OSHA Inspection: GIL'S PAINTING, LLC

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  Establishment: The employer did not establish and implement a worksite specific written respiratory program where employees were required to wear full facepiece dual cartridge respirators while performing sanding tasks with a hand-held portable sander.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

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: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  Establishment: The employer did not perform the employee's medical evaluation prior to allowing employees to wear full facepiece dual cartridge respirators while performing sanding tasks with a hand-held sander.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT): (Construction Reference 1926.103)  Establishment: The employer did not perform the respiratory fit testing prior to allowing employees to wear full facepiece dual cartridge respirators while performing sanding tasks with a hand-held sander.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): Respirators were not cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of 29 CFR 1910.134 or equivalent procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)  Establishment: The employer did not ensure through visual observation, specific instruction and communication that the respirators worn by the employees during the sanding tasks were appropriately cleaned and disinfected using appropriate measures prior to and after each use.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals or were not packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)  Establishment: The employer did not ensure through providing specific instruction, communication and/or visual observation that respirators worn by the employees during the sanding tasks were not only stored appropriately, but also  appropriate equipment was available to properly transport the respirators to each jobsite.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  Worksite: The bottom portions of the two (2) poles of the pump jack scaffold from which employees were performing paint grinding tasks were not set on base plates, mud sills or other firm foundation.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary.  Worksite: The two (2) poles of the pump jack scaffold from which employees were performing paint grinding tasks were not secured at the bottom.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,663 · Current $1,663

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  Worksite: The pump jack scaffold from which employees were performing paint grinding tasks was not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employees working from the pump jack scaffold to perform paint grinding tasks were trained by a qualified person in the appropriate subject matter to recognized the hazards and know the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jul 3, 2018

Abate by

Aug 6, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer did not have each employee involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question.  Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employees required to erect and disassemble the pump jack scaffold were trained by a competent person to recognize all the hazards associated with scaffolds use.