OSHA Inspection: ELISEO GAYTAN-LUNA

Issued

Jan 28, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2): A respirator was not provided by the employer to each employee when such equipment was necessary to protect the health of the employee:     At the jobsite, the employer did not provide respiratory protection to employees exposed to silica dust.

Issued

Jan 28, 2019

Abate by

Feb 26, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    Employees at the jobsite were not provided hazard recognition, training and avoidance of being exposed to silica dust.

Issued

Jan 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,449 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer shall 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.      On the east side of the construction site, the employer did not ensure employees using a chop saw to cut masonry material were protected from being exposed to silica with the use of engineering controls, work practices and respiratory protection.

Issued

Jan 28, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   On the east side of the construction site, the employer did not access potential exposure for employees cutting bricks with a DeWalt chop saw and not protected from being exposed to silica.