OSHA Inspection: EZEQUIEL DE LA CRUZ

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(g): 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) at the construction site, an eye wash providing at least 15 minutes of continuous flow was not available.  Employees were applying Total Wall Shot Blast Fine Journeyman Base 3, with a pH of 9, to the facade of the building.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition when it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact:  (a) at the construction site, employees applying Total Wall Shot Blast Fine Journeyman Base 3, an eye and skin irritant, were not using eye and hand protection.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.51(f)(1): The employer did not provide adequate washing facilities for employees engaged in the application of paints, coatings, herbicides, or insecticides, or in other operations where contaminants may be harmful to the employees.  Such facilities were not in near proximity to the worksite and were not equipped as to enable employees to remove such substances:    (a) at the construction site, soap and hand towels were not available for employees applying Total Wall Shot Blast Fine Journeyman Base 3, an eye and skin irritant.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 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:    (a)  at the construction site, the employer did not develop, implement and maintain a written hazard communication program.  Workers use hazardous substances such as, but not limited to, Total Wall Shot Blast Fine Journeyman Base 3, containing acrylic resins, quartz, ammonia, and Benzisothiazolinone (BIT).   BIT is a biocide, irritant, and toxicant to the human immune system.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  (a)  at the construction site, where a safety data sheet for Total Wall Shot Blast Fine Journeyman Base 3, containing acrylic resins, quartz, ammonia, and Benzisothiazolinone (BIT), was not available.   BIT is a biocide, irritant, and toxicant to the human immune system.

Issued

2015-09-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-10-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  (a)  at the construction site, the employee applying Total Wall Shot Blast Fine Journeyman Base 3, containing acrylic resins, quartz, ammonia, and Benzisothiazolinone (BIT), was not provided with hazard communication information and training.   BIT is a biocide, irritant, and toxicant to the human immune system.