OSHA Inspection: BUREAU OF PRISONS FCC PETERSBURG

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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)  a) 1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860: On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, the employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program where an employee and inmate workers were required to wear respiratory protection for tasks including but not limited to, dry grinding concrete flooring materials containing crystalline silica indoors for more than four hours per shift, exposing the employee and inmate workers to potential respiratory distress and inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): Specified exposure control methods. 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:  a) 1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860: On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, where the employer did not assess worker exposure, the employer did not properly implement engineering controls, work practices and respiratory protection specified on Table 1, where an employee and inmate workers performed tasks including but not limited to, dry grinding concrete flooring materials containing crystalline silica indoors for more than four hours per shift, exposing the employee and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(2)(i): A means of exhaust was not provided to minimize the accumulation of visible airborne dust for tasks performed indoors or in enclosed areas:  a) 1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860: On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, the employer did not provide a means of exhaust to minimize the accumulation of visible airborne dust, where an employee and inmate workers performed tasks including but not limited to, dry grinding concrete flooring materials containing crystalline silica indoors, exposing the employee and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

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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) 1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860: On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, the employer did not assess worker exposure, where employees performed tasks on Table 1, including but not limited to, dry grinding concrete flooring materials containing crystalline silica, indoors for more than four hours per shift, exposing an employee and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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:  a) 1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860: On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, the employer allowed dry sweeping with push brooms where HEPA-filtered vacuuming or other methods were feasible to clean up dust from dry grinding concrete flooring materials containing crystalline silica, exposing an employee and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  a) 1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860: On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto,  where an employee and inmate workers performed tasks including but not limited to, dry grinding concrete flooring materials containing crystalline silica, the employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan, exposing the employee and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) 1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860: On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, the employer did not respirable crystalline silica in the hazard communication program, exposing an employee and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica:  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that employees covered by this section could demonstrate knowledge and understanding of at least the following:  1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860: On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that employees and inmates dry grinding concrete flooring materials containing respirable crystalline silica had information and training on the following required elements:  1a) 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(A): Health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica, exposing an employee and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.    1b) 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(B): Specific tasks in the workplace that could result in exposure to respirable crystalline silica.    1c) 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(C): Specific measures implemented to protect employees. The employer did not have a written exposure control plan to include a description of tasks that involve exposure to silica, site-specific controls, work practices and housekeeping measures, and respirator use.    1d) 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(D): The contents of this section.    1e) 1926.1153(i)(2)(i)(E): The employer did not designate a competent person.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR 1960.55(a): The Agency did not provide safety and health training for supervisory employees:  1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860:  a) On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, management officials were not provided specialized job safety and health training regarding working with materials containing crystalline silica, exposing employees and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.  b) On or about April 6, 2016, and times prior thereto, management officials were not provided specialized job safety and health training regarding working with materials containing asbestos, exposing employees and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of asbestos.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.

Issued

Oct 2, 2018

Abate by

Nov 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1960.59(a): The Agency did not provide specialized job safety and health training appropriate to the work performed by the employee:  1060 River Rd, Low Administration Building, Hopewell, VA 23860:  a) On or about May 17, 2018, and times prior thereto, employees and inmate workers were not provided specialized job safety and health training for working with materials containing crystalline silica, exposing the employees and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of respirable crystalline silica.  b) On or about April 6, 2016, and times prior thereto, employees and inmate workers were not provided specialized job safety and health training regarding working with materials containing asbestos, exposing the employees and inmate workers to inhalation hazards of asbestos.  Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement or other written records.