Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 003A Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1): For each employee engaged in a task identified on Table 1, the employer did not fully and properly implement the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection specified for the task on Table 1, unless the employer assesses and limits the exposure of the employee to respirable crystalline silica in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section: a) Worksite, South Jefferson Street and I-280, Orange, NJ The employer did not implement the engineering controls identified on Table 1 for employees directed to demolish and remove concrete road surfaces with pneumatic jackhammers . The employees were exposed to the hazard of airborne respirable crystalline silica. Violation occurred on or about September 27, 2021 The Power Concrete Co., Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1283871, citation number 1, item number 7a and was affirmed as a final order on 7-5-18, with respect to a workplace located at Port Reading Avenue between ProLogis Way and West Avenue in Woodbridge Township, NJ.