OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1915.1001 18 times since 2015, against 7 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $63,165 at their current amounts.
Citations per year
The parts of the rule cited most
1915.1001(k)(3)(i) · 4 citations
(i) Before work in areas containing ACM and PACM is begun, employers shall identify the presence, location, and quantity of ACM, and/or PACM therein pursuant to paragraph (k)(1) of this section.
1915.1001(f)(2)(i) · 2 citations
(2) Initial exposure assessment. (i) Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard shall ensure that a “qualified 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.
1915.1001(g)(3)(iii) · 2 citations
(iii) Dry sweeping, shoveling or other dry clean-up of dust and debris containing ACM and PACM.
1915.1001(e)(1) · 1 citations
(1) Insert any available graticule into the focusing eyepiece and focus so that the graticule lines are sharp and clear.
1915.1001(f)(1)(i) · 1 citations
(f) Exposure assessments and monitoring—(1) General monitoring criteria. (i) Each employer who has a workplace or work operation where exposure monitoring is required under this section shall perform monitoring to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of asbestos to which employees may be exposed.
1915.1001(g)(5)(iib)(2) · 1 citations
(ii) Glove bag systems may be used to remove PACM and/or ACM from straight runs of piping and elbows and other connections with the following specifications and work practices:
1915.1001(g)(9)(i) · 1 citations
(i) The work shall be performed using wet methods.
1915.1001(g)(9)(iii) · 1 citations
(iii) Where the disturbance involves drilling, cutting, abrading, sanding, chipping, breaking, or sawing of thermal system insulation or surfacing material, the employer shall use impermeable dropcloths and shall isolate the operation using mini-enclosures or glove bag systems pursuant to paragraph (g)(5) of this section or another isolation method.
Industries cited most
- Manufacturing 12
- Public Administration 3
- Construction 2
- Wholesale Trade 1