OSHA Inspection: KEVIN VENDEN

Issued

Jun 24, 2019

Abate by

Jul 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $319 · Current $319

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   The employer failed to submit certification of abatement within 10 calendar days of the abatement date for Citation 1 Items 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a and 2b.

Issued

Feb 21, 2019

Abate by

Mar 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,705

Hazardous substances 1591

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:   From the period between October 23, 2018 and December 18, 2018 the company did not develop a written respiratory protection program for employees required to wear an elastomeric respirator (half mask) while scraping lead based paint.

Issued

Feb 21, 2019

Abate by

Mar 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  From the period between October 23, 2018 and December 18, 2018 employees were required to wear an elastomeric respirator while scraping lead based paint and employees were not provided a medical evaluation prior to wearing an elastomeric respirator.

Issued

Feb 21, 2019

Abate by

Mar 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) was used:   From the period between October 23, 2018 and December 18, 2018 employees were required to wear an elastomeric respirator while scraping lead based paint and employees were not fit tested prior to wearing an elastomeric respirator.

Issued

Feb 21, 2019

Abate by

Mar 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $2,273

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 ug/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):  From the period between October 23, 2018 and December 18, 2018 employee scraped lead based paint and employees lead exposure was not evaluated.

Issued

Feb 21, 2019

Abate by

Mar 21, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment, as required in 29 CFR 1926.62(d), and documented that the employee(s) performing any of the listed tasks was not exposed above the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), the employer did not treat affected employee(s) as if they were exposed above the PEL, and not in excess of ten times the PEL, and did not implement employee protective measures prescribed in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v):  From the period between October 23, 2018 and December 18, 2018 employee scraped lead based paint and employees lead exposure was not evaluated and did not provide employees with change areas, hand washing facilities and biological monitoring.