OSHA Inspection: MCCALLUM ENTERPRISES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2800.00 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 necessitated the use of personal protective equipment:    Workplace:  The employer did not conduct a workplace hazard assessment to determine necessary and appropriate types of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the employees.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(h)(1): The employer did not provide the protective equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), used to comply with this part, at no cost to employees:    Workplace:  The employer did not provide the protective equipment and personnel protective equipment (PPE) at no cost to the employees.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators were necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators were required by the employer, the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures consisting of (c)(1)(i), (c)(1)(ii), (c)(1)(iii), (c)(1)(iv), (c)(1)(v), (c)(1)(vi), (c)(1)(vii), (c)(1)(viii), and (c)(1)(ix) of this standard as applicable:       Workplace:  The employer did not establish and implement a worksite-specific written respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, fit testing and medical evaluation where employees were required to wear a full facepiece air-purifying respirator.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employees required to use respirators were not provided comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually training, and more often if necessary. Further, the employer did not provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who were wearing respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so:     Workplace:  The employer did not provide appropriate training and information to the employees voluntarily wearing full facepiece air-purifying respirators, at the beginning of their employment and at least annually thereafter, and the information in the Appendix D of this section.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1550.00 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:  Note: The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator:    Workplace: The employees required to wear full facepiece air-purifying respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) welding and maintenance were not medially evaluated to determine the employee's ability to wear respirators prior to fit test or required to wear respirators.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator was 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:    Workplace:  The employer did not ensure that the employees voluntarily wearing a tight-fitting full facepiece air-purifying respirator were fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, and at least annually thereafter.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that respirators were stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals, and they were packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve:    Workplace:  The employer did not ensure that the full facepiece air-purifying respirators were cleaned and stored properly to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.137(c)(2)(viii): Electrical protective equipment was not subjected to periodic electrical tests:     Workplace: The electrical gloves were not subjected to periodic electrical tests at least every 6 months.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.254(d)(9)(iii): Joining lengths of work and electrode cables were not done by the use of connecting means specifically intended for the purpose:    Workplace: The employer did not ensure that the welding cable was connected with an appropriate means as well as ensuring the connection was insulated adequately.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(a)(2)(i)(A): Each employee was not trained in, and familiar with, the safety-related work practices, safety procedures, and other safety requirements in this section that pertain to his or her job assignments:    Workplace: Each employee performing the operation and maintenance of electric power equipment was not trained in, and familiar with, the safety-related work practices, safety procedures, and other safety requirements in this section that pertain to the employee's job assignments.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(d)(2)(i): The employer did not establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections to ensure that, before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up, or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment was not isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    Workplace:  The employer did not establish and implement a site specific hazardous energy control lockout/tagout program consisting of machine specific step-by-step written energy control procedures and employee training for the employees while performing the operation and maintenance on the turbines, generators and their associated switching gear.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(e)(1): The employer did not ensure the use of safe work practices for entry into, and work in, enclosed spaces and for rescue of employees from such spaces:    Workplace: The employer neither developed nor ensured that not only for the safe work practices for entry into, but also working in enclosed spaces were appropriately used and followed, including for the rescue of employees from such spaces.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(e)(2): Each employee who entered an enclosed space or who served as an attendant was not trained in the hazards of enclosed-space entry, in enclosed-space entry procedures, and in enclosed-space rescue procedures:    Workplace: The employees required to enter into an enclosed space and/or serve as an attendant were not trained in the hazards of enclosed-space entry, enclosed-space entry procedures, and enclosed-space rescue procedures.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(e)(3): The employer did not provide rescue equipment to ensure for the prompt and safe rescue of the employees from the enclosed spaces:    Workplace:  The employer did not provide rescue equipment to ensure for the prompt and safe rescue of employees from the enclosed spaces.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(e)(4): Before any entrance cover to an enclosed space was removed, the employer did not determine whether it was safe to do so by checking for the presence of any atmospheric pressure or temperature differences and by evaluating whether there might be a hazardous atmosphere in the space:    Workplace:  The employer, prior to removal of the entrance cover (cover) did not determine whether it was safe to remove the cover to the enclosed space by checking and evaluating for the presence of any hazardous atmosphere in the space.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(e)(5): When cover(s) were removed from enclosed spaces, the opening was not promptly guarded by a railing, temporary cover, or other barrier designed to prevent an accidental fall through the opening and to protect employees working in the space from objects entering the space:    Workplace: The employer did not ensure that when the cover to the enclosed space was removed, the opening was promptly guarded by a railing, temporary cover, or other barrier designed to prevent an accidental fall through the opening and other types of hazards.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(e)(7): The employer did not ensure that while work was being performed in the enclosed space, an attendant with first-aid training was immediately available outside the enclosed space to provide assistance if a hazard existed because of traffic patterns in the area of the opening used for entry:    Workplace: While work was being performed in the enclosed space, the employer did not ensure through visual observation and/or specific instruction that an attendant with first-aid training was immediately available outside the enclosed space to provide assistance to the entrant.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(e)(8): The employer did not ensure that test instrument(s) used to monitor atmospheres in enclosed spaces were kept in calibration and had a minimum accuracy of ±10 percent:     Workplace: The 4-multi gas detector/meter that was used to monitor atmospheres in enclosed spaces was not kept in calibration.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(g)(2)(ii): Personal fall arrest equipment used by employee(s) who were exposed to hazards from flames or electric arcs, as determined by the employer under paragraph (l)(8)(i) of this section, was not capable of passing a drop test equivalent to that required by paragraph (g)(2)(iii)(L) of this section after exposure to an electric arc with a heat energy of 40±5 cal/cm2:    Workplace: The employer did not ensure that the personal fall protection gear that was used by employees in the workplace was electric arch rated meeting the minimum of heat energy.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(g)(2)(iv)(B): The employer did not ensure that personal fall arrest system(s) were used in accordance with subpart I of this part:     Workplace: The employer did not ensure that personal fall arrest system rigged for the employees exposed to fall hazards approximately 14 feet to the concrete ground below was not only designed but also installed/used in accordance with Subpart I of this part.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.140(c)(9): The employer did not ensure that snaphook(s) and carabiner(s) were the automatic locking type that required at least two separate, consecutive movements to open:    Workplace;  The employer did not ensure that the carabineers (devices) were an automatic locking type requiring at least two (2) separate and consecutive movements to open to protect employees exposed to the hazards of falling approximately 14 feet to the ground from the unintentional unlatching of the devices.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.140(c)(10)(iv): Personal fall protection snaphooks and carabiners that were not designed for such connections were connected to a horizontal life line:    Workplace:  The carabineers not designed for such connections were directly connected to a horizontal lifeline, exposing employees to the hazards of falling up to 14 feet to the ground.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(j)(2)(iii): Live-line tool(s) used for primary employee protection were not removed from service every 2 years, and whenever required under paragraph (j)(2)(ii) of this section, for examination, cleaning, repair, and testing as outlined in sections of (j)(2)(iii)(A), (j)(2)(iii)(B), and (j)(2)(iii)(C), (j)(2)(iii)(D), and (j)(2)(iii)(E) of this standard:    Workplace: The employer did not ensure that the fiberglass clamp stick was removed from service at least every 2 years.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.269(l)(8)(i): The employer did not assess the workplace to identify employees exposed to hazards from flames or from electric arcs:    Workplace:  The employer did not conduct the workplace hazard assessment to identify employees exposed to flames from arch welding and electrical arcs from electric generation and distribution.

Issued

2020-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1550.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this section did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI) in according with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section:    Workplace: The employer did not determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI) while performing tasks, such as (but not limited to) welding stainless steel.