| Inspection Type |
Complaint
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| Scope |
Partial
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| Safety/Health |
Health
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| Close Conference |
2014-08-11
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| Case Closed |
2018-01-03
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Related Activity
| Type |
Referral |
| Activity Nr |
901978 |
| Health |
Yes |
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Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100037 A01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(1): Exit routes were not kept free of explosive or highly flammable furnishings or other decorations: a). On or about 8/11/14, on site, near the right side of the building, the employer stored 55 gallon drums of coolant near an emergency exit door. The coolant is used for the machines operated inside the building. The coolant is a category 4 flammable. |
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| Citation ID |
01002A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100106 D04 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-03-31 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.106(d)(4)(i): Inside storage rooms were not constructed to meet the required fire-resistive rating for their use: a). On or about 8/11/14, on site, inside the building, within the KMA facility, the employer stored 250 (55) gallon drums of #6 oil. The #6 oil is a flammable material. The storage area did not meet the specifications as outlined in the regulations; such as, but not limited to, self-closing fire doors, and the flooring was not at least 4 inches below the surrounding door. |
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| Citation ID |
01002B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100106 D04 IV |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-03-31 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.106(d)(4)(iv): Every inside storage room was not provided with either a gravity or a mechanical exhaust ventilation system: a). On or about 8/11/14, on site, inside the building, within the KMA facility, the employer stored 250 (55) gallon drums of #6 oil. The #6 oil is a flammable material. The inside storage area did not have means of ventilation. |
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| Citation ID |
01002C |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100106 D04 V |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-03-31 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.106(d)(4)(v): In every inside storage room, one clear aisle at least 3 feet wide was not maintained: a). On or about 8/11/14, on site, inside the building, within the KMA facility, the employer stored 250 (55) gallon drums of #6 oil. The #6 oil is a flammable material. The employer did not maintain, inside the storage area, one clear aisle at least 3 feet wide. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101200 F05 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2000.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5): The employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged, or marked with the identity and appropriate hazard warnings regarding the chemicals contained therein: a). On or about 8/11/14, on site, inside the building, within the KMA facility, the employer stored 250 (55) gallon drums of #6 oil. The #6 oil is a flammable material. The 55 gallon drums were labeled as Lubrizol and NL-97 instead of #6 oil. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 F02 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i): The employer had a workplace or work operation covered by this standard and 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: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) when removing pipes throughout the site. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not conduct an exposure assessment prior to the removal. |
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| Citation ID |
01005 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 G01 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1): The employer did not use engineering controls and work practices listed at (g)(1)(I) through (g)(1)(iii) of this section in all operations covered by 29 CFR 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of the exposure: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not implement engineering controls and work practices as required by the OSHA standard. |
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| Citation ID |
01009A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 K07 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(7)(i): Warning signs that demarcated the regulated area were not provided and displayed at each location where a regulated area was required to be established: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site; indoors. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not implement warning signs on asbestos containing material. |
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| Citation ID |
01009B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 K08 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(8)(i): Labels were not affixed to all products containing asbestos and to all containers containing such products, including waste containers: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site; indoors. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not implement labels to asbestos containing material. |
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| Citation ID |
01010 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 K09 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(i): The employer did not institute, at no cost to employees, a training program for each employee who was likely to be exposed in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) and for each employee who performed Class I through IV asbestos operations: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site; indoors. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not implement a training program for employees conducting Class I asbestos operations. |
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| Citation ID |
01013A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 G04 II A |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(4)(ii)(A): For all Class I jobs involving the removal of more than 25 linear or 10 square feet of thermal system insulation or surfacing material; for other Class I jobs where the employer could not produce a negative exposure assessment pursuant to 29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(iii), or where employees were working in areas adjacent to the regulated area, while the Class I work was being performed, the employer did not use critical barriers placed over all the openings to the regulated area, except where activities were being performed outdoors: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site; indoors. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not implement critical barriers. |
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| Citation ID |
01013B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 G06 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(6): Class I asbestos work was not performed using alternate control methods not referenced in 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(5) that did not comply with the provisions in 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(6): a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site; indoors. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not use alternate control methods when removing the pipes and piping material. |
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| Citation ID |
01013C |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 K01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(1)(i): Employers and building owners did not identify TSI and sprayed or troweled on surfacing materials in buildings as asbestos-containing, unless they determined in compliance with paragraph (k)(5) of this section that the material is not asbestos-containing: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site; indoors. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not inform employees that the materials they were removing from the pipes contained asbestos. |
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| Citation ID |
01014A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 L04 I |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
1680.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(l)(4)(i): Waste and debris and accompanying dust in an area containing accessible thermal system, surfacing asbestos containing material (ACM) or presumed asbestos containing material, or visibly deteriorated ACM was dusted or swept dry, or vacuumed without using a HEPA filter: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site; indoors. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not implement housekeeping procedures as required by the standard to include vacuuming. |
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| Citation ID |
01014B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 L02 |
| Issuance Date |
2015-01-26 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2015-02-28 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
2800.0 |
| Final Order |
2015-03-05 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(l)(2): Asbestos waste, scrap, debris, bags, containers, equipment, and contaminated clothing consigned for disposal was not collected and disposed of in sealed, labeled, impermeable bags or other closed, labeled, impermeable containers: a). On or about 8/7/14, on site, for employees removing Thermal Insulation System (TSI) material when removing pipes throughout the site; indoors. Bulk samples taken from the CSHO indicted that the material on the pipes were positive for asbestos. The employer did not implement housekeeping procedures as required by the standard to include sealing and labeling bags and/or containers. |
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