OSHA Inspection: DIAMOND A CUTSTONE, LLC

Issued

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $2766.00 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 equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  (a) In the fabrication building, a fabricator was exposed to noise levels at 79.38% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 79.38% is approximately 88.3 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 446 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for unsampled time.  (b) In the fabrication building, a fabricator was exposed to noise levels at 73.71% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 73.71% is approximately 87.7 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 450 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for unsampled time.

Issued

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $1659.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  (a) In the fabrication building, employees who fabricated stone products voluntarily wore half-mask, air-purifying, elastomeric facepiece respirators without first being medically evaluated to determine their fitness to wear the respirator.

Issued

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) In the fabrication building, employees who fabricated stone products were required to wear half-mask air-purifying respirators without first being medically evaluated to determine their fitness to wear the respirator.

Issued

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting respirator was fit tested prior to initial use, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, make or model) was used, and at least annually thereafter:  (a) In the fabrication building, employees who fabricated stone products were required to wear half-mask air-purifying respirators without first being fit tested.

Issued

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $2766.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(d)(1): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(3) of this section:  (a) In the fabrication building, the employer did not assess the exposure of each employee, including fabricators and polishers, who were or could have been reasonably expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level during stone product fabrication.

Issued

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(f)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:   (a) The employer did not establish an exposure control plan that contained at least the following elements: a description of the tasks in the workplace that involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica; a description of the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica for each task; and description of the housekeeping measures used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(i)(1)(i): The employer shall make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who will be occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year.  (a) In the fabrication shop, employees fabricating stone products were exposed to respirable crystalline silica at concentrations greater than the action level of 25 ug/m3, as an 8-hour time-weighted average, and the employer did not make medical surveillance available.

Issued

2024-05-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(j)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee was trained in accordance with the provisions of hazard communication standard (HCS) and paragraph (j)(3) of this section:  (a) In the fabrication building, employees who were exposed to respirable crystalline silica were not trained on the contents of the silica standard, 29 CFR 1910.1053, in accordance with paragraph (j)(3).