OSHA Inspection: U-HAUL COMPANY OF NEW YORK & VERMONT

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(1): All Class I, II, and III asbestos work was not conducted within regulated areas:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, a regulated area was not established for this Class II job before asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos, was knocked down, demolished, and left in the building.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(ii)(A): For all indoor Class II jobs, where the employer had not produced a negative exposure assessment pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(iii), or where during the job, changed conditions indicated there may be exposure above the permissible exposure limit or where the employer did not remove the asbestos containing material in a substantially intact state, the employer did not use critical barriers over all openings to the regulated area:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos, was knocked down, demolished, and left in the building.  The employer did not use critical barriers over all openings to the regulated area for this Class II activity.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(1)(i): Where exposure monitoring was required under 29 CFR 1926.1101, the employer did not perform monitoring to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees were or potentially were exposed:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, employees knocked down and demolished asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos.  Monitoring was not conducted as required in order to accurately determine the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees may be exposed.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(ii): The employer did not use engineering controls and work practices in all operations covered by 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of exposure, in the form of wet methods or wetting agents to control employee exposures during asbestos handling, mixing, removal, cutting, application and cleanup.  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos, was knocked down, demolished, and left in the building.  Wet methods or wetting agents were not used to control employee exposures to asbestos.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(v): When performing any other Class II removal of asbestos containing material for which specific controls have not been listed in paragraph (g)(8)(iv)(A) through (D) of this section, the employer did not ensure that the work practices listed in 1926.1101 (g)(8)(v)(A) through (D) were complied with.  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos, was knocked down, demolished, and left in the building.  This Class II activity was not performed using wet methods or wetting agents, nor was it removed in an intact state.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(i): All Class II work was not supervised by a competent person as defined in 29 CFR 1926.1101(b):  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos, was knocked down, demolished, and left in the building.  This work was not supervised by a competent person.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(o)(1): The employer did not designate a competent person on construction worksites, having the qualifications and authorities for ensuring worker safety and health required by 29 CFR 1926.1101(C), General Safety and Health Provisions for Construction 29 CFR 1926.20 through 29 CFR 1926.32:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos, was knocked down, demolished, and left in the building.  This work was not supervised by a competent person.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(1)(ii): Respirators were not used during Class II work where asbestos containing material was not removed in a substantially intact state:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, employees knocked down and demolished asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos, and continued to work in the contaminated area.  The asbestos containing material was not removed in an intact state and the employer did not ensure that employees wore respiratory protection while performing this Class II activity.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(i)(1): The employer did not provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for each employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos that exceed the time weighted average and/or excursion limit in 29 CFR 1926.1101(c) or for which a required negative exposure assessment was not produced:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, employees knocked down, and demolished asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos and continued to work in the contaminated area.  The employee was not provided with, or required to wear protective clothing while performing this Class II activity for which a negative exposure assessment had not been conducted.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(i)(3): Contaminated clothing was not transported in sealed impermeable gags, or other closed, impermeable containers:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, employees knocked down, and demolished asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos and continued to work in the contaminated area.  The employees wore their regular street clothes while performing these activities.  The employees wore these clothes home at the end of the day; the contaminated clothing was not transported in sealed, impermeable bags or other closed, impermeable containers.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(j)(2)(i): The employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees and equipment, adjacent to the regulated area, consisting of an impermeable drop cloth on the floor or horizontal working surface, for employees engaged in Class I work involving less than 25 linear or 10 square feet of thermal system insulation or surfacing asbestos containing material and for Class II and Class III asbestos work operations where exposures exceed a permissible exposure limit or where there was not negative exposure assessment produced before the operation:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, employees knocked down, and demolished asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos and continued to work in the contaminated area.  The employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees who performed this Class II activity for which a negative exposure assessment had not been conducted.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(2)(i): Before work subject to this standard began, the building and/or facility owner(s) did not determine the presence, location and quantity of asbestos containing material (ACM) and/or presumed asbestos containing material (PACM) at the worksite pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(1):  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, the employer did not conduct a comprehensive survey, and did not notify employees who worked in the building of the presence, location, and quantity of ACM and/or PACM within the area prior to the initiation of the removal activity (a Class II activity).  During the removal activity, employees knocked down and demolished asbestos containing wallboard which was found to contain 11% chrysotile asbestos.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(i): The employer did not institute, at no cost to employees, a training program for each employee who was likely to be exposed in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) and for each employee who performed Class I through IV asbestos operations:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, employees knocked down and demolished asbestos containing wallboard, which contained 11% chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not institute a training program for the employees who performed this Class II activity.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, employees used a bobcat and a backhoe, equipped with a jackhammer device, to knock down concrete block walls inside the building.  Employees performed the job using equipment that was not equipped with an enclosed cab.  The demolition was conducted dry without the use of water or a dust suppressant to minimize dust emissions.  ABATEMENT CERETIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, the employer did not assess the exposure level, to respirable crystalline silica, of employees who knocked down and demolished concrete block walls using a bobcat and a backhoe equipped with a jackhammer attachment.  Employees performed the job using equipment that was not equipped with an enclosed cab.  The demolition was conducted dry without the use of water or a dust suppressant to minimize dust emissions.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 10/20/17, the employer did not develop and implement a written exposure control plan to control employee exposures to crystalline silica through the use of engineering controls as well as work practice controls.  Employees knocked down and demolished concrete block walls without the use of engineering controls or personal protective equipment.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Apr 20, 2018

Abate by

May 7, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $6,236 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(1): The employer did not include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200):    a) Refrigerated Warehouse Area - On or about 12/19/17, employees were exposed to respirable crystalline silica while knocking down and demolishing interior concrete block walls and cleaning up debris containing crystalline silica.  The employer did not include respirable crystalline silica in their hazard communication program.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED