OSHA Inspection: L&L CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT INC.

Issued

Apr 14, 2016

Abate by

Apr 20, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,600 Reduced

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 wherever 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) On or about 2/25/2016, at work site at 132-15 35th Avenue    Employer did not ensure that employees used personal protective equipment to protect their eyes and face when using and mixing Lehigh Hanson Type N Masonry Cement, a corrosive, toxic, sensitizing chemical.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Apr 14, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    a) On or about 2/17/2016, at work site at 132-15 35th Avenue    Employer had not developed a written hazard communication program, despite requiring employees to use sand, which contains silica, a carcinogen and cause of silicosis, and Lehigh Hanson Type N Masonry Cement, a corrosive, toxic, sensitizing chemical.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Apr 14, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) (Construction Reference: 1926.59):    a) On or about 2/17/2016, at work site at 132-15 35th Avenue    Employer had not acquired nor made safety data sheets available to employees, despite requiring employees to use  sand, which contains silica, a carcinogen and cause of silicosis, and Lehigh Hanson Type N Masonry Cement, a corrosive, toxic, sensitizing chemical.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19

Issued

Apr 14, 2016

Abate by

Jun 15, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    a) On or about 2/17/2016, at work site at 132-15 35th Avenue    Employer had not provided hazard communication training to employees, despite requiring them to use  sand, which contains silica, a carcinogen and cause of silicosis, and Lehigh Hanson Type N Masonry Cement, a corrosive, toxic, sensitizing chemical.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED PURSUANT TO 29 CFR 1903.19