OSHA Inspection: COMPASS RESOURCES LLC

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,619 Reduced

Hazardous substances 159190009020

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):    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to toxic and/or hazardous substances, including but not limited to lead, asbestos, crystalline silica, and unknown substances left by the previous owner of the building. The employer failed to provide employees with the identification of the substances, safety data sheets explaining the hazards associated with the substances, and training to understand how to identify and avoid the substances located at the worksite.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 159190009020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:    (a) At a construction site located at 3105 and 3115 Troost Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to hazardous substances and unsafe working conditions. This was demonstrated when employees were working with asbestos containing materials (ACM). The employer failed to train employees on the locations of thermal system insulation and surfacing asbestos containing material and/or presumed asbestos containing material, asbestos-containing flooring materials, or flooring material where the absence of asbestos has not yet been certified; and instruction in recognition of damage, deterioration, and delamination of asbestos containing building materials; and how to properly avoid and/or properly handle ACM during demolition activities. In addition, employees were dry sweeping demolition debris causing dust to rise into the air.    (b) At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to hazardous substances and unsafe working conditions. This was demonstrated when employees were working with lead containing materials. The employer failed to train employees on locations of lead containing materials; the recognition of lead containing materials and how to properly avoid and/or properly handle lead containing materials during demolition/manual scraping of interior walls. In addition, employees were dry sweeping demolition debris causing dust to rise into the air.    (c) At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to hazardous substances and unsafe working coditions. This was demonstrated when employees were working with silica. The employer failed to train employees on the recognition of silica containing materials and how to properly avoid and/or properly handle silica containing materials during demolition/manual scraping of interior walls. In addition, employees were dry sweeping demolition debris causing dust to rise into the air.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 μg/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing materials. The employer failed to determine if any employees may be exposed to lead at or above the action level prior to beginning manual demolition operations. Employees were manually scraping and grinding on the interior walls and ceilings of the buildings.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(A): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with appropriate respiratory protection in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(f):    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing materials. The employer failed to determine if any employees may be exposed to lead at or above the action level prior to beginning manual demolition operations. Employees were manually scraping and grinding on the interior walls, and ceilings of the buildings. Employees were not wearing appropriate respiratory protection.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(B): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(g):    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing materials. The employer failed to protected employees engaed in activities listed under 1926.62(d)(2)(i)(A) including, but not limited to manual demolition of structures (e.g. interior none structural walls), manual scraping of interior walls, and dry sweeping of debris materials. Protective clothing was not provided to employees to wear over top of their street clothes, thus contaminating their clothing.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(C): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with change areas in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2):    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing materials. The employer failed to protected employees engaed in activities listed under 1926.62(d)(2)(i)(A) including, but not limited to manual demolition of structures (e.g. interior none structural walls), manual scraping of interior walls, and dry weeping of debris materials. No change areas were provided to employees so they could change out of work clothes into clean street clothes.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(D): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with hand washing facilities in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(i)(5):    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing materials. The employer failed to protected employees engaged in activities listed under 1926.62(d)(2)(i)(A) including, but not limited to manual demolition of structures (e.g. interior none structural walls), manual scraping of interior walls, and dry sweeping of debris materials. No hand washing facilities were provided to employees resulting in an increased risk of ingestion and contamination of other areas where employees washed up.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(F): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with training as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(l)(2)(iii) regarding use of respirators:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing materials. The employer failed to provide training to employees regarding the use of respiratory protection.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(l)(2)(iii): The employer did not ensure that each employee was trained in the purpose, proper selection, fitting, use, and limitations of respirators:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing materials. The employer failed to provide training to employees regarding the use of respiratory protection. Employees were not provided any training on the purpose, selection, fit, and limitations associated with respirators used at the worksite. Employees were wearing dust masks, tight-fitting respirators, and at times no respirators while scraping and grinding on interior walls of the worksite.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(e)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to achieve compliance with 29 CFR 1926.62(c) prior to commencement of the job:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing materials. The employer failed to establish a compliance program that shall assure that no employee is exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 ug/m3) averaged over an 8-hour period.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees are exposed to lead. It was determined on November 8, 2018 that surfaces at the worksite were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead. Materials that were stored in the buildings were contaminated with lead as a result scraping and grinding activities taking place prior to the removal of these materials.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(h)(3): Shoveling, dry or wet sweeping, and brushing were used when vacuuming or other equally effective methods were effective:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to lead containing material. The employer failed use other methods to reduce the production of dust during the cleaning process. Dry sweeping and shoveling of materials into containers was performed at the worksite after scraping, grinding, and demolition activities.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.303(c)(2): Work rest(s) provided on floor or bench mounted grinder(s) were kept at a distance in excess of one-eighth inch from the surface of the wheel:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards. The employer failed to ensure that a bench grinder being used to sharpen metal scrappers had an adjusted work rest within 1/8 of an inch. In addition the grinder was also missing the work rest on onside, while the other was over 1/8 inch.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.303(d): All abrasive wheels and tools used by employees did not meet other applicable requirements of American National Standards Institute, B7.1-1970, Safety Code for the Use, Care and Protection of Abrasive Wheels:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to struck-by hazards. The employer failed to ensure that a bench grinder was used in accordance with ANSI B7.1-1970, which states, " 4.4 Exposure Adjustment Safety~ guards of the types described in Rules  4.3.1 page 28 and 4.3.2 page 29 where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in Rules 4.3.1 page 28 and 4.3.2 page 29 shall never be exceeded and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed 1/4 inch. There was no tongue guard located on the bench grinder that was being used by employees to sharpen metal scrappers.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Openings in boxes, cabinets, and fittings through which conductors entered were not effectively closed:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards. a metal receptacle box was used as a power source for a bench grinder. The box had an opening in the side in which a conductor entered to supply power to the receptacles and had not been closed to prevent unintentional contact with the live conductor.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 20, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): All pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers:    a) At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards. A metal receptacle box was used as a power source for a bench grinder. The box was missing a cover over the receptacles exposing live electrical parts to the work environment, thus increasing the chance of unintentional contact by employees.      b) At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards. A junction box had been spliced into with romex wiring to supply power source to a receptacle for a bench grinder. The box was missing a cover exposing live electrical parts to the work environment, thus increasing the chance of unintentional contact by employees.      c) At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards. A circuit breaker box located in the basement was missing a cover exposing live electrical parts to the work environment. A splice had been made at the box leading to the first floor, thus increasing the chance of unintentional contact by employees.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i): The employer with a work operation covered by the asbestos standard did not ensure that a "competent person" conducted an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation or workplace:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to asbestos containing materials. The employer failed to ensure that an initial exposure assessment was performed prior to, or at the beginning of the work operations at the worksite. Work began at the worksite and no assessment was performed in time to provided information necessary to assure that all control systems planned are appropriate for that operation and will work properly.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(o)(4)(ii): For Class III and IV asbestos work, the competent person was not trained in aspects of asbestos handling appropriate for the nature of the work, to include procedures for setting up glove bags and mini-enclosures, practices for reducing asbestos exposures, use of wet methods, the contents of this standard, and the identification of asbestos:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to asbestos containing materials. The employer failed to ensure that they or their designee were competent and properly trained on components of Class III and IV asbestos work. This was demonstrated when employees were allowed to work in areas of asbestos containing materials and were not told about the areas, provided any method to reducing exposure, or wet methods when performing light demolition.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(8)(i): Labels were not affixed to all products containing asbestos and to all containers containing such products, including waste containers:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to asbestos containing materials. The employer failed to label all products containing asbestos at the worksite. This was demonstrated when demolition work to the pipe chases, demolition of walls, and disturbance of thermal system insulation (TSI) had occurred and the employer did not ensure that all installed asbestos products contained a visible label.

Issued

May 2, 2019

Abate by

Dec 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,622 Reduced

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:    At a worksite located 3119 to 3123 (Shankman Building) and 3125-3133 (Michaelson Building), Kansas City, MO 64109: Employees were exposed to crystalline silica. The employer failed to assess the level of exposure employees who were or were reasonably expected to be exposed to crystalline silica. This was demonstrated when employees were engaged in activities including, but not limited to; manually scrapping on interior walls that were made of concrete and demolition of non structural interior walls. No assessment had been performed for each employee engaged in these activities.