OSHA Inspection: BLAZER WATERPROOFING SYSTEMS INC

Issued

Nov 21, 2019

Abate by

Jan 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,220 · Current $2,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iii): Employee training did not include the measures employees can take to protect themselves from chemical hazards, including specific procedures the employer had implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures and personal protective equipment to be used:    a) Blazer Waterproofing Systems Inc located at 1022 Eagles Nest Circle, Vail, CO 81657:  On and preceding 9/4/19, the employer training did not include the measures employees could take to protect themselves from chemical hazards, including specific procedures the employer had implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures and personal protective equipment to be used.  An employee was installing waterproofing insulation with a spray adhesive in a 7 foot concrete window well of a multi-family residential foundation with no means of egress and without ventilation equipment.  A flash fire occurred due to an unknown ignition source.  The employee had to self-extricate out of the window well. This condition exposed the employee to chemical and thermal hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2019

Abate by

Jan 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(9): Where employees must travel between workplaces during a workshift, the employer did not maintain the safety data sheets in each workplace or at the primary workplace facility where employees can immediately obtain information the required information in the case of an emergency:   a) Blazer Waterproofing Systems Inc located at 1022 Eagles Nest Circle, Vail, CO 81657:  On and preceding 9/4/19, the employer had not maintained the safety data sheet in each workplace or at the primary workplace facility where employees can immediately obtain information the required information in the case of an emergency.  An employee was installing waterproofing insulation with a spray adhesive in a 7 foot concrete window well of a multi-family residential foundation with no means of egress and without ventilation equipment. A flash fire occurred due to an unknown ignition source. The employee had to self-extricate out of the well.  This condition exposed employees to chemical and thermal hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2019

Abate by

Jan 21, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:    a) Blazer Waterproofing Systems Inc located at 1022 Eagles Nest Circle, Vail, CO 81657:  On and preceding 9/4/19, before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary. An employee was installing waterproofing insulation with a spray adhesive in a 7 foot concrete window well of a multi-family residential foundation with no means of egress and without ventilation equipment. A flash fire occurred due to an unknown ignition source. The employee had to self-extricate out of the well. This condition exposed the employee to chemical, thermal, and trapped in hazards.

Issued

Nov 21, 2019

Abate by

Jan 10, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,220 · Current $2,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairway or ladder was not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:     a) Blazer Waterproofing Systems Inc located at 1022 Eagles Nest Circle, Vail, CO 81657:  On and preceding 9/4/19, an employee was installing waterproofing insulation with a spray adhesive in a 7 foot concrete window well of a multi-family residential foundation with no means of egress. A flash fire occurred. The employee had to self-extricate out of the well. The employer did not ensure a stairway or ladder was not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches. This condition exposed the employee to thermal and trapped in hazards.