OSHA Inspection: NORTHEAST ROOF MAINTENANCE, INC.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,977 · Current $5,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: 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)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ and corporate office at 649 Catherine St, Perth Amboy, NJ  The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program for workers who were required to wear a filtering facepiece respirator while removing siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0%  lead and 0.007%, 0.0091% and 0.0313% cadmium.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: 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)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ and corporate office at 649 Catherine St, Perth Amboy, NJ  The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to workers who were required to wear a filtering facepiece respirator while removing siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead and 0.007%, 0.0091% and 0.0313% cadmium.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter:   a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ and corporate office at 649 Catherine St, Perth Amboy, NJ  The employer did not ensure that workers who were required to wear a filtering facepiece respirator while removing siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead and 0.007%, 0.0091% and 0.0313% cadmium were provided with a fit test.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: The employer did not provided effective training to employees who are required to use respirators:  a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ and corporate office at 649 Catherine St, Perth Amboy, NJ  The employer did not provide training to workers who were required to wear a filtering facepiece respirator while removing siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead and 0.007%, 0.0091% and 0.0313% cadmium.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,977 · Current $5,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:  a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ and corporate office at 649 Catherine St, Perth Amboy, NJ  The employer did not ensure that employees sanding paint from the side of a building had been informed of lead and chromium health hazards.  OSHA analysis of paint flakes from the building and on the ground beside the building indicated the presence of lead at 4.5, 5.2, 6.2 and 8.0 percent, and for cadmium at 0.007, 0.0091 and 0.0313 percent.  Violation occurred on or about 09/24/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,977 · Current $5,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):  a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ  The employer did not determine the lead exposure of workers who were removing siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not collect personal samples representative of a full shift, including at least one sample for each job classification in each work area, either for each shift or for the shift with the highest exposure level:  a)  Worksite at 165 Webster Ave., Jersey City, NJ and corporate office at 106 Tontine Ave., Lyndhurst, NJ  The employer did not perform full shift personal sampling for workers who removed siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1127(d)(1)(i): The employer did not establish the applicability of this standard by determining whether cadmium was present in the work place and whether there was the possibility that employee exposure will be at or above the action level prior to performance of any construction work:  a) Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ  The employer did not determine the presence of cadmium for workers who were removing siding and hand sanding paint containing 0.007%, 0.0091% and 0.0313% cadmium.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,977 · Current $5,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(C): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with change areas in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2):  a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ  The employer did not provide workers who replace siding and hand sanded paint which contained 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead a clean change area.  Workers donned and doffed coveralls, booties, gloves and filtering facepiece respirators outside at the work truck.     Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2)(i): The employer did not provide clean change areas as an interim protection for employees performing tasks as specified in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2):  a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ  The employer did not provide workers who were replacing siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead a clean change area.  Workers donned and doffed coveralls, gloves, booties and filtering facepiece respirators outside at the work truck.     Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,977 · Current $5,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(D): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with hand washing facilities in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(i)(5):  a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ  The employer did not provide workers  removing siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead  hand washing facilities.  Workers could use the bathroom in the building or hand sanitizer.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(5)(i): The employer did not provide adequate handwashing facilities in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.51(f), for use by employees exposed to lead:  a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ  The employer did not provide workers  removing siding and hand sanding paint containing 4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead  hand washing facilities.  Workers could use the bathroom in the building or hand sanitizer.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,977 · Current $5,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(E): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with biological monitoring in accordance with 1926.62(j)(1)(i), to consist of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels:  a)  Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ   The employer did not provide workers who removed siding and hand sanding paint containing4.5%, 5.2%, 6.2% and 8.0% lead with blood tests for lead and zinc protoporphyrin.    Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.

Issued

Mar 17, 2022

Abate by

May 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $7,977 · Current $4,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6):  a) Worksite at 621 Main St, Boonton, NJ  A worker was exposed to electrical hazards as he was working on an Aluma-Pole scaffold while replacing siding.  The scaffold was in contact with the service drop exposing the worker to up to 240V.  Violation occurred on or about 09/21/2021.