OSHA Inspection: BERGEN MARBLE & GRANITE, INC

Issued

2025-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3121.00 · Current $0.00 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:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees engaged in customized cutting and polishing of quartz and marble countertops, were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators. The employer did not develop a written respiratory protection program with worksite specific procedures for affected employees, on or about 10/23/24.

Issued

2025-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

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) Fabrication Shop: Employees engaged in customized cutting and polishing of quartz and marble countertops, were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators. The employer did not provide a medical evaluation for affected employees to determine their ability to use respiratory protection, prior to using respirators, on or about 10/23/24.

Issued

2025-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-05-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees engaged in customized cutting and polishing of quartz and marble countertops, were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators. The employer did not ensure that affected employees completed fit tests, prior to initial use of respirators, on or about 10/23/24.

Issued

2025-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees engaged in customized cutting and polishing of quartz and marble countertops, were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators. The employer did not ensure that affected employees completed training on the maintenance, care and limitations of using respiratory protection, on or about 10/23/24.

Issued

2025-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4161.00 · Current $2200.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees were required to conduct servicing and maintenance on CNC machines, by removing and installing saw blades, and the equipment was not isolated from the energy source. The employer did not establish and implement an energy control program, which included, documented procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections, on or about 10/23/24.

Issued

2025-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3121.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

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:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees were required to use products that contained hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, alcohol and silica. The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program, on or about 10/23/24.

Issued

2025-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-04-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees engaged in cutting and polishing quartz and marble countertops, were required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators.  An employee had facial hair and was wearing an N95 filtering facepiece respirator. The employer did not ensure that affected employees were clean shaven prior to wearing respiratory protection, on or about 10/23/24.

Issued

2025-04-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(j)(3)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee covered by this section could demonstrate knowledge and understanding of  the health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica; specific tasks in the workplace that could result in exposure to respirable crystalline silica; specific measures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to respirable crystalline silica; the contents of this section; and the purpose and a description of the medical surveillance program required by paragraph (i) of this section:  a) Fabrication Shop: Employees were required to cut and polish quartz and marble countertops, and were unable to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica. The employer did not ensure that affected employees could demonstrate and understand the health hazards associated with exposure to respirable crystalline silica, on or about 10/23/24.