OSHA Inspection: VANMINSEL BROS CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Sep 9, 2025

Abate by

Dec 29, 2025

Penalty

Initial $1,809 · Current $1,266 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: (Construction Reference 1926.103)   (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about April 3, 2025 and dates prior, a written respiratory protection program was not established and implemented before N95, filtering facepiece respirators were required by the employer to be worn by employees to protect against respiratory hazards created during batch mixing activities for silica containing products such as Spec-mix, Core fill (Spec mix grout) CF-01 and Spec-mix, type-S mortar (Portland lime and sand, PL-03) used at this site.

Issued

Sep 9, 2025

Abate by

Dec 29, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about April 3, 2025 and dates prior, medical evaluations were not provided to determine each employee's ability to wear a respirator before they were required by the employer to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against respiratory hazards while mixing batches of silica containing products such as Spec-mix, Core fill (Spec mix grout) CF-01 and Spec-mix, type-S mortar (Portland lime and sand, PL-03).

Issued

Sep 9, 2025

Abate by

Dec 29, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested: (Construction Reference 1926.103)  (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about April 3, 2025 and dates prior, respirator fit testing was not provided to employees annually before they were required by the employer to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against respiratory hazards while mixing batches of silica containing products such as Spec-mix, Core fill (Spec mix grout) CF-01 and Spec-mix, type-S mortar (Portland lime and sand, PL-03).

Issued

Sep 9, 2025

Abate by

Dec 29, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k): The employer did not provide comprehensive, understandable training which did not occur annually and/or more often if necessary:  (Construction Reference 1926.103)  (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about April 3, 2025 and dates prior, respirator training was not provided annually before employees were required by the employer to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators to protect against respiratory hazards while mixing batches of silica containing products such as Spec-mix, Core fill (Spec mix grout) CF-01 and Spec-mix, type-S mortar (Portland lime and sand, PL-03).

Issued

Sep 9, 2025

Abate by

Dec 29, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,412 · Current $1,688 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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about April 3, 2025 and dates prior, a hazard communication program was not implemented and maintained.

Issued

Sep 9, 2025

Abate by

Oct 29, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about April 3, 2025 and dates prior, safety data sheets (SDSs) were not maintained and/or readily available at the site for chemicals including, but not limited to: Spec-Corefill (Spec mix grout) CF-01 and Spec-mix, type-S mortar (Portland lime and sand, PL-03).

Issued

Sep 9, 2025

Abate by

Dec 29, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv):  The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, did not include an explanation of the  safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employee could obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:  (Construction Reference: 1926.59)  (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about April 3, 2025 and dates prior, training was not provided to inform employees how they can access safety data sheets and/or how to read safety data sheets to obtain chemical hazard information before they were exposed to Spec-Core fill (Spec mix grout) CF-01 and Spec-mix, type-S mortar (Portland lime and sand, PL-03) products used at this site.

Issued

Sep 9, 2025

Abate by

Dec 29, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6): The certification did not include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation:   (a) Throughout the establishment; On or about April 3, 2025, and dates prior, the certification of forklift operator training provided to OSHA did not identify a date when the evaluation was conducted and did not identify the person who performed the operator evaluation for an employee who was tasked with operating a Pettibone (model 8042) rough-terrain forklift.