OSHA Inspection: BIG D CONCRETE INC

Issued

2018-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    This violation occurred in the concrete batch plant area of the Big D Concrete Inc. facility where the employer had not administered a hearing conservation program for employees exposed to noise that had exceeded an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) of 85 dBA, based on an 80 db threshold.    (a) An employee working in the concrete batch plant area conducting maintenance was exposed to continuous noise levels at 78.4% of the permissible 8-hour TWA.  The equivalent level of 78.4% is approximately 88.2 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 429 minutes during one shift. Zero exposure was assumed for the 51 minutes not sampled.

Issued

2018-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0577

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    (a) In the concrete batch plant area where employees worked with or near portland cement, a corrosive, and an eyewash was not provided within the work area for quick flushing of the eyes.

Issued

2018-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9054.00 · Current $4500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0577

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)In the concrete batch plant area where the employer did not have a written hazard communication program in place and employees used hazardous materials such as portland cement.  Employees were exposed to chemical burn hazards.

Issued

2018-01-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-02-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $726.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0577

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:    (a) In the concrete batch plant where the employer had not provided two maintenance employees, who had been given dust masks to wear on a voluntary basis, the information in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134 which provided information to employees so that certain precautions were taken to ensure that the respirator itself did not present a hazard.