OSHA Inspection: KARRENBROCK CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

2019-12-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2842.00 · Current $2842.00

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.   On 09/04/2019 at 300 Siedentop Road, Weldon Spring MO an employee of Karrenbrock Construction, Inc was using a respirator while cutting concrete with a Stihl TS420 saw. The employee was not provided with a medical evaluation prior to using the respirator in the workplace.

Issued

2019-12-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $319.00 · Current $319.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): The employer did not provide each respirator user with a respirator that is clean, sanitary, and in good working order. The employer did not ensure that respirators are cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of this section, or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer, provided that such procedures are of equivalent effectiveness. The respirators were not cleaned. On 09/04/2019 at 300 Siedentop Road, Weldon Spring, MO an employee of Karrenbrock Construction, Inc was using a Stihl TS420 saw on concrete for approximately 10 minutes. The employee was wearing a respirator for respiratory protection during the cutting operation. Karrenbrock Construction, Inc had not provided this employee with a respirator that was clean and sanitary.

Issued

2019-12-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $319.00 · Current $319.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): All respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals.  At 300 Siedentop Road, Weldon Spring, Missouri, Karrenbrock Construction, Inc was not ensuring that all respirators were stored properly and protected from dust. CSHO noted, on 09/04/2019, that a respirator was being stored in an especially dusty trailer and exposed to unsanitary conditions.