OSHA Inspection: E & M CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Jun 23, 2020

Abate by

Aug 3, 2020

Penalty

Initial $433 · Current $433

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  As of June 17, 2020, the employer had not certified that the abatement was completed for Citation 1, items 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e and 1f, and Citation 2, item 1, from Inspection 1455553, issued March 4, 2020, with a final order date of March 30, 2020.  Abatement certification for Citation 1, items 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e and 1f, and Citation 2, item 1 was due on April 20, 2020.

Issued

Mar 4, 2020

Abate by

Apr 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $3,084 · Current $3,084

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer did not ensure that a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures was established and implemented to include the provisions of (i)-(ix), as applicable:  In the Ballroom at 2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA, on and before January 14, 2020, employees were required to wear filtering facepiece respirators (FFPD) and allowed to voluntarily wear half-face, tight fitting, negative pressure elastomeric respirators without an established written respiratory protection program.

Issued

Mar 4, 2020

Abate by

Apr 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  In the Ballroom at 2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA, on and before January 14, 2020, employees were not provided medical evaluations or instructed how to clean, store or maintain respirators prior to being allowed to voluntarily wear half-face elastomeric respirators.

Issued

Mar 4, 2020

Abate by

Apr 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  In the Ballroom at 2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA, on and before January 14, 2020, employees were not provided medical evaluations prior to being required to wear filtering facepiece respirators and allowed to voluntarily wear half-face elastomeric respirators.

Issued

Mar 4, 2020

Abate by

Apr 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  In the Ballroom at 2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA, on and before January 14, 2020, employees were not fit tested prior to being required to wear filtering facepiece respirators.

Issued

Mar 4, 2020

Abate by

Apr 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  In the Ballroom at 2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA, on and before January 14, 2020, employees required to wear filtering facepiece respirators were allowed to have facial hair which came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face.

Issued

Mar 4, 2020

Abate by

Apr 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  In the Ballroom at 2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA, on and before January 14, 2020, employees were not provided training prior to being required to wear filtering facepiece respirators.

Issued

Mar 4, 2020

Abate by

Apr 20, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  In the Ballroom at 2 Boland Way, Springfield, MA, on and before January 14, 2020, an employee was allowed to wear a half-face elastomeric respirator on a voluntary bases, however was not provided basic advisory information as presented of Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134.