OSHA Inspection: WARREN GARAGE LLC

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,887 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.52(b): Employees subjected to sound levels exceeding those listed in Table D-2 and feasible administrative or engineering controls failed to reduce sound levels within the levels on the table and personal protective equipment as required by 1926 subpart E were not provided and/or used to reduce sound levels within the levels of the table:          a) At the Warren Parking Garage, on or about 8/7/2018: Hearing protection was not available and worn by employees who were using a demolition hammer to remove concrete. Employees were exposed to sound at levels exceeding the permissible noise exposure limit. Noise monitoring conducted by OSHA showed employees were exposed to 93.76 decibels and 97.5 decibels as an 8 hour time weighed average.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.101(a): Ear protective devices were not provided and/or were not used when it was not feasible to reduce noise levels or duration of exposures to those specified in Table D-2, Permissible Noise Exposure, in 29 CFR 1926.52:    a) At the Warren Parking Garage, on or about 8/7/2018: Hearing protection was not available and worn by employees who were using a demolition hammer to remove concrete. Employees were exposed to sound at levels exceeding the permissible noise exposure limit. Noise monitoring conducted by OSHA showed employees were exposed to 93.76 decibels and 97.5 decibels as an 8 hour time weighed average.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,887 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.52(d)(1): In all cases where the sound levels exceeded the values shown in Table D-2 of 29 CFR 1926.52, a continuing, effective hearing conservation program was not administered:      a) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8/7/2018: The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program for employees who were using a demolition hammer to remove concrete. Monitoring performed by OSHA showed two employees exposed to noise at levels exceeding the permissible noise exposure. Employees were exposed to noise at levels of 93.76 decibels and 97.5 decibels as an 8 hour time weighted average.       Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,887 Reduced

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: 1926.59)          a) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8/8/2018: The employer did not develop a written hazard communication plan for employees who were exposed to hazardous substances including silica.         Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8/8/2018: The employer allowed employees to remove concrete debris by means of dry shoveling.    Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 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) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8/8/2018: The employer did not establish a written exposure control plan for silica where employees were chipping and breaking up concrete using a demolition hammer.     Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,887 Reduced

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) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8/8/2018: The employer did not develop a written respiratory protection program for employees who were required to wear respirators when chipping concrete with a demolition hammer.           Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(e)(1): Where respiratory protection was required by this section, the employer did not provide each employee an appropriate respirator that complied with the requirements of this paragraph and 29 CFR 1910.134:     a) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8/8/2018: Employees who were exposed to respirable crystalline silica above the Permissible Exposure Limit when chipping out concrete using a demolition hammer were not provided with and required to use respiratory protection.     Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,887 Reduced

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) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8/7/2018: Engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified in Table 1 were not implemented for employees who were using a demolition hammer to chip out concrete from a floor in the garage. Employees did not use tools equipped with a water delivery system which supplies a continuous stream or spray of water at the point of impact and did not use tools equipped with a commercially available shroud and dust collection system.         Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees were not exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 mcg/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA:    a) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8/8/2018: The employer did not ensure that employees who were removing areas of damaged concrete were not exposed to airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 mcg/m3 as an 8 hour time weighted average. Air sampling conducted by OSHA showed that three employees were exposed to 168.37 mcg/m3, 133 mcg/m3, and 87.88 mcg/m3 of silica as an 8 hour time weighted average.     Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Sep 20, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $2,887 Reduced

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:          a) At the Warren Street Garage, on or about 8//2018: The employer did not make medical surveillance available to employees who were exposed to respirable crystalline silica at levels exceeding the permissible exposure limit when using a demolition hammer to chip and break up concrete.         Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.