OSHA Inspection: LOEWE LONESTAR CONSTRUCTION & ROOFING

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(1): All Class I, II and III asbestos work was not conducted within regulated areas which complied with the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.1101(e), paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5):  At this worksite, employees removed asbestos-containing exterior siding from a home.  The employer did not ensure the following: a.  The work was performed within a demarcated/regulated area; b.  Access to regulated, demarcated areas was limited to authorized employees and persons authorized by the Act or regulations; c.  All employees and persons entering the demarcated/regulated area wore respirators and that the respirators were selected in accordance with paragraph (h)(2), and; d.  Employees were allowed to eat, drink, smoke, chew tobacco or gum, and/or apply makeup in the regulated/demarcated area.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

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:  At this worksite, employees engaged in construction activities, including, but not limited to, removing exterior siding which contained asbestos.  The employer did not perform air monitoring to ascertain if the employees were exposed or potentially exposed to asbestos.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9020

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 or workplace:  At this worksite, employees were involved in construction job tasks, including, but not limited to, removing exterior siding which contained asbestos.  The employer did not ensure an initial exposure assessment was performed in the areas where the asbestos containing material was being handled.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(ii): The employer did not use engineering controls and work practices in all operations covered by 29 CFR 1926.1101, regardless of the levels of exposure, in the form of wet methods or wetting agents to control employee exposures during asbestos handling, mixing, removal, cutting, application and cleanup:  At this worksite, employees performed construction activities, including, but not limited to, removing exterior siding which contained asbestos.  The employer did not ensure the employees used wet methods and/or other acceptable means of abatement in the course of removal, clean-up and disposal of the asbestos-containing materials, such as, but not limited to, siding.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(7)(i): All Class II work was not supervised by a competent person as defined in 29 CFR 1926.1101(b):  At this worksite, employees conducted Class II asbestos work, including, but not limited to, removing asbestos containing siding.  The employer did not ensure the employees performing the Class II work were supervised by a competent person.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(iii)(A): The employer did not ensure that cutting, abrading or breaking siding, shingles, or transite panels, was prohibited:  At this worksite, employees engaged in Class II asbestos work, including, but not limited to, removing asbestos containing siding from the exterior of a residential home.  The employer did not make sure the employees did not break the siding.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(iii)(B): Each panel or shingle was not sprayed with amended water prior to removal:  At this worksite, employees engaged in Class II asbestos work, including, but not limited to, removing siding from the exterior of a home.  The employer did not ensure each piece of siding removed was sprayed with amended water.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

Hazardous substances 9020

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 where no negative exposure assessment was available:  At this worksite, employees engaged in Class II asbestos work, including, but not limited to, removing siding from the exterior of a home.  The employer did not provide employees with half-mask air-purifying respirators.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(j)(2)(i): The employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees and equipment, adjacent to the regulated area, consisting of an impermeable drop cloth on the floor or horizontal working surface, for employees engaged in Class I work involving less than 25 linear or 10 square feet of thermal system insulation or surfacing asbestos containing material and for Class II and Class III asbestos work operations where exposures exceed a permissible exposure limit or where there was not negative exposure assessment produced before the operation:  The employer did not establish a decontamination room or area for employees and equipment, adjacent to the regulated area, consisting of an impermeable drop cloth on the ground or horizontal working surface, for employees engaged in the course of removal, clean-up and disposal of the asbestos containing material, including, but not limited to siding.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2772.00 · Current $2772.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(iv)(A): Employees performing Class II work were not trained in all the elements included in 29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(viii) and the specific work practices and engineering controls set forth in 29 CFR 1926.1101(g):  At this worksite, employees engaged in Class II asbestos work, including, but not limited to, removing asbestos containing siding from the exterior of a residential home.  The employer did not ensure the employees were trained in specific work practices and engineering controls, and the employer did not ensure the employees received at least eight (8) hours of training as required by the standard.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(10)(ii): The employer did not provide to the Assistant Secretary and the Director, upon request, all information and training materials relating to the employee information and training program:  The employer did not make available employee information and training materials for employees working with asbestos containing materials.

Issued

2018-06-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met (Construction Reference: 1926.59):   At this worksite, employees involved in construction work were exposed to asbestos containing material, including, but not limited to, exterior siding.  The employer did not develope a program which would address labeling and other forms of warning on containers, safety data sheets and employee information and training on the hazards associated with asbestos.  The written program must also contain the following: a.  a list of all hazardous chemicals/materials onsite; b.  the methods the employer will use to inform and train employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks and the known associated hazards; c.  the hazards of chemicals/materials stored onsite, and; d.  establish procedures to evaluate the effectiveness of the program.