OSHA Inspection: CHICAGO SURFACE CUT, INC.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4090.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(e)(1):  All Class I, II and III asbestos work shall be conducted within regulated areas. All other operations covered by this standard shall be conducted within a regulated area where airborne concentrations of asbestos exceed, or there is a reasonable possibility they may exceed a PEL. Regulated areas shall comply with the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3),(4) and (5) of this section.  a. On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entrance, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile with mastic that contained 3% of chrysotile asbestos. The Class II asbestos operations were not conducted in a regulated area, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with asbestos.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4090.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i):  Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard shall ensure that a "competent person" conducts an exposure assessment immediately before or at the initiation of the operation to ascertain expected exposures during that operation or workplace. The assessment must be completed in time to comply with requirements which are triggered by exposure data or the lack of a "negative exposure assessment," and to provide information necessary to assure that all control systems planned are appropriate for that operation and will work properly.  a.  On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entrance, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile black mastic that contained 3% chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not ensure that a competent person conducted an exposure assessment before performing Class II asbestos operations, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with asbestos.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(o)(1):  General. On all construction worksites covered by this standard, the employer shall designate a competent person, having the qualifications and authorities for ensuring worker safety and health required by Subpart C, General Safety and Health Provisions for Construction (29 CFR 1926.20 through 1926.32).  a. On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entry, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile with mastic that contained 3% of chrysotile asbestos. The employer did not designate a competent person to ensure worker safety, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with asbestos.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4090.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1): The employer did not use the engineering controls and work practices located in (g)(1)(i) - (g)(1)(iii)of this section in all operations covered regardless of exposure levels:  a.  On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entry, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile with mastic that contained 3% of chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not ensure the use of engineering and work practices including but not limited to, the use of vacuum cleaners equipped with HEPA filters, wet methods during removal, and prompt clean up and disposal of wastes in leak tight containers.  Employees were thereby exposed to the hazards associated with asbestos.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(8)(i): For removing vinyl and asphalt flooring materials which contain ACM or for which in buildings constructed no later than 1980, that the employer has not verified the absence of ACM pursuant to paragraph (f)(8)(i)(I) of this section.  The employer did not ensure that employees comply with the work practices listed in paragraphs (a) through (I) of this section:  a. On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entry, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile with mastic that contained 3% of chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not ensure the use of certain work practices including but not limited to, prohibiting sanding and rip up of tiles, ensuring wet method used when scraping, prohibiting dry sweeping and mechanical chipping, removal of tiles intact at all times and/or during heating removal methods, and to conduct work with the assumption that mastic and backing contained asbestos.  Employees were thereby exposed to the hazards associated with asbestos.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4090.00 Reduced

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 the employer did not produce a negative-exposure assessment:  a.  On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entry, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile with mastic that contained 3% of chrysotile asbestos.  The employer did not have a negative-exposure assessment and did not provide or require that employees used appropriate respirators when the ACM was not removed intact.   Employees were thereby exposed to the hazards associated with asbestos.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4090.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(i)(1): General. The employer shall provide and require the use of protective clothing, such as coveralls or similar whole-body clothing, head coverings, gloves, and foot coverings for any employee exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos that exceed the TWA and/or excursion limit prescribed in paragraph (c) of this section, or for which a required negative exposure assessment is not produced, or for any employee performing Class I operations which involve the removal of over 25 linear or 10 square feet of TSI or surfacing ACM and PACM.  a. On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entry, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile with mastic that contained 3% of chrysotile asbestos.    The employer did not have a negative exposure assessment and failed to provide and require the use of protective clothing.  Employees were thereby exposed to the hazards associated with asbestos.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8067.00 · Current $4050.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(3)(ii)(B):  Employer shall inform employees who will perform such work of the location and quantity of ACM and/or PACM present in the area and precautions to be taken to confine the asbestos:  a. On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entry, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile with mastic that contained 3% of chrysotile asbestos.  Employees were not informed of the location and quantity of ACM and/or PACM present and the precautions necessary to confine the asbestos thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with asbestos.

Issued

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1101(k)(9)(iv)(A): For work with asbestos containing roofing materials, flooring materials, siding materials, ceiling tiles, or transite panels, training shall include at a minimum all the elements included in paragraph (k)(9)(viii) of this section and in addition, the specific work practices and engineering controls set forth in paragraph (g) of this section which specifically relate to that category. Such course shall include "hands-on" training and shall take at least 8 hours.  a. On or about June 1, 2024, at the gymnasium entrance, employees were required to perform Class II asbestos operations, removing floor tile mastic containing 3% of chrysotile asbestos. The employees conducting the Class II asbestos operations and had not been trained on work practices and engineering controls which included hands on training, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with asbestos.