OSHA Inspection: AMEC CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2014-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1890.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace, including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:   Jobsite:  The employer did not conduct hazard assessment and evaluate the respiratory hazards where employees were using a gasoline powered chop saw to cut ceramic floor tiles within a enclosed area.

Issued

2014-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2700.00 · Current $1890.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.55(a): Exposure of employee(s) to inhalation, ingestion, skin absorption, or contact with any material or substance  at a concentrations above those specified in the "Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants for 1970" of the  American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, shall be avoided:  Jobsite: The employees, using a gasoline powered chop saw to cut the ceramic floor tiles within a enclosed area were exposed to Carbon Monoxide levels far above the Threshold Limit Value (TLV) of 50 parts per million (ppm).

Issued

2014-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.55(b): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not first implemented to reduce employee exposure to airborne gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists:  Jobsite: The employer did not take any "controls" prior to employees were using a gasoline powered hand-held chop saw to cut ceramic floor tiles in a enclosed area.