OSHA Inspection: LEAD ENTERPRISES, INC

Issued

2014-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

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 where engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) were feasible, but did not reduce the employees' exposure to or below the permissible exposure limit, the employer did not use engineering and/or work practice controls to reduce exposures to the lowest feasible level and did not supplement them by the use of respiratory protection which complies with the requirements of paragraph (f) of this section:    On or about March 12, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer engineering controls did not reduce employee exposures to the lowest feasible level. Two employees working in the furnace room at the enclosed furnace with a Downflo Oval DFO 2-4 extractor system, were exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average airborne concentration of lead of 97.8 ug/m3 for a sampling period of 236 minutes; and 143.7 ug/m3 for a sampling period of 238 minutes. The exposures were 1.9 and 2.8 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) respectively, and accounts for zero exposure during the 244 and 246 minutes of un-sampled time respectively.

Issued

2014-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $840.00 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:      On or about, February 19, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not complete annual fit testing for at least 1 employee who wears a PAPR to perform lead manufacturing operations in the furnace room using the enclosed furnace, where the employee was exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average airborne concentration of lead of 143.7 ug/m3 for a sampling period of 238 minutes. The exposures was 2.8 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL), and accounts for zero exposure during the 246 minutes of un-sampled time.

Issued

2014-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $9800.00 · Current $3920.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1): Employee(s) were exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air averaged over an eight-hour period:    On or about March 12, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, two employees working at the enclosed furnace inside the furnace room were exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average airborne concentration of lead of 97.8 ug/m3 for a sampling period of 236 minutes; and 143.7 ug/m3 for a sampling period of 238 minutes. The exposures were 1.9 and 2.8 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) respectively, and accounts for zero exposure during the 244 and 246 minutes of un-sampled time respectively.    Lead Enterprises, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard 29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314264045, citation number 2, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 12/17/2012, with respect to a workplace located at 3300 NW 29th Street, Miami, FL 33142.

Issued

2014-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $140.00 · Current $56.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(4)(i): When ventilation is used to control exposure, measurements which demonstrate the effectiveness of the system in controlling exposure, such as capture velocity, duct velocity, or static pressure, were not made at least every 3 months:     On or about February 19, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, two employees working at the enclosed furnace located inside the furnace room were exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average airborne concentration of lead of 97.8 ug/m3 for a sampling period of 236 minutes and 143.7 ug/m3 for a sampling period of 238 minutes. The exposures are 1.9 and 2.8 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) respectively, and accounts for zero exposure during the 244 and 246 minutes of un-sampled time. The employer did not perform capture velocity, duct velocity, or static pressure checks of the any of the ventilation systems used to control the exposure to lead in the furnace room.     Lead Enterprises, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(4)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314264045, citation number 2, item number 2, and was affirmed as a final order on 12/17/2012, with respect to a workplace located at 3300 NW 29th Street, Miami, FL 33142.

Issued

2014-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(ii): Written compliance programs for lead did not include the required sections of A, B, C, D, E, F, and G.  On or about February 19, 2014, at the above addressed worksite, the employer did not include in the compliance programs the information required in following sections: (A) description of each operation in which lead is emitted; (B) description of the specific means that will be employed to achieve compliance, (C) a report of the technology considered in meeting the permissible exposure limit; (E) detailed schedule for implementation of the program, (F) a work practice program, and (G) a job rotation schedule.

Issued

2014-08-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-10-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv):   The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, did not include an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employee could obtain and use the appropriate hazard information:  On or about February 19, 2014, at the above addressed jobsite, the employer did not provide information to employees, who perform lead processing tasks, the hazards of chemicals they use and handle, according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals with pictograms or representations as a part of the new safety data sheet and label format.