OSHA Inspection: TRUMBULL METAL SPECIALTIES

Issued

May 4, 2012

Abate by

Jun 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $2,940 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(b)(1): When employees were subjected to sound exceeding those listed in Table G-16, feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized:    a) On February 28, 2012, the grinder/finisher was exposed to continuous noise levels at 272.0% of the permissible daily exposure (8-hour, time-weighted average sound level of 90 dbA or equivalently, a dose of 100 percent), during the 463 minute sampling period.   Exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 17 minutes not sampled. 97.22 dBA    b) On February 28, 2012, the grinder/finisher was exposed to continuous noise levels at 167.9% of the permissible daily exposure (8-hour, time-weighted average sound level of 90 dbA or equivalently, a dose of 100 percent), during the 248 minute sampling period.   Exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 232 minutes not sampled.(employee had to leave early for personal reasons) 93.74 dBA    c) On February 28, 2012, the grinder/finisher was exposed to continuous noise levels at 245.0% of the permissible daily exposure (8-hour, time-weighted average sound level of 90 dbA or equivalently, a dose of 100 percent), during the 459 minute sampling period.   Exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 21 minutes not sampled. 96.46 dBA    Abatement Steps:     1. Effective hearing protection shall be provided and used by all exposed employees as an interim protection measure and when administrative or engineering controls fail to reduce sound levels within the levels of table G-16.  In addition, an effective hearing conservation program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.95(c) thru (n) shall be maintained.  Abatement must be completed (5 Working Days)     2. Submit to the Area Director a written detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and /or administrative measures to control employee exposure to noise as referenced in this citation.  This plan shall include at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the dates required by this citation.       a)	Evaluation of engineering control options.   b)	Selection of optimum control method and completion of design.   c)	Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures.   d)	Testing and acceptance or modifications/redesign of controls.     All proposed control measures shall be evaluated for each particular use by a competent Industrial Hygienist or other technically qualified person.  Abatement must be completed (15 working days)     3. Abatement should have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.  Abatement must be completed (30 working days)

Issued

May 4, 2012

Abate by

Jun 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    a) On February 28, 2012, the grinder/finisher was exposed to continuous noise levels at 292.0% of the permissible daily exposure (8-hour, time-weighted average sound level of 85 dbA or equivalently, a dose of 50 percent), during the 463 minute sampling period.   Exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 17 minutes not sampled.     b) On February 28, 2012, the grinder/finisher was exposed to continuous noise levels at 176.1% of the permissible daily exposure (8-hour, time-weighted average sound level of 85 dbA or equivalently, a dose of 50 percent), during the 248 minute sampling period.   Exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 232 minutes not sampled.(employee had to leave early for personal reasons)     c) On February 28, 2012, the grinder/finisher was exposed to continuous noise levels at 259.0% of the permissible daily exposure (8-hour, time-weighted average sound level of 85 dbA or equivalently, a dose of 50 percent), during the 459 minute sampling period.   Exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 21 minutes not sampled.

Issued

May 4, 2012

Abate by

May 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:    On or about February 6, 2012 the employer did not provide employees with Appendix D of the respiratory standard when voluntarily using N-95 filtering face piece respirators.