OSHA Inspection: CAPE COD CUPOLA CO, INC.

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present, or were likely to be present, which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment:    Location: Worksite    The employer did not assess the workplace and require employees to wear certain types of PPE when:    1) Using AZEK Adhesive Cellular PVC Cement, which contains N-Methylpyrrolidone, a known reproductive and nervous system toxin that can be absorbed through the skin  2) Using Weldcote Liquid Soldering Flux, which contains corrosives such as hydrochloric acid, ammonium chloride, and zinc chloride  3) Using Plex 1 Lacquer Thinner, containing isopropyl alcohol, methyl ethyl ketone, and toluene  4) Handling lead-containing solder  5) Using Incralac, an acrylic coating containing toluene, xylene, and methyl ethyl ketone

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(g)(1): Appropriate protective work clothing and equipment was not provided when employee(s) were exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit (PEL), without regard to the use of respirators, or where the possibility of skin or eye irritation exists:      Location: Worksite      Employees were exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit and were not provided with protective work clothing and equipment such as coveralls and shoes or disposable shoe coverlets.  Contaminated lead dust was being tracked from the work area throughout the facility, as evidenced by the lead dust concentration of 1,054 ug/ft2 on the floor at the building exit.

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 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.    Location: Worksite    Employees were soldering together copper components and were exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit of .05 mg/m3.      8-hour time-weighted average exposures:    1) Tyler Paquette: 0.12 mg/m3  2) Deanne Klein: 0.13 mg/m3

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

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:    Location: Worksite      Personal air monitoring or other equivalent method was not used to determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of .03 mg/m3, and CSHO's personal air monitoring revealed that two employees performing soldering were exposed to lead above the action level.    1) Tyler Paquette: 0.12 mg/m3  2)  Deanne Klein: 0.13 mg/m3

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 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 of .05 mg/m3:    Location: Worksite    The employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls to reduce employee exposure to lead below the permissible exposure level of 0.05 mg/3.  Measured TWA concentrations were:    0.12 mg/m3;  0.13 mg/m3

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:      Workbenches where employees performed lead soldering operations and the floor near the exit were heavily contaminated with lead dust, and employees were witnessed eating at one of these workstations.    Workbenches: 10,450 ug/m3; 14,260 ug/ft2  Floor near exit: 1, 054 ug/ft2

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1): Circular handfed ripsaw(s) were not guarded by an automatically adjusting hood which completely enclosed that portion of the saw above the table and above the material being cut    Location: Workshop    Employees were using a table saw that did not have an automatically adjusting hood completely enclosing the portion of the saw above the table and the material being cut, nor a spreader, nor non-kickback fingers or dogs.

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(1): The employer did not ensure that food or beverage was not present or consumed, tobacco products were not present or used, and cosmetics were not applied in areas where employees were exposed to lead in excess of the permissible exposure limit:    Location: Workshop      Employees were consuming food and beverages at workstations where they were exposed to lead above the PEL of .05 mg/m3, and where the workbench surfaces were lead-contaminated.    8-hour time weighted averages:      1) .12 mg/m3     2) .13 mg/m3    Workbench lead-dust concentrations:     1) 14,260 ug/ft2     2) 10,450 ug/ft2

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

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:    Location:  Worksite      Employees were exposed to airborne lead concentrations above the PEL and were not provided with clean change rooms to ensure that their street clothes remained free of contamination, and that lead-contaminated dust was not tracked throughout the facility and brought home with them.

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(3)(i): Employee(s) exposed to lead in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL), without regard to the use of respirators, were not required to shower at the end of the work shift:    Location: Worksite    Employees were exposed to lead in excess of the permissible exposure limit of .05 mg/m3, and they were not provided with showers to ensure that skin contamination was removed and not brought home with them.

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591L294

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 that thirty days per year:      Location: Worksite      There was no medical surveillance program for all employees who were or could be exposed to lead above the action level of .03 mg/m3 for 30 or more days per year.  This program should consist of regular medical examinations and blood lead monitoring.    Measured employee TWAs:    1) 0.12 mg/m3  2) 0.13 mg/m3

Issued

2014-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(ii): The employer did not train each employee who is subject to exposure to lead at or above the action level, or for whom the possibility of skin or eye irritation exists, in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1025:    Location: Worksite    The employer did not provide initial and annual training with the following elements to employees exposed to lead above the action level:    1) content of the lead standard  2) proper use and care of respirators, if necessary  3) adverse health effects of lead and the medical surveillance program  4) engineering controls and work practices being used to reduce exposure