OSHA Inspection: U.S. PIPELINING LLC

Issued

Jan 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,458 · Current $1,300 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(1): All Class I, II, and III asbestos work was not conducted within regulated areas:    (a) Excavation, Abrams Hall Westside Building 14 South  - On or about July 24, 2019, the employees used a Sawzall reciprocating saw to cut off an approximately 2 feet or more section of a 6 inch transite sanitary pipe containing 10% Chrysotile and 4% Crocidolite asbestos, a Class II work activity, and the employer did not establish a regulated area.    No abatement certification or documentation required for this item.

Issued

Jan 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,458 · Current $1,300 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9020

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:    (a)  Excavation, Abrams Hall Westside Building 14 South - On or about July 24, 2019, the employer did not conduct exposure monitoring where the employees used a Sawzall reciprocating saw to cut off an approximately 2 feet or more section of a 6 inch transite sanitary pipe containing 10% Chrysotile and 4% Crocidolite asbestos.      No abatement certification or documentation required for this item.

Issued

Jan 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i): The employer with a work operation covered by the asbestos standard did not ensure that a "competent person" conducted an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation or workplace:  (a) Excavation, Abrams Hall Westside Building 14 South  - On or about July 24, 2019, the employees used a Sawzall reciprocating saw to cut off an approximately 2 feet or more section of a 6 inch transite sanitary pipe containing 10% Chrysotile and 4% Crocidolite asbestos, a Class II work activity, and the employer did not conduct an exposure assessment immediately before the work operation.  No abatement certification or documentation required for this item.

Issued

Jan 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $2,458 · Current $1,300 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(i): All Class II work was not supervised by a competent person as defined in 29 CFR 1926.1101(b):    (a)  Excavation, Abrams Hall Westside Building 14 South - On or about July 24, 2019, a competent person did not supervise the work where the workers used a Sawzall reciprocating saw to cut an approximately 2 foot or more section of a 6 inch transite sanitary pipe containing 10% Chrysotile and 4% Crocidolite asbestos.  This action could cause the material to become friable and is a Class II work activity.       No abatement certification or documentation required for this item.

Issued

Jan 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(v)(D): Asbestos-containing material removed was not immediately bagged or wrapped, or kept wetted until transferred to a closed receptacle, no later than the end of the work shift:  (a)  Excavation, Abrams Hall Westside Building 14 South - On or about July 24, 2019, the workers cut off an approximately 2 feet or more section of a 6 inch transite sanitary pipe containing 10% Chrysotile and 4% Crocidolite asbestos and left it laying dry and uncovered for approximately 20 days.  No abatement certification or documentation required for this item.

Issued

Jan 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(7)(i): Warning signs that demarcated the regulated area were not provided and displayed at such a distance from regulated areas that an employee may read the signs and take necessary protective steps before entering the area marked by the signs:  (a)  Excavation, Abrams Hall Westside Building 14 South - On or about July 24, 2019 the employer did not put up any warning signs where their workers cut a transite sanitary pipe containing 10% Chrysotile and 4% Crocidolite into a 2 foot or more section and left it laying uncovered and unmarked in the hole.  No abatement certification or documentation required for this item.

Issued

Jan 24, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(iv)(C): For Class II operations not involving the categories of material specified in 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(iv)(A), training was not provided which at a minimum included all the elements in 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(viii) and in addition the specific work practices and engineering controls of 29 CFR 1926.1101(g), and did not include "hands-on" training in the work practices applicable to each category of material that the employee would remove and each removal method that the employee would use:  (a)  Excavation, Abrams Hall Westside Building 14 South - On or about July 24, 2019, the employer did not provide employees with training where they cut an approximately 2 foot or more section of asbestos containing sanitary transite pipe with a Sawzall reciprocating saw and then placing it in an unmarked pile.  In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the Certification of Corrective Action Worksheet).