OSHA Inspection: AD ASTRA ART BRONZE INC.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Aug 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

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 1910.9(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:  An employee working in the knockout area was exposed to a recorded personal noise dosimeter sound level of 87.6 decibels during the 408 minutes sampling period on April 2, 2015.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Aug 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of copper dust listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 1.0 mg/m3:  The employee working in the grinding area was exposed to copper dust at an eight-hour time-weighted average level of 2.96 mg/m3, which exceeds the OSHA PEL of 1.0 mg/m3 during the 386 minutes of personal sampling performed on April 2, 2015.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Aug 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,040 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 9010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): An employee was exposed to quartz respirable silica in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average limits of 0.83 mg/m3 listed in Table Z-3:  The employee working in the knockout area was exposed to quartz respirable silica dust at a level of 2.81 mg/m3 which exceeds the OSHA PEL of 0.83 mg/m3 during the 248 minutes of personal sampling performed on April 2, 2015.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Aug 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,700 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 07309010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with �1910.134.  (a) The employee working the in the grinding area was exposed to copper dust at an eight-hour time-weighted average level of 2.96 mg/m3, which exceeds the OSHA PEL of 1.0 mg/m3 during the 386 minutes of personal sampling performed on April 2, 2015.  (b) The employee working in the knock area was exposed to quartz repirable silica dust at a level of 2.81 mg/m3 which exceeds the OSHA PEL of 0.83 mg/m3 during the 248 minutes of personal sampling performed on April 2, 2015.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Aug 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 07309010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  Employees such as grinders and knockout were exposed to inhalation hazards from exposure to quartz silica and copper dust in that they were not medically evaluated before using 3M  half mask dual cartridge respirators.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Aug 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 07309010

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure employees who are using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator pass an appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT) as stated in this paragraph:  Employees such as grinders and knockout were exposed to inhalation hazards from exposure to copper dust and quartz silica in that they were not fit tested before using the 3M half mask dual cartridge respirators.

Issued

Jul 15, 2015

Abate by

Aug 31, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement or maintain a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 1910.1200 paragraphs (f) labels and other forms of warning, (g) safety data sheets, and (h) employee training will be met:  A written hazard communication program had not been developed. Employees worked with materials including: molten alloy, metal fumes, and crystalline silica.