OSHA Inspection: ALL GRANITE & MARBLE CORP.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $8,873 · Current $5,767 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees are required to wear half-mask dual cartridge respirators while conducting polishing and cutting of quartz and marble countertops. The employer did not ensure that affected employees completed annual fit-testing, on or about 10/12/23.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9000

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) Fabrication Shop: Employees are required to wear half-mask dual cartridge respirators while conducting polishing and cutting of quartz and marble countertops and did not complete a medical evaluation. The employer did not ensure that affected employees were medically evaluated to determine their ability to use a respirator, prior to wearing respiratory protection, on or about 10/12/23.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees required to cut and polish quartz and marble countertops are required to wear respiratory protection, including, but not limited to, North 7700 series half-mask dual cartridge respirators, and had not completed respiratory protection training.  The employer did not provide training on the use, care, maintenance, and limitations of respirators, on or about 10/12/23.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $5,323 · Current $3,460 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(j)(3)(i): The employer shall ensure that each employee covered by this section can demonstrate knowledge and understanding of at least the following: (A)The health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica; (B) Specific tasks in the workplace that could result in exposure to respirable crystalline silica; (C) Specific measures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to respirable crystalline silica, including engineering controls, work practices, and respirators to be used;  (D)The contents of this section; (E) The purpose and a description of the medical surveillance program required by paragraph (i) of this section:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees are required to cut and polish quartz and marble countertops which contains respirable crystalline silica. The employer did not ensure that affected employees were trained on specific control measures for preventing exposure and information on health hazards associated with respirable crystalline silica, on or about 10/12/23.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $24,842 · Current $16,147 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  a) Production Shop: An employee engaged in polishing granite/stone countertops, utilizing a handheld pneumatic wet stone polisher, was exposed to a continuous noise level at 93.4% of the allowable 8-hour time weighted average sound level (90dBA) on 11/29/2023. The equivalent dBA level of 93.4% is approximately 89.5 dBA. The sampling was performed during 421 minutes on one work shift, with zero exposure assumed for any unsampled periods of time. The employer did not administer a continuing effective hearing conservation program, which included audiometric testing and noise training, thus exposing employees to irreversible hearing loss, on or about, 10/12/23.  All Granite & Marble Corporation dba Marble.com was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1309947, citation number 1, item number 2A and was affirmed as a final order on April 24, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 1 Mt. Vernon Street, Ridgefield Park, NJ.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(6): At least annually after obtaining the baseline audiogram, the employer did not obtain a new audiogram for each employee exposed at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels :  a) Fabrication Shop: An employee engaged in polishing granite/stone countertops, utilizing a handheld pneumatic wet stone polisher, was exposed to a continuous noise level at 93.4% of the allowable 8-hour time weighted average sound level (90dBA). The equivalent dBA level of 93.4% is approximately 89.5 dBA. The sampling was performed during 421 minutes during one shift, with zero exposure assumed for any unsampled periods of time. The employees' last audiometric test (baseline) was conducted on August 16, 2019. The employee had not participated in an audiometric test since their last baseline test. The employer did not obtain a new audiogram for affected employees annually after they completed a baseline audiogram, thus exposing employees to irreversible hearing loss, on or about, 10/12/23.  All Granite & Marble Corporation dba Marble.com was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1309947, citation number 1, item number 2B and was affirmed as a final order on April 24, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 1 Mt. Vernon Street, Ridgefield Park, NJ.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(2): The training program was not repeated annually for each employee included in the hearing conservation program:  a) Fabrication Shop: An employee engaged in polishing granite/stone countertops, utilizing a handheld pneumatic wet stone polisher, was exposed to a continuous noise level at 93.4% of the allowable 8-hour time weighted average sound level (90dBA) and had not completed annual training. The equivalent dBA level of 93.4% is approximately 89.5 dBA. The sampling was performed during 421 minutes during one shift, with zero exposure assumed for any unsampled periods of time. Affected employees last noise training was completed on 11/28/2023. The employer did not repeat annual noise training for affected employees who are included in the hearing conservation program, on or about, 10/12/23.  All Granite & Marble Corporation dba Marble.com was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1309947, citation number 1, item number 2C and was affirmed as a final order on April 24, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 1 Mt. Vernon Street, Ridgefield Park, NJ.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Abate by

Apr 18, 2024

Penalty

Initial $1,774 · Current $1,153 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.10(a): The employer did not record all cases on the OSHA 300 Log when an employee's hearing test (audiogram) revealed that the employee had experienced a work-related Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in hearing in one or both ears, and the employee's total hearing level is 25 decibels (dB) or more above audiometric zero (averaged at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz) in the same ear(s) as the STS:  a) Production Shop: An employee engaged in polishing granite/stone countertops, utilizing a handheld pneumatic wet stone polisher, was exposed to a continuous noise level at 93.4% of the allowable 8-hour time weighted average sound level (90dBA). The equivalent dBA level of 93.4% is approximately 89.5 dBA. The employees' audiometric test results show that they experienced a work-related standard threshold  shift in hearing to the left ear, with a total hearing level of 25 decibels or more above audiometric zero, averaged at 2k, 3k, and 4k hertz, in the left ear. The employer did not record work-related hearing loss on the OSHA 2023 300 log of injury and illness for employees who experienced a work-related standard threshold shift in hearing, on or about, 10/12/23.

Issued

Apr 8, 2024

Penalty

Initial $1,613 · Current $1,048 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.40(a): The employer did not provide an authorized government representative the records within the four business hours:  a) Facility-Wide: The employer did not provide OSHA 300 injury and illness logs and 300A summary pages within four business hours, on or about 10/12/23.