OSHA Inspection: MARKSMAN SHOOTING RANGE, INC.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $660.00 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:    a) At the facility, where the employees had not been provided medical evaluations prior to wearing half-face elastomeric MSA respirators while cleaning and sweeping brass casings in the gun range.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    a) At the facility, where the employer had not fit tested employees who were required to wear half-face elastomeric MSA respirators while cleaning and sweeping up the spent shell casings on the gun range.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2): An initial determination was not made to determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level:     a) At the facility, where the employer had not determined the employees' exposure to lead when cleaning and sweeping up spent shell casings at the gun range.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i): For any employees exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year the employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead below the permissible exposure limit:      a) At the facility, where the engineering and work practice controls did not reduce the employee's exposure below 0.05 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3).  On May 14, 2014, an employee had an exposure of 1.60 mg/m3 to lead during one work shift.  The employee was sampled for 280 minutes.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time of 200 minutes.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to reduce exposures to or below the permissible exposure limit, solely by means of engineering and work practice controls:    a) At the facility, where the employer did not establish a written compliance program to reduce the employee's exposure below 0.05 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3).  On May 14, 2014, an employee had an exposure of 1.60 mg/m3 to lead during one work shift.  The employee was sampled for 280 minutes.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time of 200 minutes.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(f)(2)(i): The employer did not implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134(b) through (d) (except (d)(1)(iii)), and (f) through (m) for each employee required by 29 CFR 1910.1025 to use a respirator:    a) At the facility, where the employer had not implemented a respiratory protection program for employees who were required to wear half-face elastomeric MSA respirators while performing housekeeping duties on the gun range.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-04-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:    a) At the facility, where the surfaces such as, but not limited to the employee's hands, the lock door latch, the front desk telephone receiver, the classroom microwave door, bathroom faucet knob, and the table top in the classroom area had lead concentrations that ranged from 2.7670 micrograms to 464.6000 micrograms per 100 centimeters squared.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(2)(ii): Shoveling, sweeping or brushing methods were used to remove lead accumulations where vacuuming or other equally effective methods were available and feasible:    a) At the facility, where dry sweeping was used as a method to clean up spent shell casings and dusts from the firing range.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(2)(i): Clean change rooms were not provided for employees exposed to lead in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL), without regard to the use of respirators:    a) At the facility, where there was no clean change room for employees that clean and sweep up spent shell casings on the firing range.  On May 14, 2014, an employee was sampled for 280 minutes and had an exposure of 1.60 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3).   Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(1)(i): A medical surveillance program was not instituted for all employee(s) who were, or could be exposed to lead above the action level for more than thirty days per year:    a) At the facility, where the employer had not developed a medical surveillance program for employees that clean and sweep up spent shell casings on the firing range.  On May 14, 2014, the CSHO sampled an employee sweeping up spent brass shell casings for lead.  The employee was sampled for 280 minutes and had an exposure of 1.60 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) during one work shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(2)(i): The employer did not make available biological monitoring, including blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels for each employee covered under 29 CFR 1910.1025 (j)(1)(i):  a) At the facility, where biological monitoring was not offered to employees that clean and sweep up spent shell casings on the firing range.  On May 14, 2014, the CSHO sampled an employee sweeping up spent brass shell casings for lead.  The employee was sampled for 280 minutes and had an exposure of 1.60 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) during one work shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(3)(i)(B): Medical examinations and consultations for lead were not performed prior to assignment for each employee being assigned for the first time to an area in which airborne concentrations of lead were at or above the action level:  a) At the facility, where medical examinations and consultations were not made available to employees that clean and sweep up spent shell casings on the firing range.  On May 14, 2014, the CSHO sampled an employee sweeping up spent brass shell casings for lead.  The employee was sampled for 280 minutes and had an exposure of 1.60 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) during one works shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled time.

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1540.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(ii):  The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program for each employee who was subject to exposure to lead at or above the action level, or for whom the possibility of skin or eye irritation existed:    a) At the facility, where the employer had not developed a training program for employees that are exposed to lead while cleaning and sweeping up spent shell casings on the firing range.  On May 14, 2014, the CSHO sampled an employee sweeping up spent brass shell casings for lead.  The employee was sampled for 280 minutes and had an exposure of 1.60 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3).

Issued

2014-07-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $880.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    a) At the facility, where the employer had not developed and implemented a written hazard communication program for employees that use chemical agents and solvents such as, but not limited to, D-Lead All Purpose Cleaner, to remove lead from various surfaces.  D- Lead All Purpose Cleaner contains 2-Butoxyethanol.