Willful citations were issued to Louisiana Health Care Consultants LLC, Dean Building Holdings and Bob Dean Enterprises Inc. for failure to provide a competent person to supervise the removal of a ceiling that contained asbestos, failure to provide required respiratory equipment and failure to inform workers that the worksite contained asbestos. Serious citations issued to the three companies include failure to monitor for asbestos materials, failure to utilize engineering controls to determine and minimize employee exposure to asbestos and failure to ensure the use of PPE. Other serious violations cited include failure to properly manage contaminated clothing and asbestos-containing waste and failure to train employees engaged in the removal of asbestos. The citations stem for work being performed at the State National Life Building in Baton Rouge, LA.

[Louisiana Health Care Consultants LLC, Dean Building Holdings and Bob Dean Enterprises, Inc. Release number OSHA-09-620-DAL, June 19, 2009]