OSHA Inspection: ROBINS & MORTON CORPORATION

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

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:    On or about 3/9/2016, at the above address jobsite, an employee engaged in chipping concrete was over-exposed to respirable silica dust at a concentration of 1.46mg/m3 (equivalent to 14.62 mppcf) expressed as an an 8 hour time-weighted average of 2.78 times the daily Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.53 mg/m3 (equivalent to 5.26mppcf) based on a 333 minute sampling period; exposure calculations included a zero-increment for the 147 minutes not sampled.

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.55(b): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce employee exposure:    On or about 3/9/2016, at the above address jobsite, an employee engaged in chipping concrete was over-exposed to respirable silica dust at a concentration of 1.46mg/m3 (equivalent to 14.62 mppcf) expressed as an an 8 hour time-weighted average of 2.78 times the daily Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.53 mg/m3 (equivalent to 5.26mppcf) based on a 333 minute sampling period; exposure calculations included a zero-increment for the 147 minutes not sampled. The employer did not use feasible administrative controls.

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    On or about 3/9/2016, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation for employees who had to wear a filtering facepiece air purifying respirator.

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  On or about 3/9/2016, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not provide a fit-test prior to having employees wear a filtering facepiece air purifying respirator.

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $5000.00

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area:  (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    On or about 3/9/2016, at the above address jobsite employees conducting concrete chipping were not trained on the physical and health hazards of silica.