OSHA Inspection: DOUGLASS COLONY GROUP INC

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(3)(i):  The employer failed to conduct daily monitoring that was representative of the exposure of each employee assigned to work in regulated areas or who performed Class I or II work:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc failed to conduct daily monitoring that was representative of the exposure of each employee who performed Class II work.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not perform an exposure assessment nor establish a negative exposure assessment for the work practices conducted at this site.  This condition exposed employees to an airborne asbestos hazard.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(h)(3)(iii)(A):  The employer did not provide a half-mask air-purifying respirator, other than a disposable respirator, equipped with high-efficiency filters, whenever the employee(s) performed Class II and III asbestos jobs for which no negative-exposure assessment is available:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not provide a half-mask air-purifying respirator, other than a disposable respirator, equipped with high-efficiency filters, whenever employees performed Class II asbestos jobs for which no negative-exposure assessment is available.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not perform an exposure evaluation nor establish a negative exposure assessment for the work practices conducted at this site.  Employees wore either 3M model 8210 filtering facepiece respirators or bandanas.  This condition exposed employees to an airborne asbestos hazard.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(i)(1):  The employer did not provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for each employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos when a required negative exposure assessment was not produced:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for each employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos when a required negative exposure assessment was not produced.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not establish a negative exposure assessment for the work practices conducted at this site.  This condition exposed employees to an asbestos hazard.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(j)(2)(iii): Where a negative exposure assessment has not been produced, the employer did not ensure that protective clothing was cleaned with a HEPA vacuum before it was removed:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On 4/30/14, where a negative exposure assessment had not been produced, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not ensure that protective clothing was cleaned with a HEPA vacuum before it was removed.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not establish a negative exposure assessment for the work practices conducted at this site.  This condition exposed employees to an asbestos hazard.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(3)(i):  Before work in areas containing asbestos-containing material (ACM) and presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM) was begun, the employer did not identify the presence, location, and quantity of ACM and/or PACM, pursuant to paragraph (k)(1) of this section:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, before work in areas containing asbestos-containing material (ACM) and presumed asbestos-containing material (PACM) was begun, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not identify the presence, location, and quantity of ACM and/or PACM, pursuant to paragraph (k)(1) of this section.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  This work began on 4/21/14.  This condition exposed employees to an asbestos hazard.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(3)(ii)(B):  Before work under this standard was performed, the employer of employees who will perform such work did not inform employees and employers of employees who worked and/or were working in adjacent areas of the location and quantity of asbestos containing material and/or presumed asbestos containing material present in the area and the precautions to be taken to insure that airborne asbestos was confined to the area:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, before work under this standard was performed, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not inform employees who worked and/or were working in adjacent areas of the location and quantity of asbestos containing material and/or presumed asbestos containing material present in the area and the precautions to be taken to insure that airborne asbestos was confined to the area.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  This condition exposed employees to an asbestos hazard.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $5000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(8)(i): The employer did not ensure that labels were affixed to all products containing asbestos and to all containers containing such products, including waste containers:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not ensure that labels were affixed to all products containing asbestos and to all containers containing such products, including waste containers.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  Employees deposited asbestos containing debris generated by work activities into an open top truck trailer three floors below the roof via a chute.  The open top truck trailer was not labeled to indicate that asbestos containing material was located within.  This condition exposed employees to an asbestos hazard.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15000.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i):  The employer with a work operation covered by the asbestos standard 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:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc with a work operation covered by the asbestos standard 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.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  This condition exposed employees to an asbestos hazard.    Douglass Colony Group Inc, was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection 911002, Citation 1, Item 2a and was issued on August 21, 2013, and affirmed as a final order on September 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at the State of Colorado Capitol, 200 East Colfax, Denver, CO.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15000.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(i):  Class II work was not supervised by a competent person as defined in paragraph (b) of this section:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc II did not ensure that work was supervised by a competent person as defined in paragraph (b) of this section.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  This condition exposed employees to an asbestos hazard.    Douglass Colony Group Inc, was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.1101(o)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection 911002, Citation 1, Item 2b and was issued on August 21, 2013, and affirmed as a final order on September 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at the State of Colorado Capitol, 200 East Colfax, Denver, CO.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15000.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(ii)(B): The employer did not ensure that wet methods were used to remove roofing materials that were not intact, or that were rendered not intact during removal:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not ensure that wet methods were used to remove roofing materials that were not intact, or that were rendered not intact during removal.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  Employees used a power roof cutter to cut sections of built up roofing.  Neither misting nor wetting of the roof cutter blade or roofing material to be cut was performed.  This practice generated dust and debris.  Employees utilized shovels to remove the dry cut debris.  The dry debris and dust was transported via wheelbarrow to a chute.  Employees deposited the debris into an open top truck trailer three floors below the roof via the chute.  The debris and dust was not wetted prior to removal.  This condition exposed employees to an airborne asbestos hazard.    Douglass Colony Group Inc, was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(9)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection 911002, Citation 1, Item 3c and was issued on August 21, 2013, and affirmed as a final order on September 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at the State of Colorado Capitol, 200 East Colfax, Denver, CO.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(ii)(D): The employer did not ensure that when removing built-up roofs with asbestos-containing roofing felts and a smooth surface using a power roof cutter, the dust resulting from the cutting operation was not collected either by a HEPA dust collector or HEPA vacuuming along the cut line:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not ensure that when removing built-up roofs with asbestos-containing roofing felts and a smooth surface using a power roof cutter, the dust resulting from the cutting operation was not collected either by a HEPA dust collector or HEPA vacuuming along the cut line.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  Employees used a power roof cutter to cut sections of built up roofing.  This work practice generated asbestos containing dust.  Neither misting nor wetting of the roof cutter blade or roofing material to be cut was performed nor was a dust collection system used.  This condition exposed employees to an airborne asbestos hazard.    Douglass Colony Group Inc, was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection 911002, Citation 1, Item 3a and was issued on August 21, 2013, and affirmed as a final order on September 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at the State of Colorado Capitol, 200 East Colfax, Denver, CO.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(ii)(F): The employer did not ensure that upon being lowered, unwrapped material was not transferred to a closed receptacle in such a manner so as to preclude the dispersion of dust:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not ensure that upon being lowered, unwrapped material was not transferred to a closed receptacle in such a manner so as to preclude the dispersion of dust.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  Employees used a power roof cutter to cut sections of built up roofing.  This practice generated dust and debris.  Employees deposited the debris into an open top truck trailer three floors below the roof via a chute.  This condition exposed employees to an airborne asbestos hazard.    Douglass Colony Group Inc, was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(iii), which was contained in OSHA inspection 911002, Citation 1, Item 3b and was issued on August 21, 2013, and affirmed as a final order on September 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at the State of Colorado Capitol, 200 East Colfax, Denver, CO.

Issued

2014-08-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15000.00 · Current $7000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(ii):  Training was not provided prior to or at the time of initial assignment and at least annually thereafter for employees likely to be exposed in excess of a PEL and for employees performing Class I through IV asbestos operations:    (a) Douglass Colony Group Inc, at 601 E 18th Avenue, Denver, CO: On and preceding 4/30/14, Douglass Colony Group Inc did not ensure that training was provided prior to or at the time of initial assignment and at least annually thereafter for employees likely to be exposed in excess of a PEL and for employees performing Class II asbestos operations.  Employees removed roof tar, paper, insulation, and membrane from an office building roof.  Analysis of bulk samples of roofing materials, including roof tar, found up to twenty percent chrysotile asbestos.  This condition exposed employees to an asbestos hazard.    Douglass Colony Group Inc, was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection 911002, Citation 1, Item 4 and was issued on August 21, 2013, and affirmed as a final order on September 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at the State of Colorado Capitol, 200 East Colfax, Denver, CO.