OSHA Inspection: LANDFILL REDUCTION AND RECYCLING, INC.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $8,730 · Current $8,730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(a)(3): Every hatchway and chute floor opening was not guarded by one of the methods as specified in paragraphs (a)(3)(i) and (a)(3)(ii) of this section:     On or about July 19 2016 employees walked on the sort line conveyor to clear jams and the sort line conveyor chutes were not guarded to prevent employees from falling greater than four feet.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $0 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.    On or about July 16, 2016 an employee was exposed to a fall greater than 4 feet when he was removing clumps from the conveyer feeding the transfer box/screener.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(a)(3)(vii): Work levels 10 feet or higher above the ground or floor did not have  a guardrail of 2" x 4" nominal or the equivalent, installed no less than 36" or more than 42" high, with a mid-rail of 1"x 4" nominal lumber or equivalent:  On or about July 16, employees exposed to fall greater than 10 feet when they used an unguarded scaffold work platform to access a conveyor.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Nov 21, 2016

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:    On or about July 19, 2016, employees sorting construction waste silica exposure was not identified or evaluated

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Nov 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0490

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(d)(1)(i): The employer did not determine whether any employee was exposed to cadmium at or above the action level:    On or about July 19, 2016 employees cadmium exposure was not evaluated.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Dec 1, 2016

Penalty

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

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:    On or about July 19, 2016 employees were not trained on the health hazards of silica.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  On or about July 19, 2016, employees sorting construction waste wore N95 filter face pieces respirators and were not informed of Appendix D of 1910.134.

Issued

Oct 21, 2016

Abate by

Nov 21, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0490

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(k)(1): Surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of cadmium:  On or about July 26, 2016 cadmium was detected on a lock door located in the break room.