OSHA Inspection: CREEKBEND CONDOMINIUM HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, INC.

Issued

Aug 18, 2015

Abate by

Aug 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:    (a)  Employees working in the pool areas were exposed to corrosive chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, Pro Series Pro Blend, Poolife Exclusive Pool Care Collection Multipurpose 3" Cleaning Tablets Stabilized Chlorinator, and Pulsar Calcium Hypochlorite Granular but were not provided with eye or face protection.

Issued

Aug 18, 2015

Abate by

Aug 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0515129014302611C110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employee(s) to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands were exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasion; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes:    (a) Employees working in the pool areas were exposed to corrosive chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, Pro Series Pro Blend, Poolife Exclusive Pool Care Collection Multipurpose 3" Cleaning Tablets Stabilized Chlorinator, and Pulsar Calcium Hypochlorite Granular but were not provided with hand protection.

Issued

Aug 18, 2015

Abate by

Sep 14, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0515129014302611C110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    (a) Employees using corrosive chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, Pro Series Pro Blend, Poolife Exclusive Pool Care Collection Multipurpose 3" Cleaning Tablets Stabilized Chlorinator, and Pulsar Calcium Hypochlorite Granular in the pool areas were exposed to chemical burns of the eyes and skin but were not provided with eye washing stations or safety showers for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body for immediate and/or emergency use.

Issued

Aug 18, 2015

Abate by

Aug 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     (a) Employees were exposed to falls of approximately 22 feet while performing maintenance work on the roofs of condominiums.

Issued

Aug 18, 2015

Abate by

Aug 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours.    (a) Within twenty-four hours after an in-patient hospitalization of one employee occurred as a result of a work-related accident, the employer failed to report the in-patient hospitalization to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).

Issued

Aug 18, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  (a) Employees working on the chlorine cabinets in the pool areas were exposed to strained breathing while voluntarily using MSA half-faced respirators.

Issued

Aug 18, 2015

Abate by

Aug 28, 2015

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

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)   The employer does not implement and maintain a written hazard communication program for employees using corrosive chemicals such hydrochloric acid, Pro Series Pro Blend, Poolife Exclusive Pool Care Collection Multipurpose 3" Cleaning Tablets Stabilized Chlorinator, and Pulsar Calcium Hypochlorite Granular;    (b)   Employees were not provide with material safety data sheets (MSDS) or safety data sheets (SDS) for corrosive chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, Pro Series Pro Blend, Poolife Exclusive Pool Care Collection Multipurpose 3" Cleaning Tablets Stabilized Chlorinator, and Pulsar Calcium Hypochlorite Granular used in the pool areas;  (c) Employees using corrosive chemicals such as hydrochloric acid, Pro Series Pro Blend, Poolife Exclusive Pool Care Collection Multipurpose 3" Cleaning Tablets Stabilized Chlorinator, and Pulsar Calcium Hypochlorite Granular have not been trained on the hazards of those chemicals.