OSHA Inspection: 4-S MANUFACTURING, LLC

Issued

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11934.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

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 µg/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA:    This violation occurred on or about May 30, 2019, in the patching area where an employee grinding and patching precast concrete was exposed to 100 µg/m3 respirable crystalline silica over an 8 hour Time Weighted Average.

Issued

2019-10-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-07-13 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:    This violation occurred on or about May 30, 2019, in the patching area where an employee grinding and patching precast concrete was exposed to 100 µg/m3 respirable crystalline silica over an 8 hour Time Weighted Average without determining feasible administrative or engineering controls to limit the employee exposure.

Issued

2019-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11934.00 · Current $7160.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): 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 29 CFR 1910.146:    On or about May 30, 2019, and at times prior thereto, where employees working in cement truck drums were exposed to inhalation and struck-by hazards while chipping concrete without having a written and implemented permit space entry program.

Issued

2019-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8525.00 · Current $5115.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(d)(4)(iii): (iii) Ladders shall be permanently and securely fastened in place and constructed in compliance with 29 CFR part 1910, subpart D.    On or about May 30, 2019, and at times prior thereto, throughout the facility where employees were exposed to fall hazards while mounting and dismounting a container crane cab using a modified Werner brand extension ladder that was not in compliance with 29 CFR 1910, subpart D.

Issued

2019-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11934.00 · Current $7160.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.179(l)(3)(i): Unsafe condition(s) disclosed during the frequent or periodic inspection(s) required by 29 CFR 1910.179(j) were not corrected before operation of the crane(s) was resumed:      On or about May 30, 2019, and at times prior thereto, throughout the facility where employees were exposed to struck-by hazards while lifting pre-cast concrete products with a crane without correcting unsafe conditions found on the crane during an annual inspection.

Issued

2019-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6819.00 · Current $4091.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Workers and other persons adjacent to the welding area were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields:    On or about May 30, 2019, and at times prior thereto, in welding shop, where employees were exposed to arc flash burn hazards when welders in the welding area were welding without noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields to protect other employees from the arc flash rays.

Issued

2019-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    On or about May 30, 2019, and at times prior thereto, employees throughout the facility were voluntarily wearing filtering face piece respirators without having been provided the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.