OSHA inspectors have visited Pablo Meza in Texas one time.
It opened on Aug 5, 2019 after a complaint, in Austin.
In all, OSHA issued 6 citation items: 6 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $9,661; today they stand at $1,700, 82% less.
The rule cited most here is 1926.1101 (asbestos in construction), 6 times.
Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Pablo Meza averages $1,700 across 1 cited inspection.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1926.1101(f)(2)(i)
(2) Initial Exposure Assessment. (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.
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(i)
(i) Vacuum cleaners equipped with HEPA filters to collect all debris and dust containing ACM and PACM, except as provided in paragraph (g)(8)(ii) of this section in the case of roofing material.
29 CFR 1926.1101(g)(1)(ii)
(ii) Wet methods, or wetting agents, to control employee exposures during asbestos handling, mixing, removal, cutting, application, and cleanup, except where employers demonstrate that the use of wet methods is infeasible due to for example, the creation of electrical hazards, equipment malfunction, and, in roofing, except as provided in paragraph (g)(8)(ii) of this section; and
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
