OSHA Inspection: HERITAGE ALUMINUM AND BRASS

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Mar 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,400 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

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:    On 12/04/2012, the employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program when an employee's noise exposure exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) sound level of 85 dBA:    a)  Finishing employee, eastern part of the shop, was exposed to noise at a TWA sound level of 87.4 dBA over a 442 minute sample time.    All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) must be covered in a hearing conservation program. Key elements include, but are not limited, to the following:    1)  Noise level monitoring  2)  Audiometric testing  3)  Wearing of hearing protectors  4)  Training program  5)  Providing copies of standard to employees  6)  Recordkeeping    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Mar 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1):  The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:    a)  On 12/04/2012, the employer did not establish an audiometric testing program by making audiometric testing available to a Finishing employee whose exposure to noise exceeded an 8-hour TWA of 85 dBA.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Mar 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1):  The employer did not train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k). The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program:    a)  On 12/04/2012, the employer did not institute a training program, did not ensure employee participation and did not train a Finishing employee whose exposure to noise exceeded an 8-hour TWA of 85 dBA in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k).    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1):  Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program including the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):     a)  On 12/04/2012, the employer did not develop or implement a written hazard communication program for employees working with hazardous chemicals in the work area such as, but not limited to, molten aluminum, molten brass, cast cleaning catalyst and silica.    All provisions of 29 CFR 1910.1200(e) through (h) must be covered in a written hazard communication program. Key elements include, but are not limited, to the following:    1.  Written program  2.  MSDS collection  3.  Labeling  4.  Employee information and training    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1):  Employers did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area and chemical-specific information was not always available through labels and material safety data sheets:    a)  On 12/04/2012, the employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on the hazardous chemicals in the work area such as, but not limited to, molten aluminum, molten brass, cast cleaning catalyst and silica.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 5, 2013

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:    a) On 12/04/2012, employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, to employees who were provided with Moldex N95 filtering facepieces (dust masks) for voluntary use.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.