OSHA Inspection: SUMMIT FOREST RESOURCES INC.

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8110

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) In the facility, on or about June 16, 2016 - An employee designated as a Lumber Grader was exposed to continuous noise levels at 233% of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of the 233% dose is approximately 96.1 dBA.  The sampling was performed for 474-minutes during the first shift on June 16, 2016.  Zero exposure was assumed for any unsampled time.  Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized to reduce sound levels.    b) In the facility, on or about June 16, 2016 - An employee designated as an Edger Operator was exposed to continuous noise levels at 563% of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of the 563% dose is approximately 102.5 dBA.  The sampling was performed for 476-minutes during the first shift on June 16, 2016.  Zero exposure was assumed for any unsampled time.  Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized to reduce sound levels.

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(j)(2): Hearing protectors did not attenuate employee exposure at least to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 90 decibels as required by 29 CFR 1910.95(b):    a) In the facility, on or about June 16, 2016 - The employer did not ensure that hearing protectors attenuated employee exposure at least to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 90 decibels.  An employee designated as a Lumber Grader was exposed to continuous noise levels at 233% of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level is approximately 96.1 dBA.  The Volcollect single earcup headset worn by the employee over the right ear provides a NRR of 10 and an adjusted attenuation of 1.5 utilizing a safety factor of 50%.  The noise received by the employee's right ear was calculated to be 94.6 dBA and is not sufficient to meet the requirements of Table G-16.

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $2940.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): A representative monitoring program was not developed and implemented when information indicated that an employee's exposure may equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 dBA:    a) In the facility, on or about June 8, 2016 - The employer did not monitor noise exposure levels in the workplace to accurately identify employee's exposure to noise at or above 85 decibels (dB) averaged over eight working hours, or an 8-hur time-weighted average (TWA).

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(1): The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:  a) In the facility, on or about June 16, 2016 - The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program for employees exposed to continuous noise at 567.0%, 236.0%, 117.7%, and 107.0% of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level for the exposures was 102.5, 96.2, 91.2, and 90.5 dBA respectively.

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1): The employer did not train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.95(k). The employer did not institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program:    a) In the facility, on or about June 16, 2016 - The employer did not train employees exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time-weighted average level of 85 dBA in the effects of noise, the purposes, advantages, disadvantages, and attenuation of various types of hearing protectors, and the purposes and procedures of audiometric testing.

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:     a) In the facility, on or about June 8, 2016 - The employer did not develop or maintain a written hazard communication program for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace, such as, but not limited to wood dust.

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): The employer did not provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new physical or health hazard the employees had not previously been trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) In the facility, on or about June 16, 2016 - The employer did not ensure that all employees potentially exposed to hazardous chemicals in the workplace, such as, but not limited to wood dust were provided effective information and training.

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(l)(1): The employer did not make available to affected employees or their representatives copies of 29 CFR 1910.95 and did not post a copy in the workplace:  a) In the facility, on or about June 16, 2016 - The employer did not ensure that a copy of 29 CFR 1910.95 was made available to all affected employees or posted in the workplace.

Issued

2016-07-08 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): Respirator users were not provided with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible:  a) In the facility, on or about June 16, 2016 - The employer did not ensure that employees wearing particulate respirators on a voluntary basis in the workplace were provided the information contained in 29 CFR 1910.134, Appendix D.