OSHA Inspection: SKIDMORE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2020-05-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-06-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $325.00 · Current $325.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): Employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:   Location: U.S. Postal Service, 210 Maple Avenue, Cheshire, CT  Abatement certification and verification for Citation 001, Item 1a ; Citation 001, Item 1b; Citation 001, Item 2; Citation 001, Item 3a; Citation 001, Item 3b; Citation 001, Item 4 and Citation 001, Item 1 with a final order date of April 27, 2020 was not received within 10 calendar days (by April 23, 2020) following the abatement due date (April 13, 2020).

Issued

2020-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $2313.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: (Construction Reference 1926.103)(a).   Jobsite: The employer did not establish and implement a work-site specific written respiratory program where employees were exposed to lead at or above the action level 30ug/mg3 while removing the exterior windows that contained lead based paint, and the employees were not provided with any type of respirator protection equipment and/or devices.

Issued

2020-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation should include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer could not identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer did not consider the atmosphere to be Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health (IDLH).  Jobsite: The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard for the employees exposed to lead at or above the action level 30ug/mg3 while removing the exterior windows that contained lead based paint, and the employees were not provided with any type of respirator protection equipment and/or devices.

Issued

2020-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $1735.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  Jobsite: The employer did not provide training and instructions to employees in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe working conditions and regulations applicable to the working environment where exterior windows that contained lead based paint were being removed.

Issued

2020-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $1735.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by this standard did not initially determine if any employee might be exposed to lead at or above the action level:  Jobsite: The employer who had a workplace and an operation where employees were required to remove exterior windows that contained lead based paint did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 ug/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).

Issued

2020-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i): With Respect to the Lead Related Tasks. The employer did not perform employee(s) exposure assessment, as required in 29 CFR 1926.62(d), and document that the employee(s) performing any of the listed tasks were not exposed above the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), did not treat affected employee(s) as if they were exposed above the PEL, and not in excess of ten times the PEL, and the employer did not implement employee protective measures prescribed in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v):  Jobsite: The employer neither performed employees exposure assessment and documented that any employees removing exterior windows that contained lead based paint were not exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30ug/m3, treated the affected employees as if they were exposed to above PEL, nor implemented any employees protective measures.

Issued

2020-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1735.00 · Current $1735.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(h)(2): Where possible, clean-up of floors and other surfaces where lead accumulated was not accomplished by vacuuming or other methods that minimized the likelihood of lead becoming airborne.   Jobsite: The employer did not ensure through utilizing vacuuming and/or other means that clean-up of the floors and/or other surfaces that had lead accumulations from the removal of the exterior windows that contained lead based paint had been accomplished.

Issued

2020-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employee(s) who were wearing respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so: (Construction Reference 1926.103).   Jobsite: The employees voluntarily wearing N95 white filter facepieces respirators while removing the exterior windows that contained lead based paint were not provider with the basic information in Appendix D of the respirator standard.