OSHA Inspection: DELTA SPECIALTY COATINGS, LLC

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0491

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(d)(2)(i): The employer did not base initial determinations on the monitoring results:  (a) at the facility, during cadmium plating operations.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0491

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of cadmium was, or could reasonably have been expected to be, in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL):   a) at the facility on the cadmium plating line, where an employee performing cadmium plating activities was exposed to cadmium, at an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 0.0061 milligrams per cubic meter, 1.22 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for cadmium of 0.005 milligrams per cubic meter.  Sampling was conducted for 485 minutes on November 20, 2013.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $612.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0491

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(f)(2)(i): When the permissible exposure limit (PEL) was exceeded, the employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to reduce employee exposure to cadmium to or below the PEL by means of engineering and work practice controls:  a) at the facility on the cadmium plating line, where an employee performing cadmium plating activities was exposed to cadmium, at an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 0.0061 milligrams per cubic meter, 1.22 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for cadmium of 0.005 milligrams per cubic meter.  Sampling was conducted for 485 minutes on November 20, 2013.  The company did not implement and maintain a written compliance program.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $612.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(g)(2)(i): Where respiratory protection was required for protection against cadmium, the employer did not institute 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 1910.1027 to use a respirator:  (a) at the facility, where employees wear a Scott, full-face respirator when mixing the chemicals for the dip tanks, a respiratory protection program had not been implemented.  (b) at the facility, on the cadmium plating line, where an employee performing cadmium plating activities was exposed to cadmium, at an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 0.0061 milligrams per cubic meter, 1.22 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for cadmium of 0.005 milligrams per cubic meter.  Sampling was conducted for 485 minutes on November 20, 2013.  A respiratory protection program had not been implemented.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $612.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0491

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(i)(1): Where skin or eye irritation was associated with cadmium exposure at any level, the employer did not provide, at no cost to the employee, and ensure that employees used appropriate protective work clothing and equipment that prevented contamination of the employee and the employee's garments:  a) at the facility on the cadmium plating line, where an employee performing cadmium plating activities was exposed to cadmium, at an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 0.0061 milligrams per cubic meter, 1.22 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for cadmium of 0.005 milligrams per cubic meter.  Sampling was conducted for 485 minutes on November 20, 2013.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0491

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(j)(1): The employer did not provide clean change rooms, hand washing facilities, showers, and lunchroom facilities that complied with 29 CFR 1910.141 for employees whose airborne exposure to cadmium was above the permissible exposure limit (PEL):  a) at the facility on the cadmium plating line, where an employee performing cadmium plating activities was exposed to cadmium, at an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 0.0061 milligrams per cubic meter, 1.22 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for cadmium of 0.005 milligrams per cubic meter.  Sampling was conducted for 485 minutes on November 20, 2013.

Issued

2015-02-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1020.00 · Current $612.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0491

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(l)(1)(i)(A): The employer did not institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who were or potentially were exposed to cadmium at or above the action level on 30 or more days per year (twelve consecutive months):  a) at the facility on the cadmium plating line, where an employee performing cadmium plating activities was exposed to cadmium, at an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 0.0061 milligrams per cubic meter, 1.22 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for cadmium of 0.005 milligrams per cubic meter.  Sampling was conducted for 485 minutes on November 20, 2013.  The employee did not implement a medical surveillance program.