OSHA Inspection: CHIPPEWA VALLEY EXCAVATING LLC

Issued

2020-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2313.00 · Current $1620.00 Reduced

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:  (a) 1000 West Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI; A written respiratory protection program was not established and implemented for an employee who was required to use a 3M 8200 N95 filtering facepiece respirator.

Issued

2020-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  (a) 1000 West Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI; An employee was not provided with a medical evaluation prior to the required use of a 3M 8200 N95 filtering facepiece respirator.

Issued

2020-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1):The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  (a) 1000 West Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI; An employee was not fit tested prior to the required use of a 3M 8200 N95 filtering facepiece respirator.

Issued

2020-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3084.00 · Current $2158.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, 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:  (a) 1000 West Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI; An employee was using a Stihl Model TS 420 handheld power saw to cut precast concrete piping without the use of an integrated water delivery system to minimize dust emissions.

Issued

2020-12-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-01-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1153(d)(2)(i):The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section:  (a) 1000 West Clairemont Avenue, Eau Claire, WI; The employer did not conduct an assessment of respirable crystalline silica exposure for an employee who was using a Stihl Model TS 420 handheld power saw to cut precast concrete piping without the use of control(s) to minimize dust emissions as identified in Table 1 paragraph (c)(1) of this section.