OSHA Inspection: RELIANCE PRECAST SYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not establish and implement an energy control program in accordance with this standard. Employees clean and maintain woodworking machinery as well as machinery related to mixing and pouring concrete. This condition exposed employees to hazardous energy.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not develop, document and utilize energy control procedures in accordance with this standard. Employees clean and maintain woodworking machinery as well as machinery related to mixing and pouring concrete. This condition exposed employees to hazardous energy.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i): The employer did not provide adequate training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program was understood by employees:    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not provide adequate training to employees to ensure the energy control program was understood. Employees clean and maintain woodworking machinery as well as machinery related to mixing and pouring concrete. This condition exposed employees to hazardous energy.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut:    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not ensure that the Delta table saw (SN# 99A57032) was equipped with an automatically adjusting hood which completely covers the unused portion of the blade. This condition exposed employees to amputation hazards.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2): Hand-fed circular ripsaw(s) were not furnished with a spreader to prevent material from squeezing the saw or being thrown back on the operator:   (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not ensure that the Delta table saw (SN# 99A57032) was equipped with a spreader which prevents material from binding on the blade or kicking back on the operator. This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3): Hand-fed ripsaw(s) did not have non kickback fingers or dogs so located as to oppose the thrust or tendency of the saw to pick up the material or to throw it back toward the operator:  (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not ensure that the Delta table saw (SN# 99A57032) was equipped with non kickback fingers or dogs which prevent material from being thrown back on operator. This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(1): Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not used with safety guard(s):    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not ensure that the Ryobi and Bosch angle grinders were equipped with guards. This condition exposed employees to abrasion, laceration and caught-in hazards.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not ensure that the Hotsy power washer's (model# 854, SN# 000058-3616) power transmission pulley was guarded. This condition exposed employees to hazards associated with ingoing nip points.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i): Vertical or inclined belt(s) were not enclosed by guard(s) conforming to the requirements specified at 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o):   (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not ensure that the Hotsy power washer's (model# 854, SN# 000058-3616) power transmission  belt was guarded. This condition exposed employees to hazards associated with ingoing nip points.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $2,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not ensure that all the electrical outlet and junction boxes in the shop areas were affixed with cover plates. Six or more outlet and junction boxes were without faceplates or covers. This condition exposed employees to electrical shock and fire hazards.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):     (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not establish and implement a written hazard communication program in accordance with this standard. Employees mix and pour concrete as well as clean and chip concrete from equipment. Employees also fabricate concrete formwork out of wood and perform cleaning operations. This condition exposed employees to respirable crystalline silica and other chemicals including but not limited to:    -diesel  -wood dust  -propane

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not provide effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in the workplace in accordance with this standard. Employees mix and pour concrete as well as clean and chip concrete from equipment. Employees also fabricate concrete formwork out of wood and perform cleaning operations. This condition exposed employees to respirable crystalline silica and other chemicals including but not limited to:  -diesel -wood dust -propane

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Feb 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,327 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.33(a): The OSHA 300 Log, the privacy case list (if one exists), the annual summary, and the OSHA 301 Incident Report forms were not saved for five (5) years following the end of the calendar year that these records covered:    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not keep or maintain OSHA 300 logs and the OSHA 301 Incident report. The employer has been in business over 20 years and has not at any time kept OSHA logs.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Feb 19, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE):  (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present or likely to be so and whether or not personal protective equipment was necessary.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(3)(i): The employer did not perform initial monitoring to assess the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee on the basis of one or more personal breathing zone air samples that reflect the exposures of employees on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area:    (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacano, CO 80514: On and before 1/14/19, the employer did not perform initial monitoring to assess the 8 hour time weighted average (TWA) respirable crystalline silica exposure for operating the mixer.  This condition potentially exposed employees to the hazards of respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6): The employer did not ensure that all nameplates or markings were maintained in a legible condition:  (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not ensure that the name plate on the Terex rough terrain forklift (model# TH644C, sn# THO605B-6090) was maintained in legible condition. This prevented operators from knowing the capacity of the forklift.

Issued

Jan 30, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The employer did not certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l):  (a) Reliance Precast, LLC at 4558 Grand View Blvd. Dacono, CO 80514: On or before 1/14/19, the employer did not certify that forklift operators were trained and evaluated in accordance with this section. Employee operate rough terrain forklifts to move materials about the plant. This condition exposed employees to struck by hazards.