OSHA Inspection: STONE NETWORK, LLC

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2128.00 · Current $1277.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.28(b)(1)(i):Except as provided elsewhere in this section 29 CFR 1910.28, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i):  a) Shop upper mezzanine storage area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to 8 foot and 6-inch fall hazards while accessing an upper mezzanine storage area to get supplies such as sinks with no fall protection system, guardrail system or warning system in place.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2128.00 · Current $1277.00 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 Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, employees are exposed to silica hazards above the OSHA Action Level while conducting polishing, grinding and cutting work tasks on natural and engineered stone and the employer does not have a written respiratory protection program in place. Employees are provided and required to use N95 particulate filtering facepiece respirators while cutting, polishing and grinding.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 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 Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, employees are silica dust over the OSHA Action level while conducting grinding, cutting and polishing work tasks on natural and engineered stone while being required to wear N95 particulate filtering facepiece respirators and the employer did not ensure that a medical evaluation was conducted prior to initial use.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 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 Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, employees are exposed to silica dust over the OSHA Action level while conducting grinding, cutting and polishing work tasks on natural and engineered stone while being required to wear N95 particulate filtering facepiece respirators and the employer did not ensure that fit testing was conducted prior to initial use.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 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 Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, employees are exposed to silica dust over the OSHA Action level while conducting grinding, cutting and polishing work tasks on natural and engineered stone while being required to wear N95 particulate filtering facepiece respirators and the employer did not ensure the employee was trained on the use, care and limitations of the respirator prior to initial use.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2128.00 · Current $1277.00 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) Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to respirable fraction crystalline silica quartz at an 8 hour calculated Time Weighted Average (TWA) of  40.85 micrograms per cubic meter of air which is 1.63 times the calculated 8 hour time weighted average of the Action Level of 25 micrograms per cubic meter of air  while conducting grinding, polishing and cutting work tasks on engineered and natural stone containing silica and the employer did not assess employee(s) exposure as required by the standard.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(f)(2)(i):The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan:  a)	Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards from cutting and grinding natural and engineered stone job tasks that resulted in an over exposure to the OSHA established Action Level and the employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(i)(1)(i):The employer did not make medical surveillance available at no cost to each employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who has been occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year:  a)	Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards from cutting and grinding stone job tasks that resulted in an over exposure to the OSHA established Action Level and did not provide or offer medical surveillance for employee exposed for 30 days or more per year.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1053(j)(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)	Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards from cutting and grinding stone job tasks that resulted in an over exposure to the OSHA established Action Level and did not ensure employees were trained on silica as part of the employer 's Hazard Communication Program.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2128.00 · Current $1277.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9000

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) Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards in that the employer did not provide a written hazard communication program for its employees while conducting natural and engineered work related tasks to fabricate countertops.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1)(i):The employer did not compile a list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that was referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet.  a) Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards in that the employer did not provide a chemical inventory list for its employees or have one available on site while conducting natural and engineered stone related work tasks to fabricate countertops.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 21509000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s).  a) Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards in that the employer did not maintain copies of all required safety data sheets for its employees such as but not limited to propane and stone. Employees are conducting natural and engineered work related tasks to fabricate countertops and operate propane powered industrial truck on site.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9000

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) Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to health hazards in that the employer did not provide training on hazard communication for its employees while conducting natural and engineered stone related work tasks to fabricate countertops.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.22(b):29 CFR 1910.22(b): The employer did not ensure that each walking-working surface can support the maximum intended load for that surface.  a) Shop upper mezzanine storage area;  On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, employee(s) were allowed to access a mezzanine area to get supplies for shipping that was not load rated and is used as a storage area.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:  a)  Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, an employee was exposed to noise dose at levels of 61.3% (equivalent to an 8-hour time weighted average TWA of 86.47 dBA) which is 1.23 times the action level of 50% (equivalent to an 8-hour TWA of 85 dBA) while conducting dry cutting, wet cutting, and wet polishing of natural stone, quartz and engineered stone to manufacture countertops. Results were calculated for a 454-minute sampling period. The employer failed to implement a monitoring program. Note: This did not exceed the 2 dba instrumentation allowance.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2):The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  a) Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer failed to verify that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification that identified the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation had been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and which identified the documents as a certification of hazard assessment.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-06-17 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)	Fabrication Shop Area; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, employees were allowed to operate a powered industrial truck without the employer first ensuring the employees were competent to operate the equipment as demonstrated by the completion of the required training and evaluation specified in the regulation.

Issued

2025-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.305(b)(2)(i):Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:  a)	Shop bathroom; On or about December 12, 2024, and at times prior to, the employer exposed employees to electrical burns, and shock hazards, in that the 110-volt light switch cover for outlet was not in place.