OSHA Inspection: AURORA METALS DIVISION, L.L.C.

Issued

Jun 10, 2013

Abate by

Jul 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2):     The employer did not establish and maintain a respiratory protection program which included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.134(c):     On or about 2/22/2013, no respiratory protection program was established and maintained to protect a mold/core making employee exposed to silica above the PEL in the Sand Foundry.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Jun 10, 2013

Abate by

Nov 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c):     An employee was exposed to respirable crystalline silica quartz mineral dust in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average limit of (10mg/M^3)/(%SiO2 + 2) listed in Table Z-3:     The Core Maker in the Sand Foundry was exposed to 6.1% crystalline silica (quartz) at an 8-hour time weighted average of 1.60 mg/M^3, approximately 1.29 times the limit of 1.24 mg/M^3; this limit is established to prevent pneumoconiosis (silicosis). The samples were collected on 2/22/2013 during a 457 minute sampling period. Exposure calculations include a zero increment for the 23 minutes not sampled.    Abatement documentation is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

Jun 10, 2013

Abate by

Nov 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e):     Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):    On or about 2/22/2013 engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the PEL for silica to protect the Sand Molder/Core Maker in the Sand Foundry.    Step 1: Effective respiratory protection shall be provided and used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented, or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits.      Step 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 hazardous substances as referenced in this citation.  This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:      a) Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options;  b) Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;  c) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;  d) Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls.      Step 3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering controls and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.      Feasible engineering controls include, but are not limited to:                  - Local exhaust ventilation systems equipped with close capture hoods and the capacity to efficiently remove contaminants.      Feasible administrative controls include, but are not limited to:      - Arranging work schedules and the related duration of exposures so that employees are minimally exposed to health hazards.  - Transferring employees who have reached their upper permissible limits of exposure to an environment where no further additional exposure will be experienced.    Date by which Step 1 must be abated:  00/00/00      Date by which Step 2 must be abated:  00/00/00      Date by which Step 3 must be abated:  00/00/00    Abatement documentation is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).