OSHA Inspection: EXIDE TECHNOLOGIES

Issued

Mar 31, 2017

Abate by

Apr 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $69,713 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(2): Where an employee's exposure to lead exceeded 8 hours in any work day, the permissible exposure limit (PEL), as a time-weighted average, was not reduced in accordance with the formula: Maximum permissible limit (in µg/m³)=400÷hours worked in the day.  The employer is failing to prevent employee overexposure to airborne lead hazards.  This was last observed on November 29, 2016, at 413 E Berg Rd, Salina, Kansas.   a)  An employee engaged in grid casting activities was exposed to a 12 hour time weighted average (TWA) level of 50.2 ug/m3 of lead, which is 1.5 times the calculated OSHA permissible exposure level (PEL) of 33.3 ug/m3.   b)  An employee engaged in the COS stacking operations was exposed to a 12 hour TWA level of 289.5 ug/m3 of lead, which is 8.7 times the calculated OSHA permissible exposure level (PEL) of 33.3 ug/m3.   Exide Technologies was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314181025, citation number 2, item number 1a and was affirmed as a final order on August 3, 2011, last abatement date November 30, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 7471 S. 5th St., Frisco, Texas 75034.

Issued

Mar 31, 2017

Abate by

Apr 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i):  For any employees exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year where engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) were feasible but did not reduce the employees' exposure to or below the permissible exposure limit the employer did not use engineering and/or work practice controls to reduce exposures to the lowest feasible level:  The employer is failing to provide engineering and work practice controls to effectively reduce or minimize the lead exposures in the workplace.  This was last observed on November 29, 2016, at 413 E Berg Rd, Salina, Kansas.  a) An employee engaged in grid casting activities was exposed to a 12 hour time weighted average (TWA) level of 50.2 ug/m3 of lead, which is 1.5 times the calculated OSHA permissible exposure level (PEL) of 33.3 ug/m3.   b) An employee engaged in the COS stacking operations was exposed to a 12 hour TWA level of 289.5 ug/m3 of lead, which is 8.7 times the calculated OSHA permissible exposure level (PEL) of 33.3 ug/m3.   Exide Technologies was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 314181025, citation number 2, item number 1b and was affirmed as a final order on August 3, 2011, last abatement date November 30, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 7471 S. 5th St., Frisco, Texas 75034.

Issued

Mar 31, 2017

Abate by

Apr 26, 2017

Penalty

Initial $69,713 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:  The employer is failing to prevent employee exposure to illnesses from accumulation of lead.  This was last observed on November 29, 2016, at 413 E Berg Rd, Salina, Kansas.  a) Lunch room floor between tables 7 and 8  b) Lunch room chair at table 4  c) Clean side women's locker room chair/bench between lockers 37W and 48W   d) Clean side women's locker room floor in the doorway between the showers and the clean lockers  e) Clean side men's locker room bench adjacent to locker 322  f) Clean side men's locker room locker handle for locker number 261  g) Drink vending machine 0279 6497DW outside of Quality Control room  h) Distribution Center break room food vending machine Premier Food Services 14-361  i) Employee Chevy Equinox steering wheel  j) Employee Chevy Equinox floor mat   Exide Technologies was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1081557, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 21, 2015, last abatement date November 24, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 3001 Fairfax Trafficway, Kansas City, Kansas 66115.