OSHA Inspection: MARTIN ESTEBAN TRUJILLO

Issued

Feb 8, 2022

Abate by

Feb 18, 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 did not provide abatement certification for Citation 1, Item 1a.  b)  The employer did not provide abatement certification for Citation 1, Item 1b.  c)  The employer did not provide abatement certification for Citation 1, Item 1c.

Issued

Nov 12, 2021

Abate by

Dec 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

Hazardous substances 9010

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 (Construction Reference 1926.59):  a) At the construction site, a written hazard communication program had not been developed and implemented.  Employees were exposed to hazardous substances such as silica when using Alamo Portland Cement.

Issued

Nov 12, 2021

Abate by

Dec 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s) (Construction Reference 1926.59):  a) At the construction site, where a safety data sheet (SDS) for Alamo Portland Cement, a corrosive containing silica, was not maintained.

Issued

Nov 12, 2021

Abate by

Dec 2, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area (Construction Reference: 1926.59):   a) At the construction site, employees using corrosives containing silica such as, but Alamo Portland Cement, were not provided with hazard communication training and information.

Issued

Nov 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $1,755 · Current $1,755

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors or potentially injurious light radiation:   a) At the construction site, where the employees were not using eye protection when applying mortar, a caustic, onto the outer wall.

Issued

Nov 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $2,341 · Current $2,341

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:  a) At the construction site, where the DeWalt masonry saw used to cut bricks were not equipped with a water delivery system or a dust collection system, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Nov 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) At the construction site, where the employer did not assess the employees' exposure to respirable crystalline silica while the employees were cutting brick using DeWalt masonry saw.

Issued

Nov 12, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.51(f)(1): The employer did not provide adequate washing facilities for employees engaged in the application of paints, coatings, herbicides, or insecticides, or in other operations where contaminants may be harmful to the employees.  Such facilities were not in near proximity to the worksite and was not equipped as to enable employees to remove such substances:  a) At the construction site, the employer did not provide non-alkaline soap for employees working with Alamo Portland Cement, a corrosive.