OSHA Inspection: ADVANCE CHIMNEY SWEEPS, INC.

Issued

Feb 3, 2017

Abate by

Mar 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $1,740 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) Facility, 470 S. Mt. Vernon Street, Uniontown, PA:  On or about January 11, 2017 the employer required employees to utilize respiratory protection and had not developed or implemented a written respiratory protection.

Issued

Feb 3, 2017

Abate by

Mar 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Facility, 470 S. Mt. Vernon Street, Uniontown, PA:  On or about January 11, 2017 employees who are required to use half mask respirators during the chimney cleaning process have not been provided with a medical evaluation to determine their ability to use such equipment.

Issued

Feb 3, 2017

Abate by

Mar 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    (a) Facility, 407 S. Mt. Vernon Street, Uniontown, PA:  On or about January 11, 2017 the employees using tight fitting half-mask respirators while performing chimney cleaning had not been fit tested prior to initial use.

Issued

Feb 3, 2017

Abate by

Mar 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:    (a) Facility, 470 S. Mt. Vernon Street, Uniontown, PA:  On or about January 11, 2017 employees who are required to wear respirators during the chimney cleaning process have not received training prior to initial use.

Issued

Feb 3, 2017

Abate by

Mar 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,897 · Current $1,740 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:    (a) Facility, 470 S. Mt. Vernon Street, Uniontown, PA:  On or about January 11, 2017 the employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program.  The employees work with products such as Cre-Away, Ahren Refractory material and Ever Gard insulation mix.  The employer has not implemented a written program that includes safety data sheets, labeling or employee training.

Issued

Feb 3, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,622 · Current $2,170 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, the employer did not report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA:    (a) Facility, 470 S. Mt. Vernon Street, Uniontown, PA:  On or about October 25, 2016 the employer failed to report the in-patient hospitalization of an employee who was injured and admitted to the hospital on October 24, 2016.

Issued

Feb 3, 2017

Abate by

Feb 23, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification which included the requirements as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):  (a) Facility, 470 S. Mt. Vernon Street, Uniontown, PA:  On or about January 11, 2017 the employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been completed.  The employer did not have any written records to show that the workplace(s) had been evaluated to determine what hazards may be present and what personal protective may be needed, who may have conducted such an evaluation and the date such an evaluation had been conducted.