OSHA Inspection: SMI ALUMINUM SYSTEMS, LLC

Issued

2013-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 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 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:   On or about July 29, 2013, at the above reference job site, employee cutting aluminum beams with circular saw was exposed to noise at 105.3% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour time weighted average sound level of 90 dBA) or the equivalent sound level of approximately 90.3 dBA during 440 minutes; exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 40 minutes not sample.

Issued

2013-09-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The  point of operation of machines whose operation exposed an employee to injury, was not guarded:  On or about July 29, 2013 at the above referenced job site, an employee was operating a drill press without a guard, while drilling aluminum pieces.