OSHA Inspection: V&T PAINTING LLC

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

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29 CFR 1910.134(i)(5)(i): Compressors used to supply breathing air to respirators were not so constructed and situated so as to prevent entry of contaminated air into the air-supply system:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, the compressor used to provide breathing air was located approximately 15 feet from the tank manhole where the dust exited the tank, on or about October 27, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, the manual emergency decent devices to both ZMAC air hoists used on an interior scaffold had broken actuation stirrups, on or about October 27, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,640 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1)(ii): Safety of equipment was not determined on the basis of mechanical strength and durability, including, for parts designed to enclose and protect other equipment, the adequacy of the protection thus provided:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees, blasters, were exposed to electric shock hazards in that the 120 VAC light bulbs, mounted on the ends of the blasting nozzles, were not equipped with safety cage or rated enclosure to protect against bulb or housing breakage, on or about October 27, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $0 Reduced

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29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes by covers:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees, blasters, were exposed to tripping and lower leg hazards in that the top opening of the 16.5 inch I.D. tank drain, mounted flush with the floor, was not covered or protected via railing, on or about October 27, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9135

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29 CFR 1926.55(a): Employee(s) were exposed to material(s) at concentrations above those specified in the Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants for 1970 of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust) at an 8 hour time weighted average of 447.6 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/M3) while removing coatings.  The exposure was 29.8 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 15 mg/M3. The exposure was established over 262 minutes of personal sampling conducted on Oct 27, 2015.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time.     b) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust) at an 8 hour time weighted average of 657.5 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/M3) while removing coatings.  The exposure was 43.8 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 15 mg/M3. The exposure was established over 263 minutes of personal sampling conducted on Oct 27, 2015.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9135

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29 CFR 1926.55(b): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce employee exposure(s):    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust) at an 8 hour time weighted average of 447.6 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/M3) while removing coatings. Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce the employee's exposure, on or about October 27, 2015.       b) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to particulates not otherwise regulated (Total Dust) at an 8 hour time weighted average of 657.5 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/M3) while removing coatings. Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce the employee's exposure, on or about October 27, 2015.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED    General methods of control would include, but are not limited to the following:    1.      Use mechanical exhaust ventilation within the tank.    Abatement Schedule    Step 1 A written detailed plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposures to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation. This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions, which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:     (1)   Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options;    (2)   Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;    (3)   Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;     (4)   Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls.    All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.      Step 2 Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and /or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 25908890E200M103

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29 CFR 1926.1204(b) The employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees enter them:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees performed work inside a water tank which was a permit required confined space, and the employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards, thus exposing employees to spraying of flammable paints and re-entry of water, on or about November 15, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 25908890E200M103

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29 CFR 1926.1204(c): The entry employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations including, but not limited to, the items in (c)(1) through (c)(8):    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees performed work inside a water tank which was a permit required confined space, and the employer did not perform initial and continuous air monitoring, and isolation of water valves, on or about November 15, 2015.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 25908890E200M103

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29 CFR 1926.1204(d)(1): The entrant employer did not provide the following equipment (specified in paragraphs (d)(1) through (9) of this section) at no cost to each employee, maintain that equipment properly, and ensure that each employee uses that equipment properly:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees performed work inside a water tank which was a permit required confined space, and the employer did not provide and utilize gas and atmospheric testing monitoring equipment, on or about November 15, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 25908890E200M103

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29 CFR 1926.1203(a) Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees performed work inside a water tank which was a permit required confined space, and no competent person evaluated the permit space's elements and performed testing, on or about November 15, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 25908890E200M103

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29 CFR 1926.1207(a): The employer did not provide training to each employee and ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under this standard:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees, who performed work inside a water tank which was a permit required confined space, were not trained and knowledgeable of the potential hazards of dust generated by the abrasive blasting of interior tank coatings, on or about November 15, 2015    b) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees, who performed work inside a water tank which was a permit required confined space, were not trained and knowledgeable on the use of the 4 gas meter, on or about November 15, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 25908890E200M103

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29 CFR 1926.1211(a)(1): The employer who designated rescue and emergency services, pursuant to paragraph �1926.1204(i) of this standard did not evaluate a prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazard(s) identified:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees performed work inside a water tank which was a permit required confined space, and the employer would use 911 emergency services for rescue, but did not evaluate and document that the responding crew would have the means and equipment to effectively perform rescue in the tank, on or about November 15, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

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29 CFR 1926.62(e)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to achieve compliance with 29 CFR 1926.62(c) prior to commencement of the job:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, a written lead compliance program was not developed for this site, on or about, October 27, 2015.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

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29 CFR 1926.62(d)(4)(i): The employer did not conduct monitoring which was representative of the exposure for each employee in the workplace who was exposed to lead, when a determination conducted under 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1), (2), and (3) showed the possibility of any employee exposure at or above the action level:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to lead at an 8 hour time weighted average of 81.9 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while removing coatings.  The exposure was 1.64 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3.  The contract documents indicated that lead was present within the scope of construction work, including coating removal, and the employer did not conduct monitoring, on or about October 27, 2015.      b) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to lead at an 8 hour time weighted average of 71.2 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while removing coatings.  The exposure was 1.42 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3. The contract documents indicated that lead was present within the scope of construction work, including coating removal, and the employer did not conduct monitoring, on or about October 27, 2015.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $46,200 · Current $30,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(c)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees were not exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 ug/m3) averaged over an 8-hour period:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to lead at an 8 hour time weighted average of 81.9 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while removing coatings.  The exposure was 1.64 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3. The exposure was established over 262 minutes of personal sampling conducted on Oct 27, 2015.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time.     b) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to lead at an 8 hour time weighted average of 71.2 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while removing coatings.  The exposure was 1.42 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3. The exposure was established over 262 minutes of personal sampling conducted on Oct 27, 2015.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(e)(1): The employer did not implement all feasible engineering and work practice controls, including administrative controls, to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead to or below the permissible exposure limit:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to lead at an 8 hour time weighted average of 81.9 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while removing coatings. Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce the employee's exposure, on or about October 27, 2015.       b) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to lead at an 8 hour time weighted average of 71.2 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while removing coatings. Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce the employee's exposure, on or about October 27, 2015.       ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED    General methods of control would include, but are not limited to the following:       1.      Use mechanical exhaust ventilation within the tank.       Abatement Schedule       Step 1 A written detailed plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposures to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation. This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions, which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:       (1)   Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options;       (2)   Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;       (3)   Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;       (4)   Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls.     All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person.       Step 2 Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and /or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $46,200 · Current $30,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(3)(i): The employer did not provide shower facilities, where feasible, for use by employees whose airborne exposure to lead was above the permissible exposure limit:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to lead at an 8 hour time weighted average of 81.9 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while removing coatings.  The exposure was 1.64 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3 and the employer did not provide a functional, working shower, on or about October 27, 2015.      b) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to lead at an 8 hour time weighted average of 71.2 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while removing coatings.  The exposure was 1.42 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3 and the employer did not provide a functional, working shower, on or about October 27, 2015.          ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2)(ii): The employer did not ensure that change areas were equipped with separate storage facilities for protective work clothing and equipment and for street clothes, that would prevent cross-contamination:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees, blasters, used the decontamination trailer and outside areas for removal of protective clothing.  Dirty work clothing and clean street clothes were stored together inside the clean side of the decontamination trailer, on or about October 27, 2015.          ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(5)(i): The employer did not provide adequate handwashing facilities in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.51(f), for use by employees exposed to lead:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees, blasters, were exposed to lead and used a garden hose, suspended on the chainlink fence, and bar soap, placed on a dish on the ground to wash their hands and face.  The contaminated discharge water muddied the ground where employees stood, and was not collected or otherwise discharged so that employees would not become re-contaminated, on or about October 27, 2015.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

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29 CFR 1926.62(g)(2)(viii): The employer did not prohibit the removal of lead from protective clothing or equipment by blowing, shaking, or any other means that dispersed lead into the air:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees, blasters, were observed hitting their supplied air helmets and shrouds with their hands after removing them to remove settled dust on the equipment after they left the interior blasting area, on or about, October 27, 2015.      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 10732590

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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:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee was exposed to methylene bisphenyl isocyanate and xylene while wearing a half mask, negative pressure cartridge respirator.  The employee had a heavy beard which came between the sealing surface of the respirator and his face, on or about November 15, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1126(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI):   a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to hexavalent chromium at an 8 hour time weighted average 0.001 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/M3), and an exposure determination was not made, on or about October 27, 2015.  ABATEMENT OBSERVED DURING INSPECTION - NO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1126(j)(2)(i)(A): The employer did not provide appropriate information and training for all employees exposed to chromium (VI), in that employees could not demonstrate knowledge of the contents of the Chromium (VI) standard, 29 CFR 1926.1126:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to hexavalent chromium and was not trained in the content of the standard, on or about October 27, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances C141

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29 CFR 1926.1127(d)(1)(i): The employer did not establish the applicability of this standard by determining whether cadmium was present in the work place and whether there was the possibility that employee exposure will be at or above the action level prior to performance of any construction work:  a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to cadmium at an 8 hour time weighted average concentration of 0.001 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/M3) and an exposure determination was not made, on or about October 27, 2015    b) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to cadmium at an 8 hour time weighted average of 0.001 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/M3) and an exposure determination was not made, on or about October 27, 2015  ABATEMENT OBSERVED DURING INSPECTION - NO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1127(m)(4)(iii)(A): The employer did not ensure that the training program contained the health hazards associated with cadmium exposure, with special attention to the information incorporated in Appendix A:    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, employees, blasters, were exposed to cadmium and were not trained in the content of the Appendix A of the standard, on or about October 27, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0260

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29 CFR 1910.1018(e)(2): Initial monitoring was not performed for each workplace, or work operation covered by 29 CFR 1910.1018 to accurately determine the airborne concentration of inorganic arsenic to which employees may be exposed: (Construction Reference: 1926.1118)  a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to arsenic at an 8 hour time weighted average of 0.004 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/M3) and an exposure determination was not made, on or about October 27, 2015    ABATEMENT OBSERVED DURING INSPECTION - NO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 1, 2016

Abate by

Feb 11, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0260

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1018(o)(1)(ii)(A): The training did not include the information in appendix A: (Construction Reference: 1926.1118)    a) Danville Borough Municipal Authority Storage Site, an employee, blaster, was exposed to arsenic and was not trained in the content of the appendices of the standard, on or about October 27, 2015      ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED