| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100134 C02 I |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Current Penalty |
2200.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4400.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Employer failed to implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use the respirator: a) Maintenance Department - On or about 5/16/13, two carpenters who voluntarily wear half mask air-purifying respirators while performing job duties such as, but not limited to, spray painting throughout the facility had not been medically cleared to use the respirator NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19100134 K05 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
4400.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
2 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5): Respiratory protection retraining was not conducted annually: a) Maintenence Department - On or about 5/16/13, two carpenters who are required, by the employer, to wear half-mask air-purifying respirators while performing job duties such as, but not limited to spray painting throughout the facility, had not received respiratory protection training annually. NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261001 C |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-07-26 |
| Current Penalty |
2750.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
5500.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1001(c): The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter of air as an eight (8) hour time-weighted average: a) Y-9 Area - On or about 1/10/13, a pipefitter was in a JLG/cherry picker. While descending, the basket of the cherry picker nicked some thermal system insulation piper covering. Some insulation fell into the basket and onto the floor below. Employer failed to determine employee's exposure concentration. b) Y-9 Area - On or about 1/11/13, employer's supervisor required one or more employee(s) to remove the debris containing thermal system insulation. Employer failed to determine employee's exposure concentration. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101001 K |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-07-26 |
| Current Penalty |
2750.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
5500.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1001(k)(4): HEPA-filtered vacuuming equipment shall be used for vacuuming asbestos containing waste and debris. a) Y-9 Area - On or about 1/11/13, employer's supervisor required one or more employees to remove debris containing thermal system insulation without using a HEPA-filtered vacuuming equipment. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01005 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19101001 J05 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-07-26 |
| Current Penalty |
2750.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
5500.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
3 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(5): When an employer identifies previously installed ACM, labels or signs shall be affixed or posted so that employees will be notified on what materials contain ACM. The employer shall attach such labels in areas where they will clearly be noticed by employees who are likely to be exposed: a) Y-9 Area - Employer failed to attach labels to areas of the facility containing ACM, including pipe insulation. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01006A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 E04 |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-07-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
5500.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(4): All persons entering a regulated area where employees are required pursuant to paragraph (h)(1) of this section to wear respirators were not supplied with a respirator selected in accordance with paragraph (h)(2) of this section. a) Y-9 Area - On or about 1/10/13, a Class III activity was performed when a pipefitter was working on a steam line with thermal system insulation (asbestos containing material) on it. Employees performing the work, and working in the area did not wear respiratory protection. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01006B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 G09 V |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-07-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(9)(v): Respiratory protection was not worn by employees who performed a Class III operation which involved the disturbance of thermal system insulation and for which a "negative exposure assessment" was not produced. a) Y-9 Area, On or about 1/10/13, a pipefitter performed a Class III activity when they worked on a steam line with thermal system insulation (asbestos containing material) on it. The TSI was disturbed when the basket of the cherry picker caught on it and broke some of it off. The pipefitter did not wear respiratory protection. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01007 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 F01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-07-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
5500.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(1)(i): Where exposure monitoring was required under 29 CFR 1926.1101, the employer did not perform monitoring to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees were or potentially were exposed: a) Y-9 Area - On or about 1/10/13, a Class III operation was performed when a pipefitter was working on a steam line with thermal system insulation (asbestos containing material) on it. The TSI was disturbed resulting in ACM becoming airborne. Exposure monitoring was not conducted in order to determine employee exposures. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01008A |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 G09 III |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-07-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
5500.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(9)(iii): Where the disturbance involved drilling, cutting, abrading, sanding, chipping, breaking, or sawing of thermal system insulation, the employer did not use impermeable dropcloths, or another isolation method. a) Y-9 Area - On or about 1/10/13, a Class III activity was performed when a pipefitter was working on a steam line with thermal system insulation (asbestos containing material) on it. Some of the TSI was broken off during the maintenance activity; impermeable dropclothes were not used to isolate the activity. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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| Citation ID |
01008B |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19261101 G09 IV |
| Issuance Date |
2013-07-09 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2013-07-26 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
0.0 |
| Contest Date |
2013-07-25 |
| Final Order |
2014-01-10 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
4 |
| Related Event Code (REC) |
Complaint |
| Gravity |
5 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(9)(iv): Impermeable dropclothes and plastic barriers, or their equivalent were not used to isolate a job for which the employer had not produced a "negative exposure assessment". a) Y-9 Area - On or about 1/10/13, a negative exposure assessment was not produced for the Class III activity performed when a pipefitter was working on a steam line with thermal system insulation on it. The employer did not contain the area using impermeable dropclothes or other effective isolation methods. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED |
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