OSHA Inspection: KATAHDIN STREAM PARTNERS, INC.

Issued

Sep 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,144 · Current $2,901 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(11): The employer did not ensure that portable ladders used to gain access to an upper landing surface that have side rails that extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface.  Winthrop House of Pizza Work Site - The employer did not ensure that employees used ladders in a configuration that allowed rails to extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

Sep 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $4,061 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  The employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  Establishment - The employer did not ensure that employees had adequate means of fall protection on a surface that was 7 feet in height from the edge.

Issued

Sep 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $5,801 · Current $4,061 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.30(a)(3): The employer did not train each employee in at least the following topics listed in 1910.30(a)(3)(i)-(iv).   Establishment - The employer did not provide adequate training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained  in topics including, but not limited to; proper hook-up, anchoring and tie off techniques, methods of equipment storage and the nature of fall hazards in the work area.

Issued

Sep 29, 2022

Abate by

Nov 17, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,486 · Current $1,740 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2):The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:  Establishment - The employer did not provide a sufficient workplace hazard assessment which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment or the person certifying the evaluation for workplace hazards.

Issued

Sep 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,144 · Current $2,901 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1): 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:  Establishment - The employer failed to perform medical evaluations as required before employees used mandatory, 3M full face fitted  respirators.

Issued

Sep 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,144 · Current $2,901 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1):The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  Establishment - The employer did not conduct fit tests prior to use for employees using mandatory, fitted, 3M full face respirators.

Issued

Sep 29, 2022

Penalty

Initial $4,972 · Current $3,480 Reduced

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.  Establishment - The employer did not maintain an effective written hazard communication program which described how sections (f), (g), and (h) of 1910.1200 for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training would be met.  Their written hazard communication program did not contain a list of hazardous chemicals known to be present in the workplace such as but not limited to caustic chemical RN Craft Inc. Hood and Vent cleaner, the sixteen sections of a Safety Data Sheet, or pictograms.