| Inspection Type |
Complaint
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| Scope |
Partial
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| Safety/Health |
Health
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| Close Conference |
2021-01-04
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| Emphasis |
N: CHEMNEP
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| Case Closed |
2021-02-10
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Related Activity
| Type |
Inspection |
| Activity Nr |
1488413 |
| Health |
Yes |
|
| Type |
Complaint |
| Activity Nr |
1625823 |
| Health |
Yes |
|
| Type |
Inspection |
| Activity Nr |
1503405 |
| Health |
Yes |
|
Violation Items
| Citation ID |
01001 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19260065 B01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2021-01-05 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2021-02-16 |
| Current Penalty |
8502.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12145.0 |
| Final Order |
2021-01-29 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
9 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.65(b)(1)(i): The employer did not develop and/or implement a written safety and health program that was designed to identify, evaluate, and control safety and health hazards, and provide for emergency response for hazardous waste operations: a) North End Seawall: On or about July 15, 2020, employees performed clean-up operations excavating and placing contaminated soil containing hazardous material into containment without a written safety and health program for hazardous waste operations, and were exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to volatile organic compounds. |
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| Citation ID |
01002 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260065 C08 |
| Issuance Date |
2021-01-05 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2021-02-01 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12145.0 |
| Final Order |
2021-01-29 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
9 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.65(c)(8): Information concerning the chemical, physical, and toxicological properties of each substance known or expected to be present on site that was available to the employer and relevant to the duties employees were expected to perform were not made available to the affected employees prior to the commencement of their work activities: a) North End Seawall: On or about July 15, 2020, employees performed clean-up operations excavating and placing contaminated soil containing hazardous material such as, but not limited to volatile organic compounds into containments. The employees were not provided the chemical, physical, and toxicological properties of each substance prior to work activities exposing them to inhalation hazards. |
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| Citation ID |
01003 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19260065 E03 I |
| Issuance Date |
2021-01-05 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2021-02-16 |
| Current Penalty |
8502.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12145.0 |
| Final Order |
2021-01-29 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
9 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.65(e)(3)(i): General site workers engaged in hazardous substance removal or other activities which exposed or potentially exposed workers to hazardous substances and health hazards did not receive a minimum of 40 hours of instruction off the site, and a minimum of three days actual field experience under the direct supervision of a trained experienced supervisor: a) North End Seawall: On or about July 15, 2020, employees and their supervisors engaged in hazardous waste operations removed contaminated soils to containment systems were not provided with initial training of at least the minimum instruction and supervised field experience, were exposed to inhalation hazards of volatile organic compounds. |
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| Citation ID |
01004 |
| Citaton Type |
Serious |
| Standard Cited |
19260065 G03 I |
| Issuance Date |
2021-01-05 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2021-02-01 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12145.0 |
| Final Order |
2021-01-29 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
9 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.65(g)(3)(i): Personal protective equipment (PPE) which would protect employees from the hazards and potential hazards they were likely to encounter as identified during the site characterization and analysis was not selected and/or used: a) North End Seawall: On or about July 15, 2020, employees performed hazardous waste clean-up operations excavating and placing contaminated soil into containments and adequate personal protective equipment was not selected and used, exposing them to inhalation hazards of volatile organic compounds. |
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| Citation ID |
01005 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19260065 H01 I |
| Issuance Date |
2021-01-05 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2021-02-01 |
| Current Penalty |
8502.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
12145.0 |
| Final Order |
2021-01-29 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
9 |
| Gravity |
10 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1926.65(h)(1)(i): Monitoring was not performed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.65 where there could have been a question of employee exposure to hazardous concentrations of hazardous substances in order to ensure proper selection of engineering controls, work practices and personal protective equipment so that employees were not exposed to levels which exceed permissible exposure limits, or published exposure levels if there are not permissible exposure limits, for hazardous substance: a) North End Seawall: On or about July 15, 2020, employees performed hazardous waste clean-up operations excavating and placing contaminated soil into containments without an exposure monitoring program exposing them to inhalation hazards of volatile organic compounds. |
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| Citation ID |
02001 |
| Citaton Type |
Other |
| Standard Cited |
19040007 A |
| Issuance Date |
2021-01-05 |
| Abatement Due Date |
2021-02-01 |
| Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Initial Penalty |
1735.0 |
| Final Order |
2021-01-29 |
| Nr Instances |
1 |
| Nr Exposed |
1 |
| FTA Current Penalty |
0.0 |
| Citation text line |
29 CFR 1904.7(a):An injury or illness involving one or more days away from work, was not recorded on the OSHA 300 Log with a check mark in the space for cases involving days away and an entry of the number of calendar days away from work in the number of days column. If the employee is out for an extended period of time, you must enter an estimate of the days that the employee will be away, and update the day count when the actual number of days is known. a) OSHA 300 Log FY 2020: On or about July 24, 2020, an employee had signs and symptoms to include nausea, vomiting, and headaches and the case was not recorded to show days away from work with a check mark in the space. |
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