WILMINGTON, DE —
OSHA Inspection: TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of TOLL BROTHERS, INC. in GREENVILLE OVERLOOK COMMUNITY 501 CHARIOT COURT, WILMINGTON, DE 19808 (NAICS 236115). OSHA activity number 343125159.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- TOLL BROTHERS, INC.
- Site address
- GREENVILLE OVERLOOK COMMUNITY 501 CHARIOT COURT
- City
- WILMINGTON
- State
- DE
- ZIP
- 19808
- Mailing
- 250 GIBRALTAR ROAD, HORSHAM, PA 19044
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236115
- Employees
- 10
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.55 A
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $12,934 · Current $12,934
C730
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.55(a): Employee(s) were exposed to material(s) at concentrations above those specified in the Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants for 1970 of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists: a) Greenville Overlook, Lot #88 - On or about April 27, 2018, the employer failed to ensure that employees were not exposed to Carbon Monoxide (CO) levels which exceed the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 parts per million (ppm). An employee operating a fuel powered Ryobi 2700 pressure washer in a basement was exposed an 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) of 196.3 ppm CO, which is greater than 3.93 times the PEL. The exposure was determined by using post-exposure carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) measurement.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $12934
- — Z (S) $12934
1926.55 B
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
C730
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.55(b): When administrative or engineering controls were not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or other protective measures were not used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed by 29 CFR 1926.55: a) Greenville Overlook, Lot #88 - On or about April 27, 2018, where engineering and administrative controls were not implemented to prevent overexposure, the employer failed to ensure that protective equipment or other protective measures were used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits. An employee operating a fuel powered Ryobi 2700 pressure washer in a basement was exposed an 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) of 196.3 ppm CO, which is greater than 3.93 times the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for Carbon Monoxide (CO) of 50 parts per million (ppm). The exposure was determined by using post-exposure carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) measurement.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 D01 III
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2018
- Abate by
- Oct 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $12,934 · Current $0 Reduced
C730
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; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form: a) Greenville Overlook, Lot #88 - On or about April 27, 2018, the employer failed to identify and evaluate respiratory hazards to employees operating fuel powered equipment in an enclosed space. An employee operating a fuel powered Ryobi 2700 pressure washer in an unventilated basement became unconscious and was hospitalized. The employee was exposed to 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) of 196.3 parts per million (ppm) Carbon Monoxide (CO), which is 3.93 times greater than the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm CO. The employee's exposure was determined by using post-exposure carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) measurement.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $12934
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $10,165 · Current $10,165
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer failed to report the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, within (24) twenty-four hours: a) Greenville Overlook, Lot # 88 - On or about May 2, 2018, the employer failed to report the in-patient hospitalization of an employee within 24 hours. An employee operating a fuel- powered Ryobi 2700 pressure washer in the basement of a newly constructed home, became unconscious and subsequently hospitalized, after being exposed to levels of Carbon Monoxide exceeding the OSHA PEL of 50 parts per million (ppm).
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $10165
- — Z (O) $10165
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 343125159.
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