OSHA Inspection: T & S QUALITY SERVICES

Issued

Dec 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 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 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (dBA), or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:      This violation occurred on or about July 31, 2013, when the employer had not administered a hearing conservation program for employees exposed to noise that exceeded an 8-hour TWA of 85 dBA:    a. In the abrasive blasting area, a blaster was exposed to noise levels at 732.7% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 732.7% is approximately 104.3 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 293 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 187 minutes.    b. In the abrasive blasting area, a blaster was exposed to noise levels at 132.3% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 132.3% is approximately 92.0 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 291 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 189 minutes.

Issued

Dec 16, 2013

Abate by

Jan 13, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:       This violation was discovered on or about July 1, 2013, when employees who wore supplied-air respirators or air-purifying respirators during abrasive blasting operations had not been medically evaluated to determine their fitness to wear the respirators.

Issued

Dec 16, 2013

Abate by

Dec 24, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(i)(7): Only a high temperature alarm was used on oil lubricated compressor(s) and the air from the compressor was not monitored at intervals to prevent carbon monoxide levels in the breathing air from exceeding 10 parts per million (ppm):    This violation was discovered on or about July 1, 2013, in the abrasive blasting area, where an oil-lubricated compressor used to supply breathing air to respirators was not equipped with a carbon monoxide alarm nor had the employer monitored breathing air for carbon monoxide.