OSHA Inspection: STONE CITY KITCHEN & BATH, LLC

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3687.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

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:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from chemical hazards and hazards related to use of respiratory protection in that the company had not developed and implemented a written respiratory protection program. This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards and hazards related to use of respiratory protection.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 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)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024 the employer did not ensure employees completed a medical evaluation to determine their ability to use a respirator before the employee was required to use the respirator in the workplace. This condition exposed employees to hazards related to use of respiratory protection.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 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 employees required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024 the employer did not ensure employees passed an appropriate respiratory fit test prior to being required to use respiratory protection in the workplace. This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which occurred annually and/or more often if necessary:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024 the employer did not ensure employees required to wear respiratory protection when performing work were provided comprehensive, understandable training covering subjects listed in 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(i - vii). This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(a)(5):The powered industrial truck was equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, however the employer did not request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from struck-by and tip-over hazards in that the Mitsubishi Model FGC40K Forklift was not marked to identify appropriate loading when used with the ABACO Forklift Boom Model AFJ-25. This condition exposed employees to struck-by and tip-over hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(l)(1)(i):The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024 the employer did not ensure employees were protected from struck-by and tip-over hazards in that employees did not complete training and evaluation as specified in paragraph (l) prior to operating forklifts. This condition exposed employees to struck-by and tip-over hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.178(q)(7):Industrial trucks were not examined before being placed in service:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from struck-by and tip-over hazards in that forklifts were not examined before being placed into service for each shift. This condition exposed employees to struck-by and tip-over hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.243(c)(4):The angular exposure on the grinding wheel periphery and sides for safety guard(s) used on portable grinding machine(s) exceeded 180 degrees:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from laceration hazards in that employees used an unguarded Dewalt DWE4011 angle grinder equipped with a diamond blade. This exposed employees to laceration hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $2000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure adequate working space was provided about the electrical panels in the northwest corner of the shop in that materials and equipment were stored within the working space of the panels that impeded access. This condition exposed employees to shock hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(g)(1)(iv): Flexible cords and/ or cables were used for purposes prohibited by paragraphs (A) through (F) of 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv):  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure that flexible electrical power cables were not used as a substitute for fixed wiring in that flexible extension cords were used to supply power to the grinding polishing area and connected power to the breakroom through the ceiling. This condition exposed employees to shock hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(c):The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 ug/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did ensure employees were not exposed to respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 ug/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA. One employee was exposed to 96 ug/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA, when performing work onsite.  Abatement Note:  Abatement of this item will be completed in a multi-step process as follows:   1. Effective respiratory protection shall be provided and used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within exposure limits.  STEP 1 ABATEMENT DATE (20 DAYS FOLLOWING RECEIPT):   2. Submit to the Area Director a written detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and /or administrative measures to control employee exposures to the hazardous substance referenced in this citation.  The plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which should be consistent with the dates required by this citation: a. Evaluation of the extent and location of the hazard source; b. Evaluation of control measure options; c. Selection of optimum control measures; d. Determination of control measure design; e. Ordering and delivery of equipment; f. Installation of control measures; g. Training of employees in proper operation and maintenance of newly implemented control measures; and h. Assurance of the effective performance of control measures.   All proposed control measures shall be evaluated for each particular use by a competent Industrial Hygienist or other technically qualified person.  Thirty day progress reports are required during the abatement period.  The progress report must identify the action taken to achieve abatement and the date the action was taken.   STEP 2 ABATEMENT (20 DAYS FOLLOWING RECEIPT):    3. Abatement will be completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls and upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.  STEP 3 ABATEMENT DATE (120 DAYS FOLLOWING RECEIPT):  (Progress reports will be submitted to the Area Director every 30 days, concluding after completion of Step 3 Abatement)

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not evaluate employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to identify appropriate controls to reduce employee exposure. This condition exposed employees to respirable crystalline silica which is recognized to causes multiple diseases, including silicosis, an incurable lung disease that leads to disability and death, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and kidney disease.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(e)(1):The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of respirable crystalline silica was, or could have been reasonably expected to be, in excess of the PEL:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not establish regulated areas in the workspace where respirable crystalline silica was, or could have been reasonably expected to be, in excess of the PEL. This condition exposed employees to hazards related to respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-31 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)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees were protected from respirable crystalline silica in that the company had not established and implemented a written exposure control plan that included at least; a description of the tasks in the workplace that involve exposure to respirable crystalline silica, a description of controls used to limit employee exposure and a description of appropriate housekeeping measures. This condition exposed employees to respirable crystalline silica which is recognized to causes multiple diseases, including silicosis, an incurable lung disease that leads to disability and death,  lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and kidney disease.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-03-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(j)(3)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee covered by this section can demonstrate knowledge and understanding of at least the following:        *(A): The health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica;        *(B): Specific tasks in the workplace that could result in exposure to respirable crystalline silica;        *(C): Specific measures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to respirable crystalline silica, including engineering controls, work practices, and respirators to be used;        *(D): The contents of this section;        *(E): The purpose and a description of the medical surveillance program required by paragraph (i) of this section.  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees were provided training on all required information and training covering work involving respirable crystalline silica.  This condition exposed employees to health hazards associated with respirable crystalline silica.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3687.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program that included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):   (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees performing work within the vicinity of hazardous chemicals were protected from chemical hazards in that the company had not developed and implemented a written hazard communication program. This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath, LLC at 1300 West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure employees were provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in the work area prior to performing work with or in the vicinity of hazardous chemicals. This condition exposed employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

2024-09-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-11-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.37(b)(6): Each exit sign was not illuminated to a surface value of at least five foot-candles (54 lux) by a reliable light source and be distinctive in color:  (a)Stone City Kitchen & Bath at 1300, LLC West 41st Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57105: On or about and at times prior to June 10, 2024, the employer did not ensure the exit sign above the north exit door of the shop was illuminated. This condition exposed employees to egress hazards associated with reduced exit route visibility in dark conditions and can decrease the efficiency of employee egress during an emergency.