560S114

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(1)(ii): Breathing air did not meet requirements for Grade D breathing air as described in the ANSI/Compressed Gas Association Commodity Specification G-7.1-1989:  Preprocessing - On, or about, April 20, 2015, the employer did not ensure that breathing air used with a supplied air respirator was grade D breathing air.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances S114

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(5)(iv): The employer did not ensure that compressors used to supply breathing air to respirators were constructed and situated so as to have a tag maintained at the compressor containing the most recent change date and the signature of the person authorized by the employer to perform the change:  Preprocessing - On, or about, April 20, 2015, the employer did not ensure that a tag was maintained at the compressor and contained the most recent change date and signature of the person authorized by the employer to perform the change.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(7): Oil lubricated compressor(s) used to supply breathing air did not have a high-temperature or carbon monoxide alarm(s) or both:  Preprocessing  - On, or about, April 20, 2015, the supplied breathing air source used while sandblasting the baghouse was not equipped with a high temperature alarm or a carbon monoxide alarm.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1800.00 · Current $900.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances S114

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(v): The employer did not ensure that each user could demonstrate knowledge of the procedures for respirator maintenance and storage:  Preprocessing - On, or about, April 20, 2015, the employer did not ensure that employees were trained on proper respirator maintenance and storage procedures. A respirator was stored, unprotected and exposed to crystalline silica.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances S114

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  Preprocessing  - On, or about, April 20, 2015, an employee required to wear a North 7700-30M, half face, negative pressure respirator while sandblasting the upper portion of a disassembled baghouse, had not been trained to use the respirator prior to its use. The employee wore the respirator with facial hair that interfered with the seal of the respirator.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries:  Preprocessing - On, or about, April 20, 2015, a portable fire extinguisher was sitting on the ground and not mounted for ready access.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:   Preprocessing - On, or about, April 20, 2015, an employee was not educated on basic principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards of incipient stage fire fighting.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1440.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2)(iv): Monthly inspections of hoist chains, with a certification record which includes the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the inspection and an identifier of the chain which was inspected, were not performed:  Shop Area - On, or about, April 20, 2015, hoist chain used with a mobile, had not been inspected monthly, with a certification record that included the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the inspection and an identified of the chain inspected.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1440.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(j)(4)(i): Crane(s) which were idle for a period of one month or more, but less than six months, were not given an inspection conforming with the requirements of 1910.179(j)(2) and 1910.179(m)(2) before being placed into service:  Preprocessing - On, or about, April 20, 2015, a West Gantry Crane, used to move heavy equipment, such as a baghouse, had not been inspected prior to being put in service.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  On, or about, April 20, 2015, the employer failed to ensure that the following were legibly marked to indicate each purpose:  a) The breakers in the electrical panel near the preprocessing entrance were not marked to indicate each purpose.  b) The emergency disconnects located in the break room were not marked to indicate each purpose.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii): The required working space about electric equipment rated 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground, was used for storage:  Lunch Room - On, or about, April 20, 2015, working space around the three phase emergency power for the overhead cranes in the preprocessing area was impeded by stored material including, but not limited to, power tools, paint and stored equipment.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1440.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures was not permanent, continuous, and effective:  Preprocessing - On, or about April 20, 2015, an electric lamp, used for illumination during sandblasting was missing its ground pin, eliminating continuity of path to ground.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(x): Flexible cords and cables were not protected from accidental damage, as might be caused, for example, by sharp corners, projections, and doorways or other pinch points:  Plant Lunch Room - On, or about, April 20, 2015, the flexible cord for the hand lamp, used for over head lighting was wrapped around the sharp corners of a metal, rectangular bracket.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i): Portable cord and plug connected equipment and flexible cord sets (extension cords) were not visually inspected before use on any shift for external defects (such as loose parts, deformed and missing pins, or damage to outer jacket or insulation) and for evidence of possible internal damage (such as pinched or crushed outer jacket):  Preprocessing - On, or about April 20, 2015, an orange extension cord, used to energized an electric lamp, used for illumination during sandblasting activities was not inspected prior to use and had a damaged outer protective jacket, exposing the inner conductors.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii): There was a defect or evidence of damage that could have exposed an employee to injury and the defective or damaged item was not removed from service:  a) Preprocessing - On, or about April 20, 2015, an electric lamp, used for illumination during sandblasting  had a damaged outer protective jacket, exposing the inner conductors.  b) Plant Lunch Room - On, or about April 20, 2015, an electric lamp, used for illumination inside the lunchroom  had a damaged outer protective jacket, exposing the inner conductors.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1080.00 · Current $540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii): Unused openings in boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:  Preprocessing - On, or about April 20, 2015, an unused opening in the cabinet that controlled facility lighting was not closed.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(3): Repeat employee exposure monitoring was not performed whenever a change in production, process, equipment or controls increases noise exposure:  Facility - On, or about, April 30, 2015, the employer did not repeat employee exposure monitoring when there was a change in production and process associated with facility relocation that resulted in increased noise exposure.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k). The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program:  Facility - On, or about, April 30, 2015, the employer did not ensure that an employee that performed sandblasting activities and was exposed to noise at or above the 8-hour time weighted average of 85 decibels received training  on the hazards associated with noise and on the proper use of hearing protectors.

Issued

2015-09-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9010

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:  Preprocessing - On, or about, April 20, 2015, the employer failed to train an employee that performed sandblasting activities involving crystalline silica on the physical and health hazards of crystalline silica.