OSHA Inspection: POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE

Issued

2024-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i): The employer with a work operation covered by the asbestos standard did not ensure that a "competent person" conducted an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation or workplace.  Lighthouse Apartments: On or about February 2024, Point Reyes National Seashore did not ensure that a "competent person" conducted an exposure assessment immediately before or at the start of asbestos work in the apartments to ascertain expected exposures during the renovation of floors. This potentially exposed employees to contact with asbestos fibers which can cause respiratory illness.

Issued

2024-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(2)(i): The employer did not implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with � 1910.134 (b) through (d) (except (d)(1)(iii)), and (f) through (m), which covers each employee required by this section to use a respirator.  Lighthouse Apartments: On or about February 2024, the employer did not implement all required elements of a respiratory protection program for employees conducting Class IV asbestos work in the Lighthouse Apartments, Units A and C.   Work including removal of carpet and carpet foam stuck to asbestos-containing floor tiles occurred between February and March 2024, which potentially exposed employees to asbestos-containing material from broken floor tiles. Fit testing for employees doing asbestos work was not maintained.

Issued

2024-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(i)(1): General. The employer did not provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for any employee conducting work for which a required negative exposure assessment is not produced.  Lighthouse Apartments: On or about February 2024, employees applied an encapsulating primer to the asbestos-containing floor tile/mastic of one of the units. Employees also removed carpet and carpet foam from on top of asbestos-containing floor tiles. No negative exposure assessment was provided prior to this work being conducted.   The employer did not provide and require the use of protective clothing as required for this task when there is no negative exposure assessment. This condition potentially exposed employees to contact with asbestos fibers which can cause respiratory illness.

Issued

2024-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(3)(ii)(B): Before work under this standard was performed employees were not informed of the location and quantity of ACM and/or PACM present in the areas in which they were working or adjacent to and the precautions to be taken to insure that airborne asbestos was confined to the area:   Lighthouse Apartments: On or about February 2024, employees working in the Lighthouse Apartments doing construction activities were not notified of the presence, location and quantity of asbestos containing material (ACM) or presumed asbestos containing material (PACM) in their work areas prior to starting work. This condition potentially exposed employees to contact with asbestos which can cause respiratory illness.

Issued

2024-07-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-08-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1101(k)(8)(vii): After the building owner or employer identified previously installed presumed asbestos containing material (PACM) and/or asbestos containing material (ACM), labels or signs were not affixed or posted so that employees would be notified of what materials contain PACM and/or ACM, and/or the employer did not post signs in lieu of labels, and/or ensure, to the extent feasible, that employees who come in contact with these signs or labels could comprehend them:  Lighthouse Apartments: On or around February 2024, the employer did not affix labels or signs at the Lighthouse Apartments so that employees would be notified of what materials contain PACM and/or ACM within the apartments before starting deconstruction work. This condition potentially exposed employees to contact with asbestos.

Issued

2024-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1101(k)(9)(i): The employer did not train each employee who is likely to be exposed in excess of a PEL, and each employee who performs Class I through IV asbestos operations, in accordance with the requirements of this section.  Lighthouse Apartments:  On or about February 2024, the employer did not ensure each employee who performed class III and class IV asbestos operations was trained in accordance with the requirements of this section.  Employees did class III asbestos work including application of "Perfect Primer Encapsulant" on the floor of unit C. Class IV work was also done. Some floor tiles were broken in the units. The cleanup of these floor tiles was class IV asbestos work because the floor tiles had asbestos and asbestos mastic. This work potentially exposed employees to contact with asbestos fibers which can cause respiratory illness.