OSHA Inspection: AECOM

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Oct 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(c): The employer did not assure that employees were not exposed to an airborne concentration of cadmium in excess of five micrograms per cubic meter of air (5 ug/M3), calculated as an eight-hour time-weighted average exposure (TWA):   (a) AECOM, Building 57 - The employer did not assure that abrasive blast employees who sandblasted military vehicles and other equipment were not exposed to cadmium above the permissible exposure limit. An abrasive blast employee was overexposed to cadmium at a rate of 13.1 ug/M3 on or about March 7, 2013.      Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Oct 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(f)(3)(i): When ventilation was used to control exposure, measurements that demonstrate the effectiveness of the system in controlling exposure, such as capture velocity, duct velocity, or static pressure were not made as necessary to maintain its effectiveness:  (a) AECOM, Building 57 - The employer did not conduct measurements of the ventilation system in the abrasive blasting booth to ensure it was effective in controlling employee exposure to cadmium, on or about March 7, 2013.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Oct 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0490

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(e)(2): Regulated areas were not demarcated from the rest of the workplace in any manner that adequately established and alerted employees of the boundaries of the regulated area:  (a) AECOM - The employer did not demarcate the regulated area around the sandblast booths for employees who sandblasted military vehicles to alert other employees of the boundaries of the regulated areas. An abrasive blast employee was overexposed to cadmium at a level of 13.1 ug/M3, on or about March 7, 2013.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Oct 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0490

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(m)(2)(ii): Warning signs required by paragraph (m)(2)(i) of this section shall bear the following legend:  DANGER, CADMIUM MAY CAUSE CANCER; CAUSES DAMAGE TO LUNGS AND KIDNEYS; WEAR RESPIRATORY PROTECTION IN THIS AREA; AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY:   (a) AECOM - The employer did not post a warning sign in the work area for employees who sandblasted military vehicles to alert employees of the danger of cadmium. An abrasive blast employee was overexposed to cadmium at a rate of 13.1 ug/M3, on or about March 7, 2013.   Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Oct 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0490

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(i)(2)(ii): The employer did not assure that no employee takes cadmium-contaminated protective clothing or equipment from the workplace, except for employees authorized to do so for purposes of laundering, cleaning, maintaining, or disposing of cadmium contaminated protective clothing and equipment at an appropriate location or facility away from the workplace.  (a) AECOM, Building 57 - The employer did not assure that no employee(s) who were exposed to cadmium above the permissible exposure limit take their cadmium-contaminated clothing home to launder. An abrasive blast employee was overexposed to cadmium at a rate of 13.1ug/M3 on March 7, 2013.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 5, 2013

Abate by

Oct 10, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0490

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(i)(2)(iii): The employer did not assure that contaminated protective clothing and equipment, when removed for laundering, cleaning, maintenance, or disposal, is placed and stored in sealed, impermeable bags or other closed, impermeable containers that are designed to prevent dispersion of cadmium dust.  (a) AECOM - The employer did not assure that employees' contaminated clothing was disposed of in a closed container in the change room at the end of the work shift, on or about March 7, 2013.  Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, date and method of abatement, and states employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement.