OSHA Inspection: REMEDIAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANPOWER, INC

Issued

Feb 13, 2015

Abate by

Apr 2, 2015

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 81108111

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) Remedial Environmental Manpower, Inc. dba REM did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program when employee noise exposures equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:     1) A temporary employee working at Ferrara Candy Co. in Forest Park IL. as a cook in the fifth floor kitchen was exposed to noise at 56.07% of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 90 dBA. The equivalent dBA level of 56.07% is approximately 85.8 dBA which exceeds the adjusted action level of 82.1 dBA. Sampling was performed on November 5, 2014 during one 12-hour shift for 444 minutes. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 276 minutes.     2) A temporary employee working at Ferrara Candy Co. in Forest Park IL. doing scrap packaging in the basement and on the first, second and third floors was exposed to noise at 57.5% of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 90 dBA. The equivalent dBA level of 57.5% is approximately 86 dBA which exceeds the adjusted action level of 83.4 dBA. Sampling was performed on November 5, 2014 during one 10-hour shift for 480 minutes. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 120 minutes.     3) A temporary employee working at Ferrara Candy Co. in Forest Park IL. as a polisher in sugar panning was exposed to noise at 167.6% of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 90 dBA. The equivalent dBA level of 167.6% is approximately 93.7 dBA which exceeds the adjusted action level of 83.4 dBA. Sampling was performed on November 5, 2014 during one 10-hour shift for 466 minutes. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 134 minutes.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET), and in addition, documentation demonstrating that abatement is complete must be included with your certification.  This documentation may include, but is not limited to, evidence of the purchase or repair of the equipment, photographic or video evidence of abatement, or other written records.