OSHA Inspection: NORTHEAST ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS INC.

Issued

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4057.00 · Current $2840.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i): Lockout or tagout devices were not affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees:  a) Block Line 1 and Line 2 Freedom plastic wrapping machines; a shared electrical dial-type interlock was used during the performance of minor servicing activities. Employees were exposed to potential crushing hazards during servicing, on or about, May 28, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3043.00 · Current $2130.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(7)(i): All hazards within a confined space were not eliminated prior to entry into the space:  a) Concrete batch mixer cleaning, entry into the confined space was made prior to elimination of the electrical shock hazard presented by the use of 120VAC cord connected electrical equipment inside the space.  The electrical equipment was not protected by ground fault circuit interruption, on or about, May 28, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(7)(iii): The employer did not document the basis for determining that all hazards in a permit space had been eliminated, through a written certification that contained the date, the location of the space, and the signature of the person who made the determination:  a) Concrete batch mixer cleaning, entry into the confined space was made via elimination of potential crushing hazards through mechanical and kinetic energy isolation procedures, and a written certification of this determination was not made, on or about May 28, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(B): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy:  a) Concrete batch mixer cleaning, the written energy control procedure did not reference that the skip hoist which fed aggregate to the mixer was required to be isolated to eliminate a hazard, on or about, May 28, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(D): The energy control procedures did not clearly and specifically outline the requirements for testing a machine or equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control:  a) Concrete batch mixer cleaning, the written energy control procedure did not reference that once the mixer and hoist electrical motor circuits were isolated via application of lock, that each circuit required that the authorized person(s) attempt to start the motors by pushing the start buttons and start sequences on the digital control panels to verify that the energy was isolated, on or about, May 28, 2019.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

2019-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(1): The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(3) of this section:  a) Concrete batch mixer cleaning, an employee was exposed to crystalline silica, mixed respirable, at an eight hour time weighted average of 15.19 micrograms per cubic meter and an exposure assessment had not been made, on or about, May 28, 2019.  ABATEMENT OBSERVED DURING INSPECTION - NO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED