OSHA Inspection: EXCEL PLUMBING, HEATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING, INC.

Issued

2017-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3803.00 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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    (a) 1313 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, on adjacent sidewalk and roadway of S. 18th Street - A written hazard communication program was not developed or implemented in the workplace where employees used various hazardous chemicals, including, but not limited to:    - Benzene, toluene, xylene, and ethanol, contained in gasoline;  - Lead, contained in lead ingots;  - Aliphatic hydrocarbon, petroleum base oil, LVP aliphatic hydrocarbon, and carbon dioxide, contained in WD-40 Multi-Use Product;   - Crystalline silica, and Portland cement, contained in S.O.S. Plug Water Stopping Cement; and  - Propane.    This condition was observed on May 31, 2017.

Issued

2017-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employer did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.  (a) 1313 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, on adjacent sidewalk and roadway of S. 18th Street - The employer did not provide safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical in the workplace, thus exposing employees to chemicals, including, but not limited to:  - Benzene, toluene, xylene, and ethanol, contained in gasoline; - Lead, contained in lead ingots; - Aliphatic hydrocarbon, petroleum base oil, LVP aliphatic hydrocarbon, and carbon dioxide, contained in WD-40 Multi-Use Product;  - Crystalline silica, and Portland cement, contained in S.O.S. Plug Water Stopping Cement; and - Propane.    This condition was observed on May 31, 2017.

Issued

2017-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)   (a) 1313 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, on adjacent sidewalk and roadway of S. 18th Street - Employees were using several hazardous chemicals on a construction site, but the employer had not provided them with hazard communication training, thus exposing employees to chemicals.  Various hazardous chemicals were being used on site, including, but not limited to:  - Benzene, toluene, xylene, and ethanol, contained in gasoline; - Lead, contained in lead ingots; - Aliphatic hydrocarbon, petroleum base oil, LVP aliphatic hydrocarbon, and carbon dioxide, contained in WD-40 Multi-Use Product;  - Crystalline silica, and Portland cement, contained in S.O.S. Plug Water Stopping Cement; and - Propane.  This condition was observed on May 31, 2017.

Issued

2017-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter (30 µg/m3) of air calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).  (a) 1313 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, on adjacent sidewalk and roadway of S. 18th Street - The employer is covered by 29 CFR 1926.26 because its employees perform construction work that includes installation of products containing lead, i.e. handling solid lead, and melting and installing molten lead; however, the employer did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter (30 µg/m3) of air calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA), thereby exposing employees to health hazards of lead exposure.   This condition was observed on May 31, 2017.

Issued

2017-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $3803.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(vi): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 10B, was not provided within 50 feet of wherever more than 5 gallons of flammable or combustible liquids or 5 pounds of flammable gas were being used on the jobsite:    (a) 1313 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, on adjacent sidewalk and roadway of S. 18th Street - The employer did not provide employees on a jobsite with a fire extinguisher within 50 feet of lead-melting activity that involved the use of a 20-lb. tank of propane, a flammable gas, connected to a burner, thus exposing employees to fire hazard.    This condition was observed on May 31, 2017.

Issued

2017-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5070.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1): Containers and portable tanks used for the storage and handling of flammable and combustible liquids were not approved:    (a) 1313 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, on adjacent sidewalk and roadway of S. 18th Street - An unapproved 1-gallon capacity plastic container that contained gasoline was used on the jobsite to refuel a portable generator.  The employer did not provide an approved safety can or DOT approved safety container for the gasoline, a flammable liquid, thus exposing employees to a fire hazard.    This condition was observed on May 31, 2017.

Issued

2017-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1630.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:    (a) 1313 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, on adjacent sidewalk and roadway of S. 18th Street.  Two employees were working with shovels for the installation of a sewer line in an excavation with a depth of approximately 4'9" that had no stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress, thus exposing the employees to fall to same level and fall to lower level hazards.    This condition was observed on May 31, 2017.

Issued

2017-07-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(d): Employees exposed to public vehicular traffic were not wearing warning vests provided by the employer:  (a) 1313 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146, on adjacent sidewalk and roadway of S. 18th Street - Employees, who were working in and around an excavation to install a sewer line, were exposed to public vehicular traffic and struck-by hazards and were not wearing warning vests provided by the employer.  This condition was observed on May 31, 2017.