OSHA Inspection: KENT'S STONE PRODUCTS & DESIGN, LLC

Issued

2024-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2074.00 · Current $1556.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1):A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  On or about November 08, 2023, and November 15, 2023, it was mandatory for employees to wear an elastomeric half mask respirator when making engineered stone cement and a written respiratory protection program was not developed for employees wearing an elastomeric half mask respirators when mixing engineered stone cement.

Issued

2024-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 90009130

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:  On or about November 08, 2023, and November 15, 2023, employees wearing an elastomeric half mask respirator did not have a respirator medical evaluation.

Issued

2024-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 90009130

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(1):The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  On or about November 08, 2023 and November 15, 2023, employee wearing an elastomeric half mask respirator did not have a respirator fit test.

Issued

2024-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2592.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(d)(4): The employer did not reassess exposures whenever a change in the production, process, control equipment, personnel, or work practices was reasonably expected to result in new or additional exposures at or above the action level, or when the employer had reason to believe that new or additional exposures at or above the action level have occurred:  On or about November 08 and November 15, 2023, employees silica exposures were not evaluated when mixing sand, aggregate to make engineered stone.

Issued

2024-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(h)(1):The employer allowed dry sweeping or dry brushing where such activity could contribute to employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica and wet sweeping, HEPA-filtered vacuuming or other methods that minimize the likelihood of exposure were feasible:  On or about November 15, 2023, employee dry swept the shop floor with a broom to clean-up debris from the molds that was used to make engineered stone with cement that contained silica.

Issued

2024-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3457.00 · Current $2074.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 2587900091309135

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1):The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  On or about November 08, 2023, a written hazard communication program was not developed to convey the occupational health hazards of silica, Portland cement and metals in dye colors.

Issued

2024-02-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(4)(iii):An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:  On or about November 08, 2023, employee driving the Yale LP forklift was not recertified after 3 years of initial training.