OSHA Inspection: ADECCO USA, INC.

Issued

Mar 7, 2014

Abate by

Jan 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,350 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

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 ensure that a monitoring program was developed and implemented:    Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In the production of pies, employees in the processing and slicing areas were exposed to noise levels between 85-95 dBA. Noise monitoring to determine the levels of noise employees were exposed to had not been conducted, on or about 9/11/13.

Issued

Mar 7, 2014

Abate by

Jan 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,350 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not ensure that an audiometric testing program was established and maintained as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:    a) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In the Slicing Department, an employee working at the in-feed of the water jet cutting was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 95.2 dBA. An audiometric testing program was not maintained for the temporary employees. The sample was obtained from a 458 minutes period. Zero exposure was assumed for the 22 minutes unsampled period, on or about 9/24/13.    b) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In the Slicing Department, an employee packing was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 92.5 dBA. An audiometric testing program was not maintained for the temporary employees. The sample was obtained from a 408 minutes period. Zero exposure was assumed for the 72 minutes unsampled period, on or about 9/24/13.    c) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In IBL 3, an employee working as a Line Tech was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 91.6 dBA. An audiometric testing program was not maintained for the temporary employees. The sample was obtained from a 483 minutes period, on or about 9/24/13.    d) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In IBL 3, an employee working as a Line Tech was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 90 dBA. An audiometric testing program was not maintained for the temporary employees. The sample was obtained from a 475 minutes period. Zero exposure was assumed for the 5 minutes unsampled period, on or about 9/24/13.    e) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In IBL 1, an employee mixing was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 90 dBA. An audiometric testing program was not maintained for the temporary employees. The sample was obtained from a 453 minutes period. Zero exposure was assumed for the 27 minutes unsampled period, on or about 9/24/13.    f) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In IBL 2, an employee working as Line Tech was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 89.5 dBA. An audiometric testing program was not maintained for the temporary employees. The sample was obtained from a 467 minutes period. Zero exposure was assumed for the 13 minutes unsampled period, on or about 9/24/13.    g) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In Colborne 1, an employee working as a Line Tech was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 87 dBA. An audiometric testing program was not maintained for the temporary employees. The sample was obtained from a 373 minutes period. Zero exposure was assumed for the 107 minutes unsampled period, on or about 9/24/13.

Issued

Mar 7, 2014

Abate by

Jan 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,350 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not ensure that each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels was trained in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k):     a) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In the Slicing Department, an employee working at the in-feed of the water jet cutting was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 95.2 dBA. The temporary employee did not receive noise training in accordance with this section, on or about 9/24/13.     b) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In the Slicing Department, an employee packing was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 92.5 dBA. The temporary employee did not receive noise training in accordance with this section, on or about 9/24/13.     c) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In IBL 3, an employee working as a Line Tech was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 91.6 dBA. The temporary employee did not receive noise training in accordance with this section, on or about 9/24/13.     d) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In IBL 3, an employee working as a Line Tech was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 90 dBA. The temporary employee did not receive noise training in accordance with this section, on or about 9/24/13.     e) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In IBL 1, an employee mixing was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 90 dBA. The temporary employee did not receive noise training in accordance with this section, on or about 9/24/13.     f) Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In IBL 2, an employee working as Line Tech was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 89.5 dBA. The temporary employee did not receive noise training in accordance with this section, on or about 9/24/13.     g) Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA - In Colborne 1, an employee working as a Line Tech was exposed to a noise at a time-weighted average (TWA) of 87 dBA. The temporary employee did not receive noise training in accordance with this section, on or about 9/24/13.

Issued

Mar 7, 2014

Abate by

Jan 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $966 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): Protective eye equipment was not required where there was a reasonable probability of injury that could be prevented by such equipment:     Adecco USA, Inc. employees working at Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., Atlanta, GA -  In IBL 1 line, employees used compressed air to clean the cookie crumbs from the crump press. Eye protection was not required on the line while using compressed air, on or about 9/11/13.