OSHA Inspection: SUPREME OIL COMPANY INC.

Issued

Aug 21, 2013

Abate by

May 30, 2014

Penalty

Initial $5,500 · Current $3,770 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program:     a) Mayonnaise Line #1, Building 80: An employee tending mayonnaise line #1 was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 88.9 dBA as an 8-hour Time-Weighted Average (TWA), which was equivalent to 104.6 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero expsoure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program.     b) Mayonnaise Line #2, Building 80: An employee tending mayonnaise Line #2 was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 90 dBA as an 8-hour Time Wighted Average (TWA), which was equivalent to 105.8 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 460 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program.       c) Mayonnaise Blending Station, Mezzanine #1, Building 80: An employee who was involved in blending raw materials for manufatcuring mayonnaise was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 89 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), which was equivalent to 105 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program.        d) Mayonnaise Blending Station, Mezzanine #2, Building 80: An employee who was involved in blending raw materials for manufacturing mayonnaise was exposed to noise levels in excesss of 85 OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 89.6 dBA as an 8-hour Time-Weighted Average (TWA), Which was equivalent to 105.4 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program.

Issued

Aug 21, 2013

Abate by

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,500 · Current $3,770 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(5)(i): Within 6 months of an employee's first exposure at or above the action level, the employer shall establish a valid baseline audiogram against which subsequent audiograms can be compared.     a) Mayonnaise Line #1, Building 80: An employee tending mayonnaise line #1 was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 88.9 dBA as an 8-hour Time-weighted Average(TWA), which was equivalent to 104.6 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not establish an employee's baseline audiogram.          b) Mayonnaise Line #2, Building 80: An employee tending mayonnaise line #2 was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 90 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), which was equivalent to 105.8 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 460 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not establish an employee's baseline audiogram.     c) Mayonnaise Blending Station, Mezzanine #1, Building 80: An employees who was involved in blending raw materials for manufacturing mayonnaise was exposed  to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 89 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), which was equivalent to 105 % of the Action Level.  The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not establish an employee's baseline audiogram.     d) Mayonnaise Blending Station, Mezzanine #2, Building 80: An employee who was involved in blending raw materials for manufacturing mayonnaise was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 89.6 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), which was equivalent to 105.4 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not establish an employee's audiogram.

Issued

Aug 21, 2013

Abate by

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,500 · Current $3,770 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(i)(1): The employer did not make hearing protectors available to all employees exposed to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels or greater at no cost to the employees:     a) Mayonnaise Line #1, Building 80: An employee tending mayoline #1 was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed a continuous noise level of 88.9 dBA as an 8-hour Time-Weighted Average(TWA), which was equivalent to 104.6 % of Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.  The employer did not make hearing protectors available.      b) Mayonnaise Line #2, Building 80: An employee tending mayonnaise line #2 was exposed to noise in excess of 85 OSHA's   Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 90 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), which was was equivalent to 105 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 460 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not make hearing protectors available.    c) Mayonnaise Blending Station, Mezzanine #1, Building 80: An employee who was involved in blending raw materials for manufaturing mayonnaise was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 89 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA). which was equivalent to 105 % of the Acton Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not make hearing protectors available.      d) Mayonnaise Blending Station, Mezzanine #2, Building 80: An employee who was involved in blending raw materils for manufacturing mayonnaise was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 89.6 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), which was equivalnet to 105.4 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for unsampled time period. The employer did not make hearing protectors available.

Issued

Aug 21, 2013

Abate by

Oct 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $5,500 · Current $3,770 Reduced

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) Mayonnaise Line #1, Building 80:  An employee tending mayonnaise line #1 was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's  Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 88.9 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average(TWA), which was equivalent to 104.6 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not institute a training program for the exposed.          b) Mayonnaise Line #2, Building 80: An employee tending mayonnaise line #2 was exposed to noise levels in excess of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 90 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average(TWA), which was equivalent to 105.5 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 460 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not institute a training program for the exposed.           c) Mayonnaise Blending Station, Mezzanine #1, Building 80: An employee who was involved in blending raw materials for manufacturing mayonnaise was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 89 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average(TWA), which was equivalent to 105 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not institute a training program for the exposed.           d) Mayonnaise Blending Station, Mezzanine #2, Building 80: An employee who was involved in blending raw materials was exposed to noise levels in excess of OSHA's Action Level of 85 dBA on April 16, 2013. The employee was exposed to a continuous noise level of 89.6 dBA as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), which was equivalent to 105.4 % of the Action Level. The sampling time was 430 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not institute a training program for the exposed.

Issued

Aug 21, 2013

Abate by

Jan 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $4,820 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of carbon monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 50 ppm:     a) Packing area, Mayonnaise Bottle, Building 80:  An employee who was involved in packing mayonnaise bottles in boxes near the propane powered forklifts' path was exposed to carbon monoxide in excess of OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 ppm on April 16, 2013. The employee's exposure level was 61 parts of carbon monoxide per million parts of air (PEL) as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA), which was equivalent to 122 % of the PEL. The sampling time was 448 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period. The employer did not ensure that the employee's exposure to CO was below the PEL.

Issued

Aug 21, 2013

Abate by

Jan 8, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0560

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d):    a) Building 80:  The employer did not ensure that feasible engineering or administrative controls were implemented to reduce employee's exposure levels to carbon monoxide below OSHA's Permissible Expsoure Limit of 50 ppm as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA). An employee who was involved with packing mayonnaise bottles in boxes near the heavily travelled propane powered forklifts' path was exposed to carbon monoxide in excess of OSHA's Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ppm on 4/16/2013. The employee's exposure level was 61 ppm as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average, which was equivalent to 122 % of the PEL. The sampling time was 448 minutes and zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time period.