OSHA Inspection: PAUL'S POINTING, INC.

Issued

2024-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4148.00 · Current $2904.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c): The employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with required worksite-specific procedures and elements for required respirator use: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  a) 211 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE 19720 (Front): On or about February 6, 2024, an employee was required to wear an elastomeric 3M full face respirator with 3M 2091 cartridges while conducting grout removal without a written respiratory protection program to include medical evaluation, fit testing and other elements, prior to required use of respirators, including negative pressure respirators, exposing employees to respiratory hazards.

Issued

2024-05-14 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) 211 Delaware Street New Castle, DE 19720 (Front): On or about February 6, 2024, an employee wore an elastomeric 3M full face respirator with 3M 2091 cartridges while conducting grout removal without being provided a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator.

Issued

2024-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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):   211 Delaware Street New Castle, DE 19720 (Front): On or about February 6, 2024, an employee wore an elastomeric 3M full face respirator with 3M 2091 cartridges while conducting grout removal without being provided the required fit testing for employees to use respirators while working exposing, employees to hazardous atmospheric conditions.

Issued

2024-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  a) 211 Delaware Street New Castle, DE 19720: On or about February 6, 2024, the employer failed to provide appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134 to employees that voluntarily wore 3M N95 Particulate Respirator.

Issued

2024-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4148.00 · Current $2904.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section:  a) 211 Delaware Street New Castle, DE 19720: On or about February 6, 2024, the employer failed to conduct any type of employee assessment to the exposure of respirable crystalline silica dust or schedule monitoring for the employees reasonably expected to be exposed to dust particles during and after cutting concrete grout without required engineering controls.

Issued

2024-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan that contained at least the elements of paragraph(s) 1926.1153(g)(1)(I) through (iv):  a) 211 Delaware Street New Castle, DE 19720: On or about February 6, 2024, the employer failed to establish or implement any type of exposure control plan for those employees exposed or potentially exposed to respirable crystalline silica (silica dust). The employer required employees to cut out grout from concrete mortar joints in preparation for re-grouting.

Issued

2024-05-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1153(i)(1): The employer did not include respirable crystalline silica in the program established to comply with the hazard communication standard (HCS) (29 CFR 1910.1200):  a) 211 Delaware Street New Castle, DE 19720: On or about February 6, 2024, the employer failed to provide any type of hazard communication program including respirable crystalline silica (including SDS information, list of hazardous substances, and training associated) for the employees at the site.