OSHA Inspection: ABLE METAL FABRICATORS, INC.

Issued

Aug 10, 2011

Abate by

Sep 5, 2011

Penalty

Initial $1,400 · Current $1,400

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of North Carolina:  The employer did not furnish
employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or
serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed
to carbon monoxide (CO) above the ceiling level of 200 parts per
million carbon monoxide per million parts of air (ppm):
a)production area, industrial trucks  Clark Type D Model
355134635 and TCM Type G Model 259H emission of carbon
monoxide were 2622 and 420 ppm, respectively. Employees
were exposed to the concentrations. These levels exceeded
the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
ceiling level of 200 ppm.
Note: The ceiling level places a definite boundary that
the exposure concentration should not be permitted to
exceed. An abatement measure that could be implemented to
reduce the emissions can include regularly servicing the
industrial trucks and including emissions as one of the
diagnostic tests.  Also, CO monitors can be placed in the
facility as a precautionary measure to monitor levels in
the facility.nary

Issued

Aug 10, 2011

Abate by

Sep 5, 2011

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600