OSHA Inspection: E W BISETT & SON, INC.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Jan 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,313 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(f)(1):  The employer did not provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees utilize personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, hard hats, safety glasses, gloves and steel/composite-toed footwear.  Employees who perform work operations including, but not limited to, concrete mixing drum cleaning, did not have personal protective equipment training.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Jan 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2):  The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees utilize personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, hard hats, safety glasses, gloves and steel/composite-toed footwear.  The employer did not have a written certified PPE hazard assessment for employees who perform work operations including, but not limited to, concrete mixing drum cleaning.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation (see below).  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Jan 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,856 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc., 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees entered a concrete truck mixing drum to perform a chipping/chiseling operation to clean out hardened concrete from inside the concrete mixing drum.  The concrete mixing drum is a permit-required confined space.  The employer did not have a written permit-required confined space entry program.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation.  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. IN ADDITION, abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic, or video evidence or abatement or other written records.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Jan 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees entered a concrete truck mixing drum to perform a chipping/chiseling operation to clean out hardened concrete from inside the concrete mixing drum.  The concrete mixing drum is a permit-required confined space.  Employees did not have permit confined space entry training.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation.  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. IN ADDITION, abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic, or video evidence or abatement or other written records.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Jan 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(d)(9): The employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and/or for preventing unauthorized entry.  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees entered a concrete truck mixing drum to perform a chipping/chiseling operation to clean out hardened concrete from inside the concrete mixing drum.  Confined space rescue procedures were not evaluated, established, documented, and implemented.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation.  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. IN ADDITION, abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic, or video evidence or abatement or other written records.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Jan 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc., 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees entered a concrete truck mixing drum to perform a chipping/chiseling operation to clean out hardened concrete from inside the concrete mixing drum.  The concrete mixing drums were not evaluated to determine the requirements that were necessary under the permit-required confined space entry standard.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Feb 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,856 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i):  Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  A specific written lockout/tagout procedure was not developed for the service and maintenance of the concrete trucks.    B.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees did not maintain exlusive control of the concrete truck's key when performing servicing and maintenance operations that included but were not limited to entering the mixing drum of the concrete truck to perform cleaning tasks.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation.  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. IN ADDITION, abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic, or video evidence or abatement or other written records.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Feb 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  The employer did not conduct periodic inspections for service and maintenance activities of the concrete trucks.  Service and maintenance activities included, but were not limited to, entering in the mixing drum of the concrete truck to perform cleaning tasks.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation.  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. IN ADDITION, abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic, or video evidence or abatement or other written records.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Feb 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Authorized employee(s) did not receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about June 30, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees did not have authorized employee lockout/tagout training when performing service and maintenance activities on the concrete trucks.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation.  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. IN ADDITION, abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photographic, or video evidence or abatement or other written records.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Jan 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2):  The educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting was not provided to all employees upon initial employment, and at least annually thereafter:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about July 10, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees were provided with, and permitted to use, portable dry chemical multi-purpose fire extinguishers.  The employees had not had fire extinguisher training.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation (see below).  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Dec 3, 2020

Abate by

Jan 7, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2):  Portable fire extinguishers were not visually inspected at least monthly:  A.)  E W Bisett & Son, Inc. dba Bisett Building Center, 142 Davis Street, Bradford, PA  16701, on or about July 10, 2020 and times prior thereto:  Employees were provided with, and permitted to use, portable dry chemical multi-purpose fire extinguishers.  The fire extinguishers had not been inspected monthly.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED: Abatement certification is required within 10 days after the abatement date noted on the citation (see below).  This certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date abatement was completed, method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.