OSHA Inspection: JAMES RESTORATION COMPANY, LLC

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $500.00 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:     A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Employees were required to wear 3M 8210 Plus N95 respirators during tasks including, but not limited to, cutting masonry joints for re-pointing tasks.  The employer had not developed and implemented a written respiratory protection program.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Employees were required to wear 3M 8210 Plus N95 respirators during tasks including, but not limited to, cutting masonry joints for re-pointing tasks.  Employees did not receive medical evaluations prior to the use of the respirators.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:   A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Employees were required to wear 3M 8210 Plus N95 respirators during tasks including, but not limited to, cutting masonry joints for re-pointing tasks.  Employees were not provided with fit testing prior to the required use of the respirators.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Employees were required to wear 3M 8210 Plus N95 respirators during tasks including, but not limited to, cutting masonry joints for re-pointing tasks.  Employees were not provided with training on the company's written respiratory protection program prior to the required use of the respirators at the worksite.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(viii): Portable fire extinguishers were not inspected periodically and maintained in accordance with maintenance and use of portable fire extinguishers, N.F.P.A. No. 10A-1970:    A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, equipment trailer, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  A Kidde dry chemical fire extinguisher (S/N:  VU-384375) did not have it annual fire extinguisher inspection.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:    A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Employees were not trained on the selection and use of portable fire extinguishers. A Kidde dry chemical fire extinguisher (S/N:  VU-384375) was deployed onthe jobsite and availible for use by employees.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): Employer did not use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites.    A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Two flexible electrical extension cords were plugged into an electrical receptacle on the front side of the building and were running to the roof of the structure to power equipment including, but not limited to, a battery charger and a hammer drill.  The flexible electrical extension cords were not used in conjunction with a ground fault circuit interrupter or an assured equipment grounding conductor program.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system.  Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width, each employee was not protected by use of a monitoring system.    A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Employees were performing tasks, including, but not limited to, removing trim, cutting rubber membrane roofing and installing aluminum drip edge.  Employees were working within three feet of the roof edge and were exposed to a fall hazard of 14-feet.  Employees were not utilizing a means or method of fall protection including, but not limited to, guardrail systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1): The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written (training) certification record including the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employer:  A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Fall protection training was not documented by a written certification record.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8): Direct access to or from another surface was used when the scaffold was more than 14 inches (36 cm) horizontally and/or 24 inches (61 cm) vertically from the other surface:    A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  Employees were accessing the roof of the structure via a mobile scaffold.  The employees were first accessing the scaffold ladder and top plank, and then boosting themselves onto the roof of the structure from the top of the scaffold's horizontal member.  The break in elevation between the mobile scaffold and the roof was greater than 24-inches.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1): Containers and portable tanks used for the storage and handling of flammable liquids were not approved:  A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto: The plastic container utilized to store gasoline was not an approved container in that the manufacturer installed relief valve was missing and/or not installed.  In addition, a screw was inserted into the hole created by the missing relief valve.

Issued

2015-05-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii): (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  A.)  James Restoration Company, LLC, 901 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505, on or about April 28, 2015, and times prior thereto:  A written hazard communication program was not developed and implemented. Employees worked around and/or with a variety of chemicals utilized for restoration, roofing, and related work.  The chemicals included but were not limited to gasoline.