PENSACOLA, FL —
OSHA Inspection: ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. in 300 S MYRICK ST, PENSACOLA, FL 32505 (NAICS 339999). OSHA activity number 341910586.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Site address
- 300 S MYRICK ST
- City
- PENSACOLA
- State
- FL
- ZIP
- 32505
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 1991, PENSACOLA, FL 32505
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 339999
- Employees
- 220
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.1000 A
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced
9135
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(a): 29 CFR 1910.1000(a): The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to any substance at a level in excess of the exposure limit given for that substance in Table Z-1 of this standard: a. A P&I Tech who performed the end of cycle cleanup in the P&I Area was exposed to Total Dust at a Time Weighted Average (TWA) of 53.7 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), 3.6 times the permissible exposure limit of 15.0 mg/m3. The sampling was performed for 407 minutes during one shift on November 19, 2016. b. A Dry Saw Tech who performed the end of cycle cleanup in the Dry Saw Area was exposed to Total Dust at a Time Weighted Average (TWA) of 20.6 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3), 1.4 times the permissible exposure limit of 15.0 mg/m3. The sampling was performed for 433 minutes during one shift on November 19, 2016.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.1000 E
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 29, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9135
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d): a. On or about November 19, 2016, employees who performed the end of cycle cleanup in the P&I and Dry Saw Areas were exposed to Total Dust in excess of the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), the employer did not determine the feasibility of administrative or engineering controls to reduce exposure levels below the PEL.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 D01 III
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $7,605
9135
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form: a. On or about November 19, 2016, Dry Saw and P&I Areas, the employer did not perform exposure monitoring while employees performed end of cycle cleanup exposing employees to total dust.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $7605
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 K06
- Issued
- Feb 9, 2017
- Abate by
- Mar 29, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer: a. On or about November 15, 2016, employees who voluntarily used NIOSH-approved filtering facepiece dustmask respirators throughout the Dry Saw and P&I Areas during routine production had not received respirator training prior to initial use of the respirators.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 341910586.
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