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Float: Float Tanks + Massage, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Somerville, Massachusetts · Other Personal Care Services · NAICS 812199

1inspections
5citation items
$2,008current penalties
May 1, 2023last inspection

Float: Float Tanks + Massage, LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Massachusetts.

OSHA opened it on May 1, 2023 after a complaint, in Somerville.

From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $4,018 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,008, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (5 items).

For context, across all repair and personal services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,200. Float: Float Tanks + Massage, LLC averages $2,008 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Float: Float Tanks + Massage, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346668643 OPENED MAY 1, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 7 employees at the site · Closed Feb 5, 2025

515 Medford Street, Somerville, MA 02145 · Other Personal Care Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,009$1,004Jun 29, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,009$1,004Jun 29, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jun 29, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 29, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 29, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)

(c) After completing the test exercises, the test administrator must question each test subject regarding the comfort of the respirator. When a test subject states that the respirator is unacceptable, the employer must ensure that the test administrator repeats the protocol using another respirator model.

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii)

(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. 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.

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