OSHA Inspection: B & K INSTALLATIONS INC.

Issued

Jul 27, 2016

Abate by

Aug 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  On or about April 13th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 246 SW 4th Ave. Homestead, FL 33030, the employer did not implement an effective hearing conservation program for employees who were exposed to noise levels of 76.71% dose or an equivalent sound level of 88.0 dBA. The sampling was performed for 476 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the un-sampled time of 4 minutes.

Issued

Jul 27, 2016

Abate by

Aug 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:  On or about April 13th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 246 SW 4th Ave. Homestead, FL 33030, the employer did not implement a monitoring  program for employees who were exposed to noise levels of 76.71% dose or an equivalent sound level of 88.0 dBA. The sampling was performed for 476 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the un-sampled time of 4 minutes.

Issued

Jul 27, 2016

Abate by

Aug 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(5)(i): The employer did not establish, within 6 months of an employee's first exposure at or above the action level, a valid baseline audiogram against which subsequent audiograms can be compared:  On or about April 13th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 246 SW 4th Ave. Homestead, FL 33030, the employer did not implement an effective hearing conservation program while not providing a baseline audiogram for employees who were exposed to noise levels up to 76.71% dose or an equivalent sound level of 88.0 dBA.

Issued

Jul 27, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1): Except as provided by paragraphs (h)(2) through (h)(6) of this section, the protective equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), used to comply with this part, was not provided by the employer at no cost to employees.  On or about April 13th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 246 SW 4th Ave. Homestead, FL 33030, employer did not ensure that the required safety equipment was provided at no cost for the employees.

Issued

Jul 27, 2016

Abate by

Aug 3, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): The employer did not determine if the voluntary use of a respirator did not in itself create a hazard:  On or about April 13th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 246 SW 4th Ave. Homestead, FL 33030,  The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program using the guidance of Appendix D, and required of the employees assigned to cutting and painting operations in the warehouse to wear respiratory protection such as NIOSH approved filtering N95 facepiece Moldex respirator.

Issued

Jul 27, 2016

Abate by

Aug 3, 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:  On or about April 13th, 2016, at the jobsite located at 246 SW 4th Ave. Homestead, FL 33030, the employer did not provide training for employees who are exposed to hazardous chemicals such as, but not limited to welding fumes, chromium and oxygen when performing different activities like welding and other related process, neither the information according with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals with pictograms or representations as a part of the new SDS and label format.