OSHA Inspection: DALRYMPLE GRAVEL AND CONTRACTING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

2019-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5636.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 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.

Issued

2019-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 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.

Issued

2019-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $5636.00

Hazardous substances 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.

Issued

2019-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 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.

Issued

2019-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-05-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 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

Issued

2019-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5636.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 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.

Issued

2019-11-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $2254.00

Hazardous substances 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.