OSHA Inspection: NOSTOS SS CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3696.00 · Current $3696.00

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; this evaluation did not include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  a) Jobsite - Hays Mine Backwash Clarifier #2 North, 380 Becks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA, on or about October 23, 2017 - The employer did not conduct any evaluations to identify reasonable estimates of employee exposure to respiratory hazards during spray painting with hazardous chemicals and sandblasting with abrasives inside a permit-required confined space.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $2217.00

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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) Jobsite - Hays Mine Backwash Clarifier #2 North, 380 Becks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA, on or about October 23, 2017 - Employees wore 3M ½ face air-purifying respirator during spray painting inside a permit-required confined space and were not provided medical evaluations prior to usage.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) was used, and at least annually thereafter:   a) Jobsite - Hays Mine Backwash Clarifier #2 North, 380 Becks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA, on or about October 23, 2017 - Employees wore 3M ½ face air-purifying respirator during spray painting inside a permit-required confined space and were not provided with a fit test prior to initial use of the respirator.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): The employer permitted respirators with tight-fitting face pieces to be worn by employees who have facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function:  a) Jobsite - Hays Mine Backwash Clarifier #2 North, 380 Becks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA, on or about November 30, 2017 - Employees wore a 3M ½ face air-purifying respirator during spray painting inside a permit-required confined space with facial hair.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee demonstrated knowledge of at least what the procedures were for maintenance and storage of the respirator:   a) Jobsite - Hays Mine Backwash Clarifier #2 North, 380 Becks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA, on or about October 23, 2017 - Respiratory training did not include the procedures for proper maintenance and storage of 3M 1/2 face tight fitting respirators. Physical respirators were stored on door handles by the elastic band and were not clean or sanitary.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5174.00 · Current $5174.00

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29 CFR 1926.1211(a)(1): The employer who designated rescue and emergency services did not evaluate a prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner, considering the hazard(s) identified:    a) Jobsite - Hays Mine Backwash Clarifier #2 North, 380 Becks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA, on or about October 21, 2017 -  The employer designated and contacted 911 as the rescue team but did not evaluate the City of Pittsburgh's emergency services ability to respond to an rescue.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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29 CFR 1926.1203(b)(1): The employer, who identified a permit space, did not inform exposed employees by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space:   a) Jobsite - Hays Mine Backwash Clarifier #2 North, 380 Becks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA, on or about October 23, 2017- A sign reading "DANGER -- PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER" or using other similar language was not posted on or near the water tower entrances.

Issued

2018-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1):  Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use:   a) Jobsite - Hays Mine Backwash Clarifier #2 North, 380 Becks Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA, on or about October 23, 2017 - The employer did not maintain the SDS sheets on the construction site for but not limited to the following: MEK/SW, a flammable which contained 100% methyl ethyl ketone; and Black Beauty abrasive, which contained 40-53% silica, amorphous and aluminum oxide.