OSHA Inspection: BULLET TRAP, INC.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    (a) This violation was discovered on April 10, 2015 where a Bullet Trap, Inc. employee was exposed to continuous noise levels at 84.1% of the permissible 8-hour TWA.  The equivalent level of 84.1% is approximately 85.2 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 449 minutes during one shift.  Zero exposure was assumed for the  31 minutes not sampled.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): In any workplace where respirators are necessary to protect the health of the employee or whenever respirators are required by the employer, the employer shall establish and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures:    (a) In the Bullet Trap, Inc. facility where the employer did not implement a respiratory protection program for an employee working in the gun range and who was required to wear a full face respirator.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employee(s) to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands were exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasion; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes:    (a) In the Bullet Trap, Inc. facility were employees were not required to wear gloves when employees' hands were exposed to lead contaminated surfaces and materials as part of their daily job duties.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(iii): Written compliance programs for lead were not submitted to the Assistant Secretary or the Director upon request:    (a) This violation occurred on April 26, 2015 when the employer did not provide a written lead compliance program that included the requirements in paragraphs A through H of section 1910.1025(e)(3)(ii).

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(4)(i): When ventilation was used to control exposure to lead, measurements which demonstrate the effectiveness of the system in controlling exposure were not made at least every three months:    (a) In the Bullet Trap, Inc. facility where the employer did not take any measurements of its ventilation system in the gun range in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system in controlling lead exposure.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:    (a) This violation was discovered on December 19, 2015 in the Bullet Trap, Inc. facility where lead contamination was found on numerous working surfaces: the gun cleaning area, the rifle bay, C bay, A-Bay, breakroom/receiving room, and the training room.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(3)(i)(B): Medical examinations and consultations for lead were not performed prior to assignment for each employee being assigned for the first time to an area in which airborne concentrations of lead are at or above the action level:    (a) In the Bullet Trap, Inc. facility where employees assigned to work in the gun range, which had airborne concentrations above the action level, were not offered medical examinations and consultations for lead prior to  being assigned job duties in the gun range.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $980 Reduced

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:    (a) In the Bullet Trap, Inc. facility where employees working in the gun range, where airborne concentrations were above the action level for lead, were not trained in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1025.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(m)(1)(iii): The employer did not include lead in the hazard communication program established to comply with the HCS (� 1910.1200), and the employer did not ensure that each employee had access to labels on containers of lead and to safety data sheets, and that employees were trained on lead in accordance with the requirements of HCS and paragraph (l) of this section:    (a) In the Bulllet Trap, Inc. facility where the employer did not train employees on the hazards of lead in their daily job duties.

Issued

Jun 15, 2015

Abate by

Oct 10, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(n)(1)(i): Records of all monitoring for lead exposure as required in 29CFR 1910.1025(d), were not established and/or accurately maintained:    (a)  In the Bullet Trap, Inc. facility where the records of all monitoring for lead exposure as required in 29 CFR 1910.1025(d), were not accurately maintained by the employer.