OSHA Inspection: LAWN BARBER, INC

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $4,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 81108111

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:    a.  Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was crushing stone and wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 89 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 226 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No hearing conservation program was in place.      b.  Location : Stone Cutting building     On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 95 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 213 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No hearing conservation program was in place.      c.  Location: Stone Cutting building     On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 87 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 211 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No hearing conservation program was in place.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 81108111

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:     a.     Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was crushing stone and wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 89 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 226 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No monitoring program was in place.      b.  Location : Stone Cutting building     On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 95 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 213 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No monitoring program was in place.      c.  Location: Stone Cutting building     On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 87 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 211 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No monitoring program was in place.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $4,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 81108111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:        a.     Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was crushing stone and wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 89 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 226 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No audiometric testing was in place.       b.  Location : Stone Cutting building     On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 95 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 213 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No audiometric testing was in place.       c.  Location: Stone Cutting building     On or about June 1, 2016, an employee who was wet cutting stone was exposed to a noise level of 87 decibels on the A weighted scale for an 8 hour Time weighted Average.  The sampling was performed for 211 minutes, zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  No audiometric testing was in place.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $4,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 81108111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k):    Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer did not provide training about noise for all employees working in areas with noise exposure above 85 decibels.  Representative noise monitoring on June 1, 2016, showed 8-hour time weighted average levels of 87, 89, and 95 decibels on the A scale while wet cutting stone and dry crushing stone

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2): A respirator was not provided by the employer to each employee when such equipment was necessary to protect the health of the employee:    Location: Stone cutting building     An employee performing stone cutting and stone crushing operations was exposed to respirable silica at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) exposure level of  0.40 mg/m3, 1.6 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.25 mg/m3. Samples collected over a 221 minute sample period, zero exposure was assumed for the 259 minutes not sampled.  This employee was not required to wear a respirator during all tasks performed during this time.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): An employee(s) was exposed to respirable crystalline silica a substance listed in Table Z-3, in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 10 mg/m3 divided by (the percent silica +2), in this case, 38% silica for a PEL of 0.25 mg/m3:    Location: Stone cutting building    An employee performing stone cutting and stone crushing operations was exposed to respirable silica at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) exposure level of  0.40 mg/m3, 1.6 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.25 mg/m3. Samples collected over a 221 minute sample period, zero exposure was assumed for the 259 minutes not sampled.  This employee was not required to wear a respirator during all tasks performed during this time.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):    Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, feasible administrative and engineering controls were not implemented to control employees exposure to crystalline silica.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):    Location: Stone cutting building    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer had not performed a comprehensive workplace hazard assessment to determine all appropriate PPE for employees to wear for each job task.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $4,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    Location: Stone cutting building    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer had not implemented a written respiratory protection program for an employee required to wear filtering face piece respirators while performing stone cutting.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:    Location: Stone cutting building    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer had not performed an evaluation of the employees' exposure to chemicals such as but not limited to respirable crystalline silica dust.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training at least annually and/or more often if necessary:    Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer did not provide effective training for employees required to wear half-face filtering facepiece respirators.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $4,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    Location: Stone cutting building    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation for employees wearing a half-face filtering facepiece respirator.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    Location: Stone Cutting building    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer had not performed fit testing for employees required to wear half-face filtering facepiece respirator.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $7,482 · Current $3,000 Reduced

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:    Location: Facility    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer had not developed and implemented a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to chemicals such as but not limited to crystalline silica.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

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:    Location: Stone cutting building    On or about June 1, 2016, employees who worked with hazardous chemicals such as but not limited to silica had not been provided training on the hazardous chemicals.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $4,988 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:    1.  Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, employees were exposed to unlabeled chemicals of a yellow liquid.      2.  Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, employees were exposed to unlabeled chemicals of a blue liquid.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Mar 1, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 81108111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(l)(1): The employer did not make available to affected employees or their representatives copies of 29 CFR 1910.95 and did not post a copy in the workplace:    Location: Stone Cutting Building    On or about June 1, 2016, the employer did not ensure that a copy of the standard was made available to affected employees.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(e): The employer did not ensure that employees were not using defective or damaged personal protective equipment in the workplace.    Location: throughout    On or about June 1, 2016, damaged personal protective equipment was being used in the workplace.

Issued

Nov 7, 2016

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment:    Location: Stone cutting building    On or about June 1, 2016, adequate training had not be provided to employees who were required to wear personal protective equipment such as but not limited to gloves, safety glasses and steel toed shoes.