OSHA Inspection: SPEEDY CONCRETE OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC.

Issued

2013-05-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $700.00 · Current $420.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.52(d)(1):  In all cases where the sound levels exceeded the values shown in Table D-2 of 29 CFR 1926.52, a continuing, effective hearing conservation program was not administered:   a) The employer failed to develop an effective hearing conservation program in that; on or about March 7th, 2013, an employee performing concrete cutting on the job site located at the crosstown expressway right across Jefferson street in Tampa, FL, was exposed to a continuous noise levels of 386% of the permissible noise exposure (90 dBA or 100% dose for 8-hour duration per day) during the 443 minute sampling period.  The equivalent dBA level of this dose % is 99.7 dBA.  Exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 37 minutes not sampled.           An Effective Hearing Conservation Program consists of the following elements:   1. Monitoring of employee noise exposure  2. Engineering, work practice and administrative controls  3. Hearing Protection   4. training  5. baseline and annual audiometry  6. procedures for preventing further occupational hearing loss  7. Record Keeping