OSHA Inspection: OWGS, LLC

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2138.00 · Current $960.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1): On every building or other structure, or part thereof, used for mercantile, business, industrial or storage purposes, the loads approved by the building official were not marked on plates of approved design and securely affixed in a conspicuous place in each space to which they related:    (a) At the storage area located upstairs, the loads approved by the building official were not marked.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards: Note: Toeboards are only required when persons can pass, there is moving equipment or there is equipment with which falling materials could create a hazard.    (a) An open-sided storage area located more than 8 feet above the lower level was not guarded with a standard railing, exposing employees to a fall hazard.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $1600.00 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 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program for employees exposed to noise that exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 85 dBA:    (a) In the fabrication shop, an employee was exposed to noise levels at 145.3% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 145.3% is approximately 92.6 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 448 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 32 minutes.    (b) In the fabrication shop, an employee was exposed to noise levels at 102.6% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 102.6% is approximately 90.1 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 441 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 39 minutes.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

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:    (a) The employer had not established and implemented a written respiratory protection program for employees wearing respirators during fabrication of stone products.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  (a) In the fabrication shop, employees wore half-mask, air-purifying, elastomeric facepiece respirators without first being medically evaluated to determine their fitness to wear the respirators.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):  (a) In the fabrication shop, employees wore half-mask, air-purifying, elastomeric facepiece respirators without being fit tested.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2673.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4): Modifications or additions which affect capacity and safe operation of powered industrial truck were performed by the employer without the manufacturer's prior written approval and capacity, operation, and maintenance instruction plates, tags or decals of the powered industrial truck were not changed accordingly:    (a) At the loading/unloading areas and throughout the fabrication shop, a forklift was used with a boom and lifting device without the manufacturer's prior written approval, and data plates were not changed accordingly.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2672.00 · Current $1200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not ensure that each operator had successfully completed the training required by paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5), prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck:                                  (a) At the loading/unloading areas and throughout the fabrication shop, employees operated a forklift without having first completed a training program consisting of formal instruction, practical training, and evaluation.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(2): Employee(s) stood under or passed under the elevated portion of a powered industrial truck(s):  (a) In the fabrication shop, while a forklift was being used to load material onto a bridge saw, an employee stood and passed under the elevated portion of the forklift.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    (a) In the fabrication shop, employees used angle grinders equipped with cutting blades without guards.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(3): Abrasive wheels used on vertical portable grinder(s) (right angle head grinders) were not provided with safety guard(s) having a maximum exposure angle of 180 degrees and located between the operator and wheel:  (a) In the fabrication shop, employees used angle grinders equipped with abrasive wheels without guards.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): Employee(s) were exposed to respirable crystalline silica quartz, listed in Table Z-3, in excess of the calculated 8-hour time-weighted average concentration:    (a) In the fabrication shop, an employee was exposed to respirable dust containing 3.6% crystalline silica (quartz) at an 8-hour time-weighted average of 6.8 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/m3), approximately 3.8 times the permissible exposure limit of 1.786 mg/m3.  Sampling was performed for 448 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 32 minutes.    (b) In the fabrication shop, an employee was exposed to respirable dust containing 9.4% crystalline silica (quartz) at an 8-hour time-weighted average of 6.0 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/m3), approximately 6.8 times the permissible exposure limit of 0.877 mg/m3.  Sampling was performed for 437 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 43 minutes.    (c) In the fabrication shop, an employee was exposed to respirable dust containing 9.9% crystalline silica (quartz) at an 8-hour time-weighted average of 2.3 milligrams per cubic meter of air (mg/m3), approximately 2.7 times the permissible exposure limit of 0.84 mg/m3.  Sampling was performed for 431 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 49 minutes.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):  (a) In the fabrication shop, the employer had not implemented engineering or work practice controls to reduce employee exposure to respirable dust containing crystalline silica (quartz) to or below the permissible exposure limit during fabrication of stone products.

Issued

2016-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3741.00 · Current $1600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):     (a) The employer had not developed, implemented, and maintained a written hazard communication training program for employees who were exposed to hazards from respirable dust containing crystalline silica (quartz) during fabrication of stone products.