OSHA Inspection: DRAKE NELSON LLC

Issued

2015-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-07-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(5)(i): The employer did not establish, within 6 months of an employee's first exposure at or above the action level, a valid baseline audiogram against which subsequent audiograms can be compared:    a) Worksite at Whitlock Packaging Corporation, 92 N. Main St, Wharton, NJ 07885    The employer did not obtain a valid baseline audiogram for temporary employees first exposure at or above the action level of 85 dBA as an 8 hour time-weighted average.    A temporary employee whose first exposure to noise above the action level on 09/13/13 and working at Line 5 was exposed to continuous noise up to 108.8% of the action level (AL) eight hour time-weighted average sound level on 85 dBA which is 2.2 times the allowable exposure limit, respectively.  The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 90.6 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 440 minutes on 02/27/15, with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation.    A temporary employee whose first exposure to noise above the action level on 01/02/13 and working at Line 2 Filler area was exposed to continuous noise up to 106.5% of the action level (AL) eight hour time-weighted average sound level on 85 dBA which is 2.1 times the allowable exposure limit, respectively.  The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 90.5 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 422 minutes on 02/27/15, with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation.     A temporary employee whose first exposure to noise above the action level on 08/20/13 and working at Rework area and Line 5 Labeling outcoming conveyor area was exposed to continuous noise up to 75.1% of the action level (AL) eight hour time-weighted average sound level on 85 dBA which is 1.5 times the allowable exposure limit, respectively.  The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 87.9 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 401 minutes on 03/12/15, with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation.    Violation occurred on or about 02/27/15 and 03/12/15.