OSHA Inspection: SPHERE (FKA) THE CHESTERFIELD APT.

Issued

2016-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces. NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign:     On or about 11/06/2015, signage warning of potential dangers if entering into the return tank that fed the boiler system located in lower level garage area of the Sphere Apt. complex (formerly know as The Chesterfield) located at 1801 E. 12th St., in Cleveland, OH, was not posted as required. Sub-contracted employees who enter the tank for the purpose of inspection, to clean it or when applying a paintable waterproofing material to the interior walls were not informed of the hazards that potentially existed when working within the permit-required confined space.

Issued

2016-03-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-03-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(8): When an employer (host employer) arranges to have employees of another employer (contractor) perform work that involves permit space entry, the host employer did notl:  (i)  Inform the contractor that the workplace contains permit spaces and that permit space entry is allowed only through compliance with a permit space program meeting the requirements of this section; (ii)  Apprise the contractor of the elements, including the hazards identified and the host employer's experience with the space, that make the space in question a permit space; (iii)  Apprise the contractor of any precautions or procedures that the host employer has implemented for the protection of employees in or near permit spaces where contractor personnel will be working; (iv)  Coordinate entry operations with the contractor, when both host employer personnel and contractor personnel will be working in or near permit spaces, as required by paragraph (d)(11) of this section; and (v)  Debrief the contractor at the conclusion of the entry operations regarding the permit space program followed and regarding any hazards confronted or created in permit spaces during entry operations.  On or about 11/09/2015, the host employer did not inform, apprise, coordinate, and/or debrief the contractor as required.