OSHA Inspection: ALLSTATE CAN CORPORATION

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4): Signs were not posted along the exit access indicating the direction of travel to the nearest exit and exit discharge when the direction of travel to the exit or exit discharge was not immediately apparent:    a) Production area    There were no directional exit signs present to indicate the direction of travel to exit doors in the production area.    Violation occurred on or about 3/24/16.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(8)(ii)(B): Unless a physician determines that the standard threshold shift is not work-related or aggravated by occupational noise exposure, the employer did not ensure, when a standard threshold shift occurs, that for employees already using hearing protectors, employees be refitted and retrained in the use of hearing protectors and provided with hearing protectors offering greater attenuation if necessary:    a) Production    The employer did not provide hearing protection refitting and retraining for employees with a standard threshold shift in both ears.  An employee working in production was exposed to continuous noise levels at 82.4% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90 dBA) which is 0.82 times the allowable exposure limit.  The action level is 85 dBA.  The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 88.5 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 477 minutes on 8/3/16, with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation.     Violation occurred on or about 6/1/16.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(8)(ii)(C): Unless a physician determines that the standard threshold shift is not work-related or aggravated by occupational noise exposure, the employer did not ensure, when a standard threshold shift occurs, the employee was referred for a clinical audiological evaluation or an otological examination, as appropriate, if additional testing is necessary or if the employer suspects that a medical pathology of the ear is caused or aggravated by wearing of hearing protectors:    a) Production    The employer did not provide a referral for employees with a standard threshold shift who were exposed to noise at or above the action level .     An employee working in production was exposed to continuous noise levels at 82.4% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90 dBA) which is 0.82 times the allowable exposure limit.  The action level is 85 dBA.  The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 88.5 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 477 minutes on 8/3/16, with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation. The employee had a standard threshold shift in both ears in June 2015.     Violation occurred on or about 6/1/16.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $6,236 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(2): The training program was not repeated annually for each employee included in the hearing conservation program:    a) Production    The employer did not provide annual noise training for all employees at or above the action level of 85 dBA as an 8 hour time weighted average.     An employee working in production was exposed to continuous noise levels at 82.4% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90 dBA) which is 0.82 times the allowable exposure limit.  The action level is 85 dBA.  The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 88.5 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 477 minutes on 8/3/16, with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation. The employee had noise training 6/9/15 but missed the training on 6/1/16.  No make up training was provided by the company.    Violation occurred on or about 6/1/16.

Issued

Sep 16, 2016

Abate by

Dec 1, 2016

Penalty

Initial $85,512 · Current $65,000 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(6): At least annually after obtaining the baseline audiogram, the employer did not obtain a new audiogram for each employee exposed at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels :    a) Production    The employer did not obtain annual audiograms for all employees at or above the action level of 85 dBA as an 8 hour time weighted average.     An employee working in production was exposed to continuous noise levels at 82.4% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90 dBA) which is 0.82 times the allowable exposure limit.  The action level is 85 dBA.  The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 88.5 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 477 minutes on 8/3/16, with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation.  The employee had an annual audiogram 6/9/15 but missed audiometric testing on 6/1/16.  No make up testing was provided by the company.    Violation occurred on or about 6/1/16.