OSHA Inspection: EYMAN PLUMBING, INC.

Issued

2018-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11641.00 · Current $11000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.55(a): Employee(s) were exposed to material(s) at concentrations above those specified in the Threshold Limit Values of Airborne Contaminants for 1970 of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists:    Worksite: 17660 Wright St. - Omaha, Nebraska - On or about August 17, 2018, employer is failing to ensure that employee(s) engaged in indoor construction work involving a gasoline powered concrete saw, were not exposed to levels of carbon monoxide exceeding the Permissible Exposure Limit.    An employee, operating the concrete saw, was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 60 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated at 1030.2 parts per million (ppm) CO level. The % carboxyhemoglobin (%COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak of 40.3%. Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account. The 8-hour TWA exposure was 128.8 ppm CO, which is 2.58 times the OSHA PEL of 50 ppm CO.

Issued

2018-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.55(b): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to reduce employee exposure(s):  Worksite: 17660 Wright St. - Omaha, Nebraska - On or about August 17, 2018, employer is failing to ensure that feasible administrative and/or engineering controls reduced employee carbon monoxide exposure levels below the permissible exposure limit. Floor fans and an catalytic converter muffler on the gasoline motor exhaust of the concrete saw were ineffective at reducing carbon monoxide levels.  An employee, operating a gasoline powered concrete saw, was exposed to carbon monoxide (CO) during a 60 minute occupational exposure at a mean calculated at 1030.2 parts per million (ppm) CO level. The % carboxyhemoglobin (%COHb) in the employee's blood reached a calculated peak of 40.3%. Atmospheric pressure, height, weight, activity levels, tobacco smoking behavior, and other factors were taken into account. The 8-hour TWA exposure was 128.8 ppm CO, which is 2.58 times the OSHA PEL of 50 ppm CO.

Issued

2018-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11641.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

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: (The requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134 are applicable to construction per 29 CFR 1926.103)    Worksite: 17660 Wright St. - Omaha, Nebraska - Employer is failing to monitor and identify respiratory hazards, including carbon monoxide, during an indoor job involving cutting concrete with a gasoline powered saw. On or about August 17, 2018, employee(s) were exposed to levels of carbon monoxide calculated to exceed 1000 parts per million (ppm) during an exposure duration of approximately 60 minutes.

Issued

2018-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-01-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5654.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: (The requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134 are applicable to construction per 29 CFR 1926.103)    Employer is failing to provide a medical evaluation for employees required to use N-95 filtering facepiece respirators during jobs such as cutting of concrete that create potential silica exposure. This hazard last occurred on August 17, 2018 at a job site located at 17660 Wright St. Omaha, NE 68138.

Issued

2018-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-02-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:(The requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134 are applicable to construction per 29 CFR 1926.103)    Employer is failing to provide annual fit tests for employees required to use N-95 filtering facepiece respirators during jobs such as cutting of concrete that create potential silica exposure. This hazard last occurred on August 17, 2018 at a job site located at 17660 Wright St. Omaha, NE 68138.