OSHA Inspection: POLYMER ENGINEERED PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

May 15, 2013

Abate by

Oct 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,975 · Current $2,231 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program, as described in paragraphs (c) through (o) of this section, whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (slow response) or, equivalently, a dose of fifty percent. For purposes of the hearing conservation program, employee noise exposures must be computed in accordance with appendix A and Table G-16a, and without regard to any attenuation provided by the use of personal protective equipment:    a) Compounding area - On or about 4/10/13, a machine operator was exposed to continuous noise at 86.4% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8-hour TWA sound level of 90 dBA) or an equivalent sound level of 88.2 dBA during the 363 minute sampling period using the 80 dBA threshold level; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 117 minutes not sampled. A continuing, effective hearing conservation program was not instituted.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED