OSHA Inspection: ALPHA WEATHERPROOFING CORPORATION

Issued

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4410.00 · Current $2205.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    Jobsite:    The company has not evaluated the respiratory hazard posed by grinding brick mortar.

Issued

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3150.00 · Current $1575.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    Jobsite:  An employee working immediately adjacent to an aerial lift and employees in the aerial lift did not wear hard hats.  They were exposed to a struck-by hazard from the rotating superstructure of the aerial lift and the building exterior.

Issued

2016-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4410.00 · Current $2205.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:    Jobsite: Hand held grinder used on the aerial lift    An employee used a Bosch grinder that lacked a wheel guard.