OSHA Inspection: FRANK NOVAK & SONS, INC.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i): The employer failed to ensure that the exposure assessment was conducted in time to comply with requirements which are triggered by the exposure data or the lack of a negative exposure assessment:   On or before October 2, 2018, where employees were required to clean up debris including asbestos containing floor tile that had previously come up when carpet was removed, the employer had not conducted an exposure assessment prior to or at the initiation of work.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(3)(ii): For operations covered by this standard other than Class I and II work, the employer failed to conduct periodic monitoring in areas where the permissible exposure limit (PEL) was expected to be exceeded at intervals sufficient to document the validity of the exposure prediction:   On or before October 2, 2018, where employees were required to remove asbestos containing debris including but not limited to tile that had come up during demo, the employer had not conducted periodic monitoring of the worksite.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(i)(1): The employer did not provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for each employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos that exceed the time weighted average and/or excursion limit in 29 CFR 1926.1101(c) or for which a required negative exposure assessment was not produced:   On or before October 2, 2018, where employees were required to remove asbestos containing debris including, but not limited to floor tile, and where a negative exposure assessment had not been produced, protective clothing was not required.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Abate by

Jan 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(3)(i): Before the employer permitted its own employees to perform work subject to this standard in areas containing asbestos-containing material (ACM) and presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM), the employer did not identify the presence, location and quantity of asbestos containing material and/or presumed asbestos containing material therein pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(1):  On or before October 2, 2018, where employees were removing debris containing asbestos including, but not limited to floor tile, the employer had not first identified the presence, location, and quantity of asbestos containing material.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Abate by

Jan 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(3)(ii)(B): The employer did not inform employees who performed work under 29 CFR 1926.1101 of the location and quantity of asbestos containing material and/or presumed asbestos containing material present in the area:  On or before October 2, 2018, employees that worked with and around asbestos containing material including, but not limited to, floor tile had not been informed of its presence prior to the onset of work.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(i): The employer did not institute, at no cost to employees, a training program for each employee who was likely to be exposed in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) and for each employee who performed Class I through IV asbestos operations:  On or before October 2, 2018, the employer had not ensured that employees required to remove asbestos containing debris received training on asbestos.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $6,467 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(i): The employer did not use engineering controls and work practices in all operations covered by 29 CFR 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of exposure, in the form of vacuum cleaners equipped with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters to collect all debris and dust containing asbestos containing material and presumed asbestos containing material:  On or before October 2, 2018, employees were required to vacuum debris including but not limited to asbestos containing floor tile using a non-HEPA device.

Issued

Jan 7, 2019

Abate by

Jan 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(ii): The employer did not use engineering controls and work practices in all operations covered by 29 CFR 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of exposure, in the form of wet methods or wetting agents to control employee exposures during asbestos handling, mixing, removal, cutting, application and cleanup:  On or before October 2, 2018, where employees were required to clean up debris containing asbestos including, but not limited to floor tile, wet methods were not utilized.