OSHA Inspection: S. GARY SHOEMAKER RIGGING & TRANSPORT LLC

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $1,894 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.353(b)(1): General mechanical or local exhaust ventilation meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of 29 CFR 1926.353 was not provided where welding, cutting, or heating was performed in a confined space:    On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside of ductwork during construction of an ATM36 Spray Dryer located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer did not provide mechanical or local exhaust ventilation.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $1,895 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:     On or about March 11, 2019, at a worksite located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer failed to identify ductwork in which employees were required to weld as a confined space.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(b)(1): Where the workplace contained one or more permit spaces, the employer who identified, or received notice of, a permit space did not inform exposed employees by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space:  On or about March 11, 2019, at a worksite located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer did not label ductwork in which employees perform welding operations as a permit required confined space.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,789 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(d): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site:     On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside ductwork when installing an ATM36 Spray Dryer at a worksite located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer failed to implement a written permit required confined space program at the construction site as described in 1926.1204.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(b): 1926.1204(b):  The employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees entered them:   On or about March 11, 2019, at a worksite located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH, 44260, the employer did not evaluate the hazards of ductwork associated with the ATM36 Spray Dryer prior to having employees enter to perform welding operations.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(c): The employer did not implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for the safe entry operations, including but not limited to specifying acceptable entry conditions: providing each authorized entrant or that employee's authorized representative with the opportunity to observe any monitoring or testing of permit spaces; isolating the permit space and physical hazards within the space; purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards; determining that, in the event the ventilation system stops working, the monitoring procedure will detect an increase in atmospheric hazard levels in sufficient time for the entrants to safely exit the the permit space:  On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside of ductwork during construction of an ATM36 Spray Dryer located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer had not first developed worksite specific procedures and practices necessary for safe permit space operations.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(d): 29 CFR 1926.1204(d): The employer did not provide the equipment specified in paragraphs (d)(1) through (d)(9) at no cost to each employee, did not maintain equipment properly, and did not ensure that each employee used the equipment properly:   On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside of ductwork during construction of an ATM36 Spray Dryer located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer did not provide employees with testing, monitoring, and ventilating equipment.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(e)(1): 29 CFR 1926.1204(e)(1): Permit confined space was not tested to determine if acceptable entry conditions existed before authorized entry was begun:  On or about March 11, 2019, at a worksite located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer did not ensure that permit space conditions in the ductwork associated with ATM36 Spray Dryer were evaluated before entry was begun.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(e)(2): Atmospheric hazards were not continuously monitored and the employer did not demonstrate that the equipment  for continuously monitoring was not commercially available.  Periodic monitoring was not used during the course of entry operations either:   On or about March 11, 2019, at a worksite located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer did not ensure that permit space conditions in the ductwork associated with ATM36 Spray Dryer were continuously evaluated during welding operations.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(f): 29 CFR 1926.1204(f): An attendant was not provided outside a permit confined space for the duration of entry operations:   On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside of ductwork during construction of an ATM36 Spray Dryer located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer did not station an attendant outside the permit space into which employees entered to perform welding.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(h): The employer did not designate each person who was to have an active roll in entry operations and did not identify the duties of each such employee, and did not provide each employee with training required by 1926.1207:  On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside of ductwork during construction of an ATM36 Spray Dryer located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer did not designate duties for entrants, attendants, and entry supervisors and did not provide worksite specific training for these roles.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(i): The employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services (including procedures for summoning emergency assistance in the event of a failed non-entry rescue), for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue:   On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside of ductwork during construction of an ATM36 Spray Dryer located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer had not developed and implemented worksite procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(j): The employer did not develop and implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits as required by this standard, including the safe termination of entry operations under both planned and emergency conditions:   On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside of ductwork during construction of an ATM36 Spray Dryer located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer had not developed and implemented a system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits.

Issued

Jul 5, 2019

Abate by

Jul 25, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1204(l): The employer did not develop and implement procedures (such as closing off a permit space and canceling the permit) necessary for concluding the entry after entry operations had been completed:   On or about March 11, 2019, where employees were required to weld inside of ductwork during construction of an ATM36 Spray Dryer located at 3555 Gilchrist Road, Mogadore, OH 44260, the employer had not developed and implemented procedures for concluding entry after entry operations have been completed.