OSHA Inspection: DRS TECHNOLOGIES

Issued

2015-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 02301591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(e):  Defective or damaged personal protective equipment was used:    a) CCAC room, On or about November 10, 2104 - Employees wore torn and ripped leather gloves when hand dipping connectors into tin/lead solder pot.

Issued

2015-04-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 02300731

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2):  Employee(s) were exposed to airborne concentrations of antimony and copper fumes as listed in Table Z-2 in excess of 0.50 mg/m3 and 0.100mg/m3, respectively, as an 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) concentration:    a)  CCAC Room, On or about December 3, 2014 -  The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of antimony in excess of 0.50 mg/m3 of air calculated as an 8-hour TWA exposure.  An employee operating the wave solder equipment was exposed to antimony in air concentration of 0.51 mg/m3 calculated as an 8-hour TWA.  Zero exposure was assumed for any unsampled time when calculating the 8-hour TWA.  The exposure was 1.02 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.50 mg/m3.    b)   CCAC Room, On or about December 3, 2014 -  The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of copper fume in excess of 0.100 mg/m3 of air calculated as an 8-hour TWA exposure.  An employee operating the wave solder equipment was exposed to copper fume in air concentration of 0.103 mg/m3 calculated as an 8-hour TWA.  Zero exposure was assumed for any unsampled time when calculating the 8-hour TWA.  The exposure was 1.03 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.100 mg/m3.

Issued

2015-04-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 02300731

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1010.1000 (a) through (d):   a)  CCAC Room, On or about December 3, 2014 -  The employer did not ensure that feasible administrative or engineering controls were implemented to keep employee exposure to airborne antimony at or below the permissible exposure level of 0.50 mg/m3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) exposure.  An employee operating the wave solder equipment was exposed to antimony in air concentration of 0.51 mg/m3 calculated as an 8-hour TWA.  Zero exposure was assumed for any unsampled time when calculating the 8-hour TWA.  The exposure was 1.02 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.50 mg/m3.  b)  CCAC Room, On or about December 3, 2014- The employer did not ensure that feasible administrative or engineering controls were implemented to keep employee exposure to airborne copper fumes at or below the permissible exposure level of 0.100 mg/m3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) exposure.  An employee operating the wave solder equipment was exposed to copper fumes in air concentration of 0.103 mg/m3 calculated as an 8-hour TWA.  Zero exposure was assumed for any unsampled time when calculating the 8-hour TWA.  The exposure was 1.03 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 0.100 mg/m3.

Issued

2015-04-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1):  All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:  a) CCAC room, On or about December 3, 2014 - The presence of lead was collected on table surfaces, ESD cart, wave solder machine, and workstations.   The employer did not keep the surfaces as free as practicable from lead accumulations.

Issued

2015-04-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1592BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace in which there was a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level did not inform employees of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation:   a) CCAC room, On or about December 3, 2014 -  Employees were unaware of lead symptoms and health hazards associated with the solder.  The employees were not provided this information provided in appendices A and B of the lead regulation.