OSHA Inspection: CENTURY AGGREGATES, INC/CAPITAL CITIES LEASING CORPORATION

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8525.00 · Current $5000.00 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:    In the asphalt plant at 1801 East Street, Pittsfield, MA, on and before July 1, 2019, the employer did not develop or implement a written confined space entry program to pertaining to confined space entry at this facility.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry into a permit space was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:  At the Asphalt Plant at 1801 East Street, Pittsfield, MA, on and before July 1, 2019, the employer did not require the preparation of entry permits to document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3), prior to authorizing entry into the mixing drum and drying drum, permit spaces.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:    At the facility at 1801 East Street, Pittsfield, MA, on and before July 1, 2019, the employer did not perform training aimed at ensuring that employees acquire the understanding, knowledge and skills necessary to safely perform duties under 29 CFR 1910.146.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(ii): The employer did not evaluate a prospective rescue service's ability, in terms of proficiency with rescue related tasks and equipment, to function appropriately while rescuing entrants from the particular permit space or types of permit spaces identified:  At the asphalt plant at 1801 East Street, Pittsfield, MA, on and before July 1, 2019, the employer relied upon municipal rescue services for permit required confined space entry, but did not evaluate their equipment or ability to function appropriately while rescuing entrants from the confined spaces located at the plant.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8525.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees entered:    In the mixing drum and drying drum at 1801 East Street, Pittsfield, MA, on and before July 1, 2019, employees entered permit required confined spaces without fully evaluating or identifying the hazards of each permit space.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(6): The employer did not provide at least one attendant outside the permit space into which entry was authorized for the duration of entry operations:    At the drying drum at 1801 East Street, Pittsfield, MA, on and before July 1, 2019, the employer did not ensure that at least one attendant was stationed outside of a permit required confined space for the duration of entry operations.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8525.00 · Current $5000.00 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:    At the Asphalt Plant at 1801 East Street, Pittsfield, MA on and before July 1, 2019, the employer had not instituted energy control procedures, training, or periodic inspections to ensure employees were not exposed to the hazards of uncontrolled energy.

Issued

2019-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  At the asphalt plant at 1801 East Street, Pittsfield, MA, on and before July 1, 2019, employees were provided with N95 dust masks for voluntary use but were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D.