OSHA Inspection: STRATA GRANITE & MARBLE, LLC

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1132.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.29(b)(3): Guardrail systems were not capable of withstanding, without failure, a force of at least 200 pounds applied in a downward or outward direction within 2 inches of the top edge, at any point along the top rail:    On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that the guardrail system surrounding an approximately 4 feet 3 inch deep hole in the grinding area could withstand, without failure, a force of at least 200 pounds applied in an outward direction within 2 inches of the top edge.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $1895.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment:    On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment including, but not limited to eye and face protection.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:  On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that employees exposed to eye hazards such as flying water and stone particles were utilizing proper eye protection.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $1895.00 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:    On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections to ensure that employees conducting servicing and maintenance including, but not limited to changing the blades on equipment such as the bridge saw were protected against the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy causing injury.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $1514.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to ensure that employees utilizing a powered industrial truck were competent to operate the vehicle safely. No training or evaluations were conducted.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $5304.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(c): The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 ug/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA:  On or about May 7, 2019, an employee polishing in the fabrication department was exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average of 120 ug/m3 for respirable crystalline silica, approximately 2.48 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/m3. The exposure level was derived from samples collected over a 389 minute sampling period with zero exposure assumed for the unsampled period of 91 minutes.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(1): The employer did not use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL, unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible:  On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to provide engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL  when an employee polishing in the fabrication department was exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average of 120 ug/m3 for respirable crystalline silica, approximately 2.48 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/m3. The exposure level was derived from samples collected over a 389 minute sampling period with zero exposure assumed for the unsampled period of 91 minutes.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:    On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to establish and implement a written exposure control plan that includes a description of the tasks in the workplace that involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a description of the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica for each task, and a description of the housekeeping measures used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica when employees in the fabrication department were overexposed to silica when utilizing polishers.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(i)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available at no cost to each employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who has been occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year:    On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to provide medical surveillance to each employee who are occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica above the action level for 30 or more days per year. Employees operate grinders and polishers for the entire shift on a daily basis.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(1): 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) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(3) of this section:  On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to resiprable crystalline silica at or above the action level when an employee was documented to be overexposed above the PEL.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica was, or could have been reasonably expected to be, in excess of the PEL:  On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to establish a regulated area when an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica was in excess of the PEL.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(g)(1): Where respiratory protection was required by this section, the employer did not provide each employee an appropriate respirator that complied with the requirements of this paragraph and 29 CFR 1910.134:  On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to provide each employee with an appropriate respirator when they were exposed to respirable crystalline silica above the PEL.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(g)(2): Where respirator use was required by this section, the employer did not institute a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134:  On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to develop a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134 when respirator use was required due to an overexposure to respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $2652.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(j)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee was trained in accordance with the provisions of HCS and paragraph (j)(3) of this section:    On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to train employees in the finishing department who are exposed to respirable crystalline silica on the health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica, the specific tasks in the workplace that could result in exposure to respirable crystalline silica, specific measures that have been implemented to protect employees, and the purpose of the medical surveillance program.

Issued

2019-09-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about April 15, 2019, the employer failed to develop, implement, and maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how labeling, SDS, and training requirements would be me. Employees were exposed to harmful chemicals including, but not limited to, denatured alcohol and respirable crystalline silica.