OSHA Inspection: ELON, INC.

Issued

Nov 15, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE).     ESTABLISHMENT: The employer had not conducted a workplace hazard assessment to determine the necessary and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees.

Issued

Nov 15, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training to each employee who was required by this section to use personal protection equipment (PPE).    ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not provide training and information to each employee required to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) on the PPE hazard assessment.

Issued

Nov 15, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer had not established and implemented a written worksite-specific respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing, and medical evaluations where employees were required to respirators.    ESTABLISHMENT: The employer had not established and implemented a written worksite-specific respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, and medical evaluations where employees were required to wear filtering face piece respirators during work tasks, such as (but not limited to) sawing tiles, manual hand grinding and beveling, dry surfaces sweeping and disposing of saw cutting slurry waste, creation of sample boards with tile and grout, and packaging of sample boards into boxes.

Issued

Nov 15, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

1910.134(e)(1): The employer had not provided 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.    ESTABLISHMENT: The employees, required to wear filtering face piece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) sawing tiles, manual hand grinding and beveling, dry surfaces sweeping and disposing of saw cutting slurry waste, creation of sample boards with tile and grout, and packaging of sample boards into boxes were not medically evaluated to determine the employee's ability to wear prior to fit test or required to wear respirators.

Issued

Nov 15, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were 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.     ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not ensure that each employee wearing tight-fitting facepiece respirators was fit tested prior to initial wearing respirators and at least annually.

Issued

Nov 15, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable, and effective annually training to employees who were required to use respirators.    ESTABLISHMENT: A comprehensive respirator protection training, including items, such as (but not limited to) necessary, proper fit, usage and maintenance was not provided to employees required to wear respirators.

Issued

Nov 15, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan for respirable crystalline silica containing the elements of the (f)(2)(i)(A), (f)(2)(i)(B) and (f)(2)(i)(C) of this standard.    ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not establish and implement a written work-site specific exposure control plan for respirable crystalline silica describing the elements, such as (but not limited to) the tasks, engineering controls, work practices, respiratory protections, and the housekeeping measures.

Issued

Nov 15, 2019

Abate by

Mar 6, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(h)(1): The employer allowed dry sweeping or dry brushing where such activity could contribute to employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica unless wet sweeping, HEPA-filtered vacuuming or other methods that minimize the likelihood of exposure were not feasible.     ESTAB;LISHMENT: The employees were allowed to do dry brushing of the counters and dry sweeping of the floors where such activities potentially exposing employees to respirable crystalline silica dusts.