OSHA Inspection: FORTRESS FLOORS LLC

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3572.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.103 Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under this section are identical to those set forth at 29 CFR 1910.134 of this chapter.  29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).  At the establishment located at N7418 Wisconsin 42, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program for employees provided with voluntary use respirators. Employees were provided with and wore a half-face tight-fitting elastomeric respirators for voluntary use.  Key provisions in a voluntary use respiratory protection program include, but are not limited to the following:  1) Medical evaluations for respirator use 2) Information/training on cleaning, maintenance, and storage components 3) Recordkeeping

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.103 Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under this section are identical to those set forth at 29 CFR 1910.134 of this chapter.  29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1): The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.  At the establishment located at N7418 Wisconsin 42, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine each employee's ability to use a half-face tight-fitting elastomeric respirator when worn voluntarily, exposing each employee to the hazards associated inadequate physical/physiological capability.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.103 Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under this section are identical to those set forth at 29 CFR 1910.134 of this chapter.  29 CFR  1910.134(k): This paragraph requires the employer to provide effective training to employees who are required to use respirators. The training must be comprehensive, understandable, and recur annually, and more often if necessary. This paragraph also requires the employer to provide the basic information on respirators in Appendix D of this section to employees who wear respirators when not required by this section or by the employer to do so.  At the establishment located at N7418 Wisconsin 42, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the employer did not provide training, such as but not limited to information on cleaning, maintenance, and storage components, and information on respirators in Appendix D of this section, to each employee that voluntarily wore a tight-fitting elastomeric respirator.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · Current $3126.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.59 Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under this section are identical to those set forth at 29 CFR 1910.1200 of this chapter.  29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met.  At the establishment located at N7418 Wisconsin 42, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the employer did not develop or implement a written hazard communication program when employees worked with hazardous chemicals in the at jobsites, such as but not limited to "A" 1:1 POLYASPARTIC STANDARD SPEED CLEAR, "B" 1:1 POLYASPARTIC ISO BLEND, 1:1 MENDER WARM "A", 1:1 MENDER CATALYST "B", and "B" 2:1 BASE ISO BLEND, exposing employees to chemical hazards.   All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.1200(e) through (h) must be contained in a written hazard communication program. Key elements include but are not limited to the following: 1) Complete collection of safety data sheets (SDSs) 2) List of all hazardous chemicals 3) Container labeling 4) Employee information and training.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-06-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.59 Note: The requirements applicable to construction work under this section are identical to those set forth at 29 CFR 1910.1200 of this chapter.  29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.  At the facility located at N7418 Wisconsin 42, Sheboygan, Wisconsin; the employer did not ensure that employees working with hazardous chemicals at jobsites, such as but not limited to "A" 1:1 POLYASPARTIC STANDARD SPEED CLEAR, "B" 1:1 POLYASPARTIC ISO BLEND, 1:1 MENDER WARM "A", 1:1 MENDER CATALYST "B", and "B" 2:1 BASE ISO BLEND, were provided effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals, exposing employees to chemical hazards.

Issued

2023-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent and continuous.  The employer did not ensure that the pulse-bac PRO-176 HEPA vacuum cleaner (SN P176081918) had a permanent and continuous path to ground, exposing employees to shock hazards. The cord was missing the ground prong.