OSHA Inspection: GC CONSTRUCTION AND CONSULTING SERVICES LLC

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Abate by

May 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $3,377 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 1926.1153(e)(1)):    On or about October 23, 2019, at the jobsite 7135 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation at no cost to employees required to wear respirators while utilizing chipping tools to complete concrete restoration tasks on residential balconies where silica exposure occurred.

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Abate by

May 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $3,377 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    On or about October 23, 2019, at the jobsite 7135 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL, the employer did not develop a written hazard communication program that at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, for employees exposed to Portland cement, a corrosive material, and silica, a carcinogen, when completing concrete restoration tasks on residential balconies.

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Abate by

May 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $3,377 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1)(x): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, using jackhammers and handheld powered chipping tools, 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 assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.    On or about October 23, 2019, at the jobsite 7135 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL, the employer did not implement the use of either a water delivery system or shroud and dust collection system, with handheld powered chipping tools used by employees completing concrete restoration tasks on residential balconies.

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Abate by

May 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees were not exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 mg/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA:    (a) On or about 12/03/2019, at 7135 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, FL, an employee using chipping tool during a concrete restoration tasks on a residential balcony, had an 8-hr TWA exposure to respirable crystalline silica of 55 mg/m3.

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Abate by

May 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $3,377 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(h)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who was required under this section to use a respirator for 30 or more days per year:    On or about October 23, 2019, at the jobsite 7135 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL, the employer did not make medical surveillance available at no cost to employees utilizing chipping tools to complete concrete restoration tasks on residential balconies with exposure to crystalline respirable silica dust above the PEL and action level.

Issued

Mar 20, 2020

Abate by

May 8, 2020

Penalty

Initial $6,747 · Current $3,377 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that employees covered by this section could demonstrate knowledge and understanding of at least the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1926(i)(2)(i)(A) through (F) where there was exposure to respirable crystalline silica:    On or about October 23, 2019, at the jobsite 7135 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL, the employer did not ensure employees completing concrete restoration tasks on residential balconies had the knowledge and understanding of silica exposure hazards and tasks involved, control measures implemented, the identity of the competent person, and requirements for medical surveillance.