OSHA Inspection: REACTION CO.

Issued

Dec 4, 2023

Abate by

Dec 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $3,515 · Current $0 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:  Employees that were required to wear a N95 respirator while cutting asphalt were not medically cleared for use. Employees were exposed to respiratory hazards.

Issued

Dec 4, 2023

Abate by

Dec 21, 2023

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:  Employees that were required to wear a N95 respirator while cutting asphalt were not fit tested prior to respirator use. Employees were exposed to respiratory hazards.

Issued

Dec 4, 2023

Abate by

Dec 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,813 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees:  Westside of the jobsite: Employees working within an unprotected excavation had no egress ladder. Employees were exposed to engulfment hazards.

Issued

Dec 4, 2023

Abate by

Dec 21, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,813 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652 (b) or (c).  East Side of the jobsite: Cave in protection was not provided for employees working in a trench greater than 5 feet in depth. Employees were exposed to engulfment hazards.

Issued

Dec 4, 2023

Penalty

Initial $4,688 · Current $2,813 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701: All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:  West side of the jobsite: Multiple pieces of rebar used for marking elevation protruded from the ground and were not guarded. Employees were exposed to impalement hazards.