OSHA Inspection: TROPICAL POOL PLASTERING, LLC

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: (Construction Reference 1926.103)(a)   Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA - Employees using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers were required to wear a half mask, negative pressure respirator and dust mask for protection against silica dust. The employees had not developed a written respirator program, on or about 04/18/18.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

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)(a) Note:  The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA - Employees using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers were required to wear a half mask, negative pressure respirator and dust mask for protection against silica dust. The employees were not provided a medical evaluation to determine if the employees were physically able to wear a respirator, on or about 04/18/18.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

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)(a) )  Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA  Employees using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers were required to wear a half mask, negative pressure respirator and dust mask for protection against silica dust. The employer did not ensure that the employees had passed a fit test, on or about 04/18/18.   In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(vii): The employer did not ensure that each user could demonstrate knowledge of the general requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)  Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA  Employees using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers were required to wear a half mask, negative pressure respirator and dust mask for protection against silica dust. The employer did not ensure that employees had knowledge of the requirements of the respirator standard, on or about 04/18/18.   In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(h)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who was required under this section to use a respirator for 30 or more days per year:   Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA  Employees using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers were required to wear a half mask, negative pressure respirator and dust mask for protection against silica dust. Medical surveillance was not made available for the employees, on or about 04/18/18.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

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.   Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA  Employees were using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers to remove plaster from a pool.  The employer had not implemented engineering controls or work practice controls against silica dust, as required in Table 1, on or about 04/04/18.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA  Employees using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers were required to wear a half mask, negative pressure respirator and dust mask for protection against silica dust. The employees did not perform monitoring to determine exposure levels and where to implement control measures, on or about 04/18/18.   In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2217.00 · Current $2217.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(f)(1): The employer allowed dry sweeping or dry brushing where such activity could contribute to employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica and wet sweeping, HEPA-filtered vacuuming or other methods were feasible:  Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA - Employees were removing plaster with hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers.  The employer allowed employees to dry sweep the chipped plaster which contained silica dust, on or about 04/14/18.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): Written exposure control plan. The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan  that contains at least (i) job task in the workplace that contains silica, (ii) description of the engineering controls used to limit respirable silica for each task,  (iii) housekeeping measures to limit employee exposure to silica, and (iv) procedures used to restrict access to work areas:  Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA - Employees were removing plaster with hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers.  The employer had not developed a site specific written exposure control plan (ECP) for this particular job, on or about 04/14/18.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

Hazardous substances 9000

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)   Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA - Employees using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers to remove plaster from pools were exposed to silica dust. A written hazard communication was not developed and implemented, on or about 04/18/18.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2018-08-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(A): The employer did not ensure that each employee covered by this section could demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica:  Tropical Pool Plastering, LLC @ McKoy Pool, Decatur, GA - Employees using hand held grinders and hand held chipping hammers to remove plaster from pools were exposed to silica dust. Information and training on the hazards associated with silica was not performed, on or about 04/18/18.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).