OSHA Inspection: ADAMS FAMILY GENERATOR PADS, LLC

Issued

Feb 17, 2022

Abate by

Mar 11, 2022

Penalty

Initial $349 · Current $349

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:  (a) The employer failed to submit certification of abatement within 10 calendar days of the abatement date for Citation 1 Item 1a, Citation 1 Item 1b, Citation 1 Item 1c, Citation 1 Item 2, and Citation 2 Item 1.

Issued

Feb 17, 2022

Abate by

Mar 11, 2022

Penalty

Initial $349 · Current $349

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.19(d)(1):The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  (a) The employer failed to submit documentation of abatement within 10 days of the abatement date for Citation 1 Item 3a and Citation 1 Item 3b.

Issued

Jun 11, 2021

Abate by

Jul 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,926 · Current $1,118 Reduced

Hazardous substances 05779135

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:   On or about January 05, 2021, it was mandatory for employee(s) to wear an elastomeric (half mask) respirator when adding dry ingredients into a mortar mixer and when mixing cement.  A respiratory protection program was not established and implemented for employee(s) required to wear a respirator.

Issued

Jun 11, 2021

Abate by

Jul 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 05779135

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:  On or about January 05, 2021, it was required for employee(s) to wear an elastomeric, half mask, respirator when adding and mixing dry ingredients in a mortar mixer.  A medical evaluation was not provided for employee(s) wearing an elastomeric respirator.

Issued

Jun 11, 2021

Abate by

Jul 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  On or about January 05, 2021, and employee required to wear an elastomeric half-mask respirator was not fit tested prior to using the respirator.

Issued

Jun 11, 2021

Abate by

Sep 1, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $1,118 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560057720379135

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; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  On or about January 05, 2021, employees total dust, petroleum distillates  and carbon monoxide exposures were not evaluated.

Issued

Jun 11, 2021

Abate by

Jun 21, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,612 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  On or about January 05, 2021, employee operating a Mud Hog mortar mixer was exposed to the unguarded rotating mixing blade.

Issued

Jun 11, 2021

Abate by

Jun 21, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(2): Guard(s) on machine(s) were not affixed to the machine or secured elsewhere when attachment to the machine was not possible:  On or about January 05, 2021, employee operating a Mud Hog mortar mixer was exposed to the unguarded rotating mixing blade and the employer did not affix available guards to the mixer.

Issued

Jun 11, 2021

Abate by

Jun 21, 2021

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:  On or about January 05, 2021, employee voluntarily wearing a N95 filtering face piece was not provided Appendix D.