OSHA Inspection: POWER COMPONENT SYSTEMS, INC.

Issued

2017-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7243.00 · Current $7243.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 ug/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):    (a) Power Component Systems, Incorporated - 5455 Carlisle Pike Navy Bldg 307 Mechanicsburg PA - The employer did not conduct an initial determination of the employees' lead exposure for the employees using a reciprocating saw to cut the lead containing housing while dismantling the furnace, on or about April 27, 2017.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement. The certification shall include statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment, as required in 29 CFR 1926.62(d), and documented that the employee(s) performing any of the listed tasks was not exposed above the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), the employer did not treat affected employee(s) as if they were exposed above the PEL, and not in excess of ten times the PEL, and did not implement employee protective measures prescribed in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v):    (a) Power Component Systems, Incorporated - 5455 Carlisle Pike Navy Bldg 307 Mechanicsburg PA Furnace Area - The employer did not perform an exposure assessment or treat the exposure as above the permissible exposure limit and provide and require the use of; respiratory protection, change areas, or biological monitoring, on or about April 27, 2017.    Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement. The certification shall include statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

2017-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:    (a)  Power Component Systems, Incorporated - 5455 Carlisle Pike Navy Bldg 307 Mechanicsburg PA  -The employer did not ensure that employees anchored on the right side of the furnace and were working on the left side of the furnace was rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard of approximately 7 feet 3 inch fall, on or about April 27, 2017.        No abatement certification or documentation is required.

Issued

2017-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7243.00 · Current $7243.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations:    (a) 5455 Carlisle Pike Navy Bldg 307 Mechanicsburg PA  - An engineering survey was not conducted by a competent person prior to employees(s) commencing demolition operations, thereby exposing employee(s) to a possible unplanned structural collapse, on or about April 27, 2017.      No abatement certification or documentation required.

Issued

2017-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5432.00 · Current $5432.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or step of a stepladder was used as a step:    (a)  Power Component Systems, Incorporated - 5455 Carlisle Pike Navy Bldg 307 Mechanicsburg PA  - Employees were using a Warner 6 foot fiberglass stepladder to access a catwalk around the furnace that was 7 feet 3 inches high, thereby exposing employees to a fall hazard, on or about April 27, 2017.    No abatement certification or documentation required.