OSHA Inspection: RAKAJ COMPANIES

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(1): Operations covered by this standard, other than Class I, II, and III work, in which airborne concentrations of asbestos exceeded, or where there was a reasonable possibility they could exceed the permissible exposure limit (PEL), were not conducted within a regulated area:    Jobsite:  Asbestos work was not conducted in regulated areas and there was a reasonable possibility that the PEL would be exceeded.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(5): The employer did not ensure that employees did not eat, drink, smoke, chew tobacco or gum, or apply cosmetics in the regulated area:    Jobsite: Employees were eating and drinking in a regulated area.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(j)(1)(iv): When food or beverages were consumed at a worksite involving Class I asbestos work, the employer did not provide a  lunch area in which airborne concentrations of asbestos were below the permissible exposure limit and excursion limit:    Jobsite: Employees were performing Class I asbestos work and a lunch area where airborne asbestos concentrations was below the permissible exposure limit and excursion limit was not provided.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(1)(i): Where exposure monitoring was required under 29 CFR 1926.1101, the employer did not perform monitoring to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees were or potentially were exposed:    Jobsite:  Employees were performing Class I and Class II asbestos removal and their exposures to airborne asbestos had not been monitored.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(ii): The employer failed to presume that employees were exposed in excess of the Time Weighted Average (TWA) and excursion limit during Class I asbestos work, prior to a negative exposure assessment made pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(iii) or exposure monitoring was conducted:    Jobsite:  The employer did not presume that employees were exposed in excess of the TWA and excursion limit.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(i): The employer did not use engineering controls and work practices in all operations covered by 29 CFR 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of exposure, in the form of vacuum cleaners equipped with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters to collect all debris and dust containing asbestos containing material and presumed asbestos containing material:    Jobsite:  Employees were not using vacuum cleaners equipped with HEPA filters to collect all debris and dust containing asbestos during demolition and removal of Class I (thermal system insulation) and II (floor mastics) asbestos materials.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i)(E): Dry sweeping was not prohibited:    Jobsite:  Employees were removing Class II vinyl tiles using dry sweeping methods to collect the dust and debris.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(ii): The employer did not use engineering controls and work practices in all operations covered by 29 CFR 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of exposure, in the form of wet methods or wetting agents to control employee exposures during asbestos handling, mixing, removal, cutting, application and cleanup:    Jobsite:  Wet methods, or wetting agents were not utilized to control employee exposures during Class I and II asbestos containing material removal.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(iii): The employer did not use work practices in all operations covered by 29 CFR 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of exposure, in the form of prompt clean-up and disposal of wastes and debris contaminated with asbestos, in leak-tight containers:    Jobsite:  Wastes and debris contaminated with asbestos were not promptly disposed of.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(4)(ii)(A): For all Class I jobs involving the removal of more than 25 linear or 10 square feet of thermal system insulation or surfacing material; for other Class I jobs where the employer could not produce a negative exposure assessment pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(iii), or where employees were working in areas adjacent to the regulated area, while the Class I work was being performed, the employer did not use critical barriers placed over all the openings to the regulated area, except where activities were being performed outdoors:    Jobsite:  Critical barriers were not placed over all the openings to the area where employees were directed to demolish thermal system insulation (Class I work).

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(4)(iv): Impermeable drop cloths were not placed on surfaces beneath all removal activity:    Jobsite:  Impermeable drop cloths were not placed on all surfaces beneath removal activity.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(5): Class I asbestos work was not performed using one or more of the control methods required by 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(5)(i) through (g)(5)(vi):    Jobsite:  While performing Class I asbestos removal activities, none of the control measures specified in 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(5)(i) through (g)(5)(vi) were used to contain the dust and debris.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i): For jobs removing vinyl and asphalt flooring materials which contain asbestos of for which buildings constructed no later than 1980, where the employer did not verify the absence of asbestos containing material pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i)(I), the employer did not ensure that employees complied with work practices described in 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i)(A) through (g)(8)(i)(I) and that employees were trained in these practices pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9):    Jobsite:  The absence of Asbestos Containing Material was not determined prior to the removal of vinyl flooring tiles in a building that was built in 1964 and did not ensure that employees complied with proper asbestos work practices.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(1)(i): Respirators were not used during all Class I asbestos jobs:    Jobsite:  Appropriate respirators were not utilized when performing Class I asbestos demolition.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,846 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(j)(1)(i): The employer did not establish a decontamination area, consisting of an equipment room, shower area, and clean room in series, adjacent and connected to the regulated area: Note:  This requirement applies to Class I operations involving over 25 linear or 10 square feet of thermal system insulation or surfacing containing asbestos-containing material or presumed asbestos-containing material.    Jobsite: Employees were performing Class I work and a decontamination area was not established adjacent to and attached to the area.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,847 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(2)(ii): The building and/or facility owner(s) did not notify prospective employers, tenants, employees of the owner, and all employers of employees who would  be performing work within adjacent areas of the presence, location, and quantity of asbestos containing material (ACM) or presumed asbestos containing material (PACM), at the work sites in their buildings and facilities in writing, or a personal communication between the owner and the person to whom notification must be given or their authorized representatives:    Jobsite: The owner/ employer did not determine the presence, location, and quantity of asbestos containing material and/or presumed asbestos containing material at the work site pursuant to paragraph (k)(1)(i) of this section before work subject to this standard had begun.

Issued

May 9, 2016

Abate by

May 13, 2016

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,847 Reduced

Hazardous substances 99339955

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(i): The employer did not institute, at no cost to employees, a training program for each employee who was likely to be exposed in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) and for each employee who performed Class I through IV asbestos operations:    Jobsite: Each employee that was demolishing Class I and II asbestos containing material had not received proper training.