OSHA Inspection: EASTERN PROPERTY SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: (Construction Reference 1926.103)    On or about 6/27/19, the employer did not implement a written respiratory protection program for employees working in the 44 S. Broadway Parking Garage, performing abrasive blasting and spray painting operations. The employees were required to wear airline, full-face or half-face air-purifying air-purifying respirators while performing these tasks.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  On or about 6/27/19, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation for employees wearing respiratory protection who were working in the 44 S. Broadway Parking Garage, performing abrasive blasting and spray painting operations. The employees were required to wear airline, full-face or half-face air-purifying respirators while performing these tasks.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT): (Construction Reference 1926.103)  On or about 6/27/19, the employer did not ensure that employees wearing tight-fitting respirators, in the 44 S. Broadway Parking Garage, performing abrasive blasting and spray painting operations, passed a fit test. The employees were required to wear tight-fitting full-face or half-face air-purifying respirators while performing these tasks.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  On or about 6/27/19, the employer did not ensure that employees required to wear tight-fitting respirators had no facial hair that came between the seal and his face.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)  On or about 6/27/19, the employer had not provided respiratory protection training to employees required to wear both air-purifying and supplied air respirators while performing abrasive blasting and painting tasks.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    On or about 6/27/19, the employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program for employees spraying and rolling paint on structural beams in the 44S. Broadway Parking Garage. The paints were sprayed and rolled on and were two-part systems. They contained epoxy resin and hexamethylene diisocyanate which can both cause sensitization and asthma. They also contained ethylenebenzene, which can cause kidney and inner ear damage and xylene, which can cause central nervous system damage.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  On or about 6/27/19, the employer did not provide hazard communication training for employees spraying and rolling paint on structural beams in the 44 S. Broadway Parking Garage. The paints were sprayed and rolled on and were two-part systems. They contained epoxy resin and hexamethylene diisocyanate which can both cause sensitization and asthma. They also contained ethylenebenzene, which can cause kidney and inner ear damage and xylene, which can cause central nervous system damage.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,273 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(g): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    On or about 6/24/19, employees mixing and applying a two-part epoxy paint that was corrosive were not provided a suitable means for quick drenching (e.g., eyewash) in the work area for immediate emergency use.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,842 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.52(d)(1): In all cases where the sound levels exceeded the values shown in Table D-2 of 29 CFR 1926.52, a continuing, effective hearing conservation program was not administered:    On or about 6/27/19, the employer did not implement a hearing conservation program for employees working at the 44 S. Broadway Parking Garage. The employees were exposed to sound levels of 90.3 dBA, a dose of 105.5%,  and 114.5 dBA, a dose of 301.7%, over a 4-hour work period. The employee with the higher exposure was performing abrasive blasting to remove paint from structural beams and the second employee supervised the task.

Issued

Sep 11, 2019

Abate by

Oct 16, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,705 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 μg/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):    On or about 6/27/19, the employer had not determined the employees' exposure to lead during abrasive blasting operations in the 44 S. Broadway Parking Garage. Analysis of a paint chip from a structural beam indicates a measurable amount of lead, indicating the potential for exposure.