OSHA Inspection: SAUL GARCIA

Issued

Jun 7, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $1,492 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

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 a DeWalt DWE402 angle grinder was used to cut laid bricks and mortar without an integrated water delivery system or dust collection system.

Issued

Jun 7, 2022

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 laid bricks and mortar using DeWalt DWE402 angle grinder.

Issued

Jun 7, 2022

Abate by

Jul 5, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $1,492 Reduced

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 cutting laid brick and mortars.

Issued

Jun 7, 2022

Abate by

Jul 5, 2022

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 Amerimix colored mortar, a corrosive containing silica, was not maintained.

Issued

Jun 7, 2022

Abate by

Jul 5, 2022

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 exposing to corrosives containing silica such as Amerimix Mortar were not provided with hazard communication training and information.

Issued

Jun 7, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(g): Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:  a) At the construction site, employees working with Amerimix colored mortar were not provided with suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes.

Issued

Jun 7, 2022

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 Amerimix mortar, a corrosive.