ELMIRA, NY ·
OSHA Inspection: DALRYMPLE GRAVEL AND CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of DALRYMPLE GRAVEL AND CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC. in 990 COUNTY ROAD 64, ELMIRA, NY 14903 (NAICS 327999). OSHA activity number 344163985.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- DALRYMPLE GRAVEL AND CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.
- Site address
- 990 COUNTY ROAD 64
- City
- ELMIRA
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14903
- Mailing
- 2105 SOUTH BROADWAY, PINE CITY, NY 14871
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 327999
- Employees
- 10
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
10 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,636 · Current $0 Reduced
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: Note: The employer may discontinue an employees medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator. a) Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co., Inc., on or about 7/17/19: Employee required to wear a 3M half face air purifying respirator and had not been provided with a medical evaluation.
Recent events (3)
- · J (O) $0
- · C (S) $5636
- · Z (S) $5636
1910.134 F02
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight fitting facepiece respirator was fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) was used, and at least annually thereafter: a) Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co., Inc., on or about 7/17/19: Employee required to wear a 3M half face air purifying respirator and had not been fit tested.
Recent events (3)
- · J (O) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1053 C
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 23, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $5,636
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(c): The employer did not ensure that employee were not exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 mcg/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA: a) Fisherville Drum Area, on or about 9/6/19: Plant Operator was chipping off excess blacktop off the top of the burner roof was exposed to 350.75 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of silica, eight hour time weighted average (TWA), approximately 7.02 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 69 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 411 minutes not sampled. Employee was wearing a 3M half face air purifying respirator.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $5636
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1053 D01
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
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: a) Fisherville Drum Area, on or about 9/6/19: Plant Operator was chipping off excess blacktop off the top of the burner roof containing silica and initial monitoring for silica was not conducted.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1053 F01
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Abate by
- May 19, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
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: a) Fisherville Drum Area, on or about 9/6/19: Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce employees exposures to silica below the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit. Employees exposures as referenced in Citation 1 Item 1c. EFFECTIVE MEANS OF ABATEMENT INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: 1. Install Wet Dust Suppression (WDS) systems 2. Local Exhaust Ventilation (LEV) 3. Filtration (general and source-capture) 4. Barriers 5. Continue to conduct air monitoring until results are below the Silica PEL
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1053 F02 I
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 23, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,636 · Current $0 Reduced
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan: a) Fisherville Drum Area, on or about 9/6/19: Plant Operator was chipping off excess blacktop off the top of the burner roof and overexposed to silica. Employee exposure as referenced in Citation 1 Item 1c. The employer did not implement a written exposure control plan for Silica.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $5636
- · Z (S) $5636
1910.1053 E01
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 2, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $4,508 · Current $0 Reduced
9000
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: a) Fisherville Drum Area, on or about 9/6/19: The employer did not establish this area as a regulated area when an exposure was in the excess of the PEL for respirable crystalline silica.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $4508
- · Z (S) $4508
1910.1053 E02 I
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 2, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(e)(2)(i): The employer did not demarcate regulated areas from the rest of the workplace in a manner that minimized the number of employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica within the regulated area: a) Fisherville Drum Area, on or about 9/6/19: The employer did not demarcate this area in a manner that minimized the number of employees exposed to crystalline silica.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1053 E02 II
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 2, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $2,254
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(e)(2)(ii): The employer failed to post signs at all entrances to regulated areas: a) Fisherville Drum Area, on or about 9/6/19: The employer failed to post Silica Sign at the Fisherville Drum Area.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $2254
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1053 J01
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2019
- Abate by
- Dec 11, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(j)(1): The employer did not include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200). The employer did not ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of crystalline silica and safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the provisions of HCS and paragraph (j)(3) of this section. The employer did not ensure that at least the following hazards are addressed: Cancer, lung effects, immune system effects, and kidney effects: a) Fisherville Drum Area, on or about 9/6/19: The employer did not include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200) and/or did not ensure that each employee had access to labels on containers of crystalline silica and safety data sheets and was trained as required, and did not ensure that at least the following hazards were addressed: Cancer, lung effects, immune system effects, and kidney effects.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 344163985.
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