OSHA Inspection: RIMCO PLASTICS CORPORATION

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Sep 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,200 · Current $2,520 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(b)(1): When employees were subjected to sound exceeding those listed in Table G-16, feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized:        a) At the grinder, on or about 7/31/15: OSHA monitoring showed an employee exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average of 97.5 dBA. Feasible administrative or engineer controls were not utilized.        Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.

Issued

Aug 24, 2015

Abate by

Oct 9, 2015

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:   a) At the grinder, on or about 7/31/2015: The employer did not administer a hearing conservation program for employee(s) at the facility who operated the grinder. Monitoring performed by OSHA showed an employee who operated the grinder was exposed to continuous noise at a level of 285.5% of the dose of the permissible exposure limit (PEL). The equivalent dBA for the 285.5% is approximately 97.5 dBA calculated as the 8 hour time weighted sound pressure level. Sampling was conducted for 162 minutes. A zero increment was included for the remaining 318 minutes of the workday.    Abatement certification must be submitted for this item.