OSHA Inspection: TRI STATE ABATEMENT, LLC

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4626.00 · Current $1920.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use:(Construction Reference 1926.103):    Jobsite: The employer did not have a written respiratory protection program that covered worksite-specific procedures and elements.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3): The employer did not designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training or experience to administer or oversee the respiratory protection program and to conduct the required evaluations of program effectiveness: (Construction Reference 1926.103)(a).    Jobsite: The employer did designate a program administrator who was qualified by appropriate training and/or experience to administer/oversee the respiratory protection program.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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).    Jobsite: The employer did not provide training to the employees who were wearing respirators for asbestos removal.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4626.00 · Current $1920.00 Reduced

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)(a):     Jobsite: The employer did not provide a medical evaluation for employees who were required to wear respirators for asbestos removal work.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested: (Construction Reference 1926.103)(a).     Jobsite: The employees using tight-fitting respirators were not fit tested prior to use and/or annually thereafter.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $1580.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(1)(i): Where exposure monitoring was required under 29 CFR 1926.1101, the employer did not perform monitoring to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees were or potentially were exposed:    Jobsite: The employer did not perform monitoring to determine the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which the employees were exposed while performing various asbestos removal activities.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(n)(1)(i): Where the employer had relied on objective data that demonstrates that products made from or containing asbestos or the activity involving such products or material were not capable of releasing fibers of asbestos in concentrations at or above the permissible exposure limit and/or excursion limit under the expected conditions of processing, use, or handling to satisfy the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.1101(f), the employer did not establish and maintain an accurate record of objective data reasonably relied upon in support of the exemption:    Jobsite: The employer did not establish and maintain an accurate record of objective data that was relied upon to support exemption.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3856.00 · Current $1580.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(1)(ii): The employer did not include asbestos in the program established to comply with the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), did not ensure that each employee had access to labels on containers of asbestos and safety data sheets, did not ensure that each employee was trained in accordance with the provisions of HCS and paragraphs (k)(9) and (10) of this section, and did not provide each employee information on at least the following hazards: Cancer and lung effects:     Jobsite: The employer did not include asbestos in the hazard communication program, and the training did not include asbestos and was not performed in a language that the employees were able to understand.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(i): The employer did not institute, at no cost to employees, a training program for each employee who was likely to be exposed in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) and for each employee who performed Class I through IV asbestos operations:    Jobsite: The employer did not institute a training program for each employee who was likely to be exposed in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) to asbestos and for each employee was performing Class I through IV asbestos operations.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(m)(2)(i)(C): The employer did not establish and retain written information regarding medical evaluations, fit testing, and the respirator program, including specific make, model, style, and size of respirator tested:    Jobsite: The fit-test records did not include the specific make and size of the respirator tested.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(3)(i)(A): The employer did not select, and provide to employees, the appropriate respirators specified in paragraph (d)(3)(i)(A) of 29 CFR 1910.134; however, employers must not select or use filtering facepiece respirators for use against asbestos fibers:    Jobsite: The employer allowed an employee to wear a respirator that was not provided by the employer to perform asbestos removal work.

Issued

2020-01-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-03-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(8)(iii): The employer did not ensure that labels of bags or containers of protective clothing and equipment, scrap, waste, and debris containing asbestos fibers beared the following information:      DANGER   CONTAINS ASBESTOS FIBERS   MAY CAUSE CANCER   CAUSES DAMAGE TO LUNGS   DO NOT BREATHE DUST   AVOID CREATING DUST    Jobsite: The labels used on bags that contained debris containing asbestos contained material only had "danger asbestos" and the job site name on them.