OSHA Inspection: SKY RECYCLING, LLC

Issued

May 24, 2012

Abate by

May 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Hazardous substances 0560

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 levels above the ceiling level of 200 parts per
million carbon monoxide per million parts of air (ppm):
a)facility, Komatsu 25 (Model EG25ST4, Serial Number
176080A) industrial truck emission of carbon monoxide
(CO) on May 11, 2012 was 300 ppm in the operator's
breathing zone. This level was above the National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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.

Issued

May 24, 2012

Abate by

Jul 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

Hazardous substances 8111