OSHA Inspection: CONNECT HOUSING BLOCKS LLC

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,687 · Current $4,687

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1):In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures. The program shall be updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affect respirator use. The employer shall include in the program the following provisions of this section, as applicable:  a. On or about May 5, 2023, located at 1523 Westerville Road in Columbus, Ohio, employees were exposed to health hazards when wearing negative pressure half mask respirators while not being properly trained or evaluated for associated health hazards.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.       a. On or about May 5, 2023, located at 1523 Westerville Road in Columbus, Ohio, employees were exposed to health hazards when wearing negative pressure half mask respirators while not being medically evaluated for associated health hazards.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1): The employer shall ensure that employees using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph.       a. On or about May 5, 2023, located at 1523 Westerville Road in Columbus, Ohio, employees were exposed to health hazards when wearing negative pressure half mask respirators while not being fit tested.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(h)(1): Cleaning and disinfecting. The employer shall provide each respirator user with a respirator that is clean, sanitary, and in good working order. The employer shall ensure that respirators are cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of this section, or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer, provided that such procedures are of equivalent effectiveness. The respirators shall be cleaned and disinfected at the following intervals:      a. On or about May 5, 2023, located at 1523 Westerville Road in Columbus, Ohio, employees were exposed to health hazards when wearing negative pressure half mask respirators while not having procedures and schedules for cleaning and disinfecting the respirators.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(h)(2)(i): All respirators shall be stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals, and they shall be packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve.          a. On or about May 5, 2023, located at 1523 Westerville Road in Columbus, Ohio, employees were exposed to health hazards when wearing negative pressure half mask respirators while not having procedures and schedules for storage of the respirators.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k): Training and information. This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.       a. On or about May 5, 2023, located at 1523 Westerville Road in Columbus, Ohio, employees were exposed to health hazards when wearing negative pressure half mask respirators to cut structocrete and not being trained on the associated respiratory hazards to which they are potentially exposed.

Issued

Aug 14, 2023

Abate by

Aug 24, 2023

Penalty

Initial $7,813 · Current $7,813

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(d)(1): Exposure assessment-(1) General. The employer shall assess the exposure of each employee who is 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) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(3) of this section.    a. On or about May 5, 2023, located at 1523 Westerville Road in Columbus, Ohio, employees were exposed to health hazards when cutting drywall and structrocrete without the employer assessing the exposure to identify the magnitude of the health hazard present.