OSHA Inspection: VICTOR ROBERTSON

Issued

Mar 25, 2022

Abate by

Apr 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

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.  At the job site, employees were not provided eye protection when operating a Bauer 7" Right Hand Angle grinder to cut brick and stone were exposed to eye injuries from flying objects.

Issued

Mar 25, 2022

Abate by

Apr 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2):  A respirator was not provided by the employer to each employee when such equipment was necessary to protect the health of the employee: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  At the jobsite, employees who were cutting masonry brick with a Baner 7" Masonry cutting grinder were not protected with personal protective equipment and exposed to respiratory hazards from the dust, silica dust and particles.

Issued

Mar 25, 2022

Abate by

Apr 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.300(b)(1):When power operated tools are designed to accommodate guards, they shall be equipped with such guards when in use.  At the jobsite, a guard was not installed or provided over the 7"  cutting blade on the Bauer right hand angle grinder, exposing employees to the hazard of being struck by the blade.

Issued

Mar 25, 2022

Abate by

Apr 6, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $2,486

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(d): Portable, power-driven circular saw(s) were not equipped with a guard above and below the base plate or shoe.     At the jobsite, employees operating a Bauer 7" right hand angle grinder without the guard  while cutting bricks, stones and other masonry material.  The employees were exposed to amputation hazards.

Issued

Mar 25, 2022

Abate by

Apr 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer shall 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.   At the construction site, the employer did not ensure that employees using a Bauer 7" angle grinder to cut bricks and stones were protected from being exposed to silica with the use of engineering controls, work practices and respiratory protection.