OSHA Inspection: ACCULEVEL, INC.

Issued

Nov 22, 2023

Abate by

Jan 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $8,036 · Current $5,000 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:  a.  On or about June 21, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that an employee required to wear a tight-fitting facepiece respirator had been provided with a medical evaluation, thereby exposing the employee to hazards associated with the use of respiratory protection.

Issued

Nov 22, 2023

Abate by

Jan 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  a.  On or about June 21, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee required to wear a tight-fitting facepiece respirator was not provided with a fit test prior to the initial use of the respirator, thereby exposing the employee to hazards associated with the use of respiratory protection.

Issued

Nov 22, 2023

Abate by

Jan 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training to ensure that each employee could demonstrate knowledge of 1910.134(k)(1)(i) - (vii):  a.  On or about June 21, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, an employee was provided with and required to wear an air-purifying respirator.  The employer did not ensure that the employee could demonstrate knowledge of the required training elements of the standard including, but not limited to, why respiratory protection is necessary, factors that compromise protection, proper fit, proper use, limitations and capabilities, change schedules, emergency use, inspection, maintenance and storage, general requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134, and how to recognize medical signs and symptoms.

Issued

Nov 22, 2023

Abate by

Jan 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $14,063 · Current $8,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(a): Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:  a.  On or about June 20, 2023, and June 21, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified the crawl space of the residential home as a permit-required confined space, thereby exposing employees working in the crawl space to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 22, 2023

Abate by

Jan 11, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(d):  If any employer decides that employees it directs will enter a permit space, that employer must have a written permit space program that complies with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site. The written program must be made available prior to and during entry operations for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.  a.  On or about June 20, 2023, and June 21, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not ensure that a written permit-required confined space program, compliant with the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.1204 and specific to the crawl space entry, was developed prior to allowing employees to work in the crawl space (a permit-required confined space), thereby exposing the employees working in the crawl space to fall hazards.

Issued

Nov 22, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(c)(3):  The entry employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations including, but not limited to: Isolating the permit space and physical hazard(s) within the space:   a.  On or about June 20, 2023 and June 21, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations and did not isolate the well within the crawl space (a permit required confined space), thereby exposing the employees working in the crawl space to fall hazards due to the presence of an uncovered/unguarded well that was approximately thirty (30) feet deep.

Issued

Nov 22, 2023

Abate by

Jan 31, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1207(a):  The employer did not provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and did not ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties assigned under this standard:  a.  On or about June 20, 2023, and June 21, 2023, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not provide employees working in the crawl space (a permit-required confined space) with training on the hazards of the permit space, the methods used to isolate/control/protect employees from these hazards, assigned duties, and the dangers of attempting unauthorized rescue, thereby exposing the employees working in the crawl space to fall hazards.