OSHA Inspection: TEXAS HRE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 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) At the site, where the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to employees that utilize elastomeric half face respirators on a voluntary basis.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2273.00 · Current $1364.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s) (Construction Reference 29 CFR 1926.59):  a) At the site, where the employer did not maintain a safety data sheet (SDS) for the Southern Concrete Product (SCP) concrete mix.  The concrete mixture contains Portland cement.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2)(iii): The employer did not provide information to the employees as to the location and availability of the written hazard communication program and safety data sheets required by 29 CFR 1910.1200 (Construction Reference: 1926.59):  a) At the site, where the employer did not provide the location and availability of the safety data sheet (SDS) for the Southern Concrete Product (SCP) concrete mix.  The concrete mixture contains Portland cement and can cause caustic burns.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2273.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.51(f)(1): The employer did not provide adequate washing facilities for employees engaged in the application of paints, coatings, herbicides, or insecticides, or in other operations where contaminants may be harmful to the employees.  Such facilities were not in near proximity to the worksite and was not equipped as to enable employees to remove such substances:  a) In the basement of the building, where the employer did not ensure that there were washing facilities for employees that were mixing and pouring concrete that contained Portland cement.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1932.00 · Current $1159.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii): Each employee on a walking/working surface was not protected from tripping in or stepping into or through holes by covers:  a) In the basement area, where floor holes were not covered, exposing employees to tripping hazards.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2273.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assessed and limited the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:              a) On the ground floor of the building, where a jackhammer used for demolishing concrete on the floor and the side of the interior wall was not equipped with a water delivery system or a dust collection system, exposing workers to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  a) On the ground floor of the building, where the exposure of workers jackhammering concrete on the floor and the side of the interior wall had not been assessed.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(e)(1)(i): Respiratory protection was not provided where specified by Table 1 of paragraph (c) of this section:  a) On the ground floor of the building, where respiratory protection with an APF of 10 was not provided to workers jackhammering the concrete on the floor and a portion of an interior wall.

Issued

2020-01-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  a) On the ground floor of the building, where an exposure control plan had not been established and implemented for workers jackhammering the concrete on the floor and a portion of an interior wall.