OSHA Inspection: WIGBOLDY MATERIALS, INC.

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $924 Reduced

Hazardous substances 81108111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicates that any employee's exposure may equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer shall develop and implement a monitoring program:  a. On or about October 21, 2014, at the above located workplace, an employee was exposed to continuous noise at 213.2 percent of the permissible daily dose level, when measured with a 80 dB threshold, or equivalent sound level of approximately 95.34 dbA for the 434 minute sampling time. Exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 46 minutes not sampled. The employer had not developed and implemented a representative monitoring program.

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Abate by

Jan 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $924 Reduced

Hazardous substances 81108111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer shall establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided in this paragraph by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.  a. On or about October 21, 2014, at the above located workplace, an employee was exposed to continuous noise at 213.2 percent of the permissible daily dose level, when measured with a 80 dB threshold, or equivalent sound level of approximately 95.34 dbA for the 434 minute sampling time. Exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 46 minutes not sampled. The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with noise.

Issued

Dec 5, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,320 · Current $924 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator:  a. On or about July 29, 2014, at the above located workplace, employees conducting stone crushing operations were not provided with medical evaluations prior to donning tight fitting half-mask respirators, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with respirator use.