OSHA Inspection: DRD SERVICES, INC.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2852.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(1)(i):  Employers and building owners did not identify thermal system insulation (TSI) and sprayed or troweled on surfacing materials in buildings as asbestos-containing; where a negative determination, in compliance with paragraph (k)(5), was not performed.     a- Previously-installed insulation, representing thermal system insulation (TSI), was encountered on old water pipe(s) / elbow(s) during manual basement clean-out / demo by the employer's crew at 555 Cumberland St. in Westfield NJ 07090.  The pipe insulation was not treated as asbestos-containing material, with appropriate precautions taken to avoid disturbance; thus exposing employee(s) to health hazards of asbestos fiber inhalation.     Condition(s) were noted on or about 5/15/2017.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(3)(ii): Before work under this standard was performed employers did not identify to employees who would perform such work, as well as employers of employees who were working in adjacent areas, the location and quantity of presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM); and the precautions to be taken to ensure the airborne asbestos hazard is confined to the area.  a- The employer did not identify previously-installed pipe insulation as presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM) to employee(s) on the employer's demolition crew; nor the precautions to be taken to ensure asbestos hazard is confined.  Condition(s) were noted on or about 5/15/2017.

Issued

2017-10-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2716.00 · Current $2037.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(l)(4)(ii): Waste and debris and accompanying dust in an area containing accessible thermal system, surfacing ACM/PACM, or visibly deteriorated ACM was not promptly cleaned up and disposed of in leak tight containers:    a- Previously-installed insulation, representing presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM), was encountered on old water pipe(s) / elbow(s) during manual basement clean-out / demo by the employer's crew at 555 Cumberland St. in Westfield NJ 07090.  The pipe and associated insulation was piled along with other metal debris on the front lawn of the house undergoing planned gutting and renovation; rather than being disposed of in leak-tight container(s).    Condition(s) were noted on or about 5/15/2017.