OSHA Inspection: NEXT TO NATURE LANDSCAPE, LLC

Issued

Sep 21, 2023

Abate by

Nov 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer.   At the jobsite located at 3120 W. 157th Pl. Overland Park, KS, employee(s) performing landscaping masonry activities were exposed to respiratory hazards. Employee(s) using N95 respirators voluntarily were not provided with information contained in Appendix D of the standard.

Issued

Sep 21, 2023

Abate by

Nov 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,046 · Current $5,023 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

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).  At the jobsite located at 3120 W. 157th Pl. Overland Park, KS, employee(s) performing landscaping masonry activities were exposed to chemical hazards in that they were not provided access to the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS), QUIKRETE concrete mix, Ash Grove portland lime mortar, and gasoline/oil mix at the jobsite. The chemical hazards associated with the following chemicals include: skin and eye irritation, drowsiness, dizziness and upper respiratory irritation, silicosis and/or tuberculosis, and may cause cancer.

Issued

Sep 21, 2023

Abate by

Nov 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $12,055 · Current $6,028 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

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:   At the jobsite located at 3120 W. 157th Pl. Overland Park, KS, employee(s) performing landscaping masonry activities were exposed to chemical hazards in that they were not provided with information and training on how to recognize, avoid and/or eliminate the hazards associated with Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS), QUIKRETE concrete mix, Ash Grove portland lime mortar, and gasoline/oil mix at the jobsite. The chemical hazards associated with the following chemicals include: skin and eye irritation, drowsiness, dizziness and upper respiratory irritation, silicosis and/or tuberculosis, and may cause cancer.

Issued

Sep 21, 2023

Abate by

Nov 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $12,055 · Current $6,028 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1): Power operated tool(s), designed to accommodate guards, were not equipped with such guards when in use:  At the jobsite located at 3120 W. 157th Pl. Overland Park, KS, employee(s) engaged in landscaping masonry activities, dry cutting on Semco stone blocks, were exposed to amputation and laceration hazards in that they were operating a Makita Angle Grinder, model 9557PB, without a guard equipped.

Issued

Sep 21, 2023

Abate by

Nov 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $14,063 · Current $7,032 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.  At the jobsite located at 3120 W. 157th Pl. Overland Park, KS, employee(s) engaged in landscaping masonry activities, dry cutting on Semco stone blocks, were exposed to silica hazards. The employer failed to implement engineering and work practice controls as outlined in Table 1 to reduce employee exposure to silica dust.

Issued

Sep 21, 2023

Abate by

Nov 28, 2023

Penalty

Initial $10,046 · Current $5,023 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  At the jobsite located at 3120 W. 157th Pl. Overland Park, KS, employee(s) engaged in landscaping masonry activities, dry cutting on Semco stone blocks, were exposed to silica hazards in that the employer had not developed and implemented a written silica exposure control plan.