OSHA Inspection: BUILDING BOYS REMODELING, LLC

Issued

Sep 29, 2021

Abate by

Nov 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,300 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

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:   The employer is failing to evaluate respiratory hazards, including carbon monoxide levels.  On or about May 26, 2021, at Stonecliff Estates at or near 5831 Enterprise Dr. - Lincoln, NE 68521 , employee(s) engaged in power washing concrete in an enclosed parking garage, were exposed to high carbon monoxide levels and required hospital treatment for carbon monoxide exposure and facial injuries. The air quality/respiratory hazards in the enclosed garage were not monitored to determine the presence of potentially dangerous levels.

Issued

Sep 29, 2021

Abate by

Nov 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,300 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 50 parts per million (ppm):  The employer is failing to ensure that employee exposure to airborne concentrations of carbon monoxide does not exceed 50 ppm, as an 8 hour time-weighted average (TWA).  On or about May 26, 2021, at Stonecliff Estates at or near 5831 Enterprise Dr. - Lincoln, NE 68521 , an employee engaged in power washing concrete was exposed to carbon monoxide at an 8 hour TWA of 106.4 ppm, approximately 2.13 times the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm. Exposure level was determined from employee carboxyhemoglobin levels for 160 minutes exposure time and zero exposure is assumed for the remained 320 minutes.

Issued

Sep 29, 2021

Abate by

Nov 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $3,511 · Current $1,100 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:   The employer is failing to develop and implement a written chemical hazard communication program. A written hazard communication program was not available upon agency request. Employees are exposed to chemicals including, but not limited to carbon monoxide, deck stains, and degreasers.  This violation was last observed on or about September 10, 2021.

Issued

Sep 29, 2021

Abate by

Nov 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $4,096 · Current $2,300 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area:   The employer is failing to properly train employee(s) on the physical and health hazards, including the effects and symptoms of carbon monoxide.  On or about May 26, 2021, at Stonecliff Estates at or near 5831 Enterprise Dr. - Lincoln, NE 68521 , an employee engaged in power washing concrete was exposed to carbon monoxide at an 8 hour TWA of 106.4 ppm, approximately 2.13 times the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm. The exposed employees required hospital treatment for carbon monoxide exposure and facial injuries.