OSHA Inspection: HILL AIR FORCE BASE

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

May 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a):  Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:  (a)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On and preceding 3/15/17, the employer did not ensure that protective equipment was used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered.  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint from aircraft parts.  The work took place in large exhaust booths.  Employees removed a portion of their personal protective equipment when cleaning the work area following sanding or when not sanding but in the presence of other sanding or painting work in the same exhaust booth.  The employer did not ensure that employees continued to wear their respiratory protection when working in the exhaust booth.  This condition exposed employees to a chemical hazard.  (b)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On and preceding 1/24/17, the employer did not ensure that protective equipment was used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered.  Employees spray painted or hand applied paint to aircraft parts.  The work took place in large exhaust booths.  Employees removed a portion of their personal protective equipment when cleaning the work area following painting or when not spray painting but in the presence of other sanding or painting work in the same exhaust booth.  The employer did not ensure that employees continued to wear their respiratory protection when working in the exhaust booth.  This condition exposed employees to a chemical hazard.

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

May 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(h)(2)(i): The employer did not ensure that employees removed all protective clothing and equipment contaminated with chromium (VI) at the end of the work shift or at the completion of their tasks involving chromium (VI) exposure, whichever came first:  (a)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On and preceding 3/15/17, the employer did not ensure that employees removed all protective clothing and equipment contaminated with chromium (VI) at the end of the work shift or at the completion of their tasks involving chromium (VI) exposure, whichever came first.  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint containing strontium chromate and barium chromate from aircraft or aircraft parts.  Employees spray painted or hand applied paint containing strontium chromate and barium chromate to aircraft or aircraft parts.  Regulated areas were established at large exhaust booths.  Multiple exhaust booths were located within an area of Building 680.  Employees exited these regulated areas while continuing to wear Tyvek booties until exiting the area of the exhaust booths.  The employer did not ensure that employees removed all contaminated PPE upon exit from regulated areas.  This condition exposed employees to a hexavalent chromium hazard.  (b)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 680, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On and preceding 12/20/16, the employer did not ensure that employees removed all protective clothing and equipment contaminated with chromium (VI) at the end of the work shift or at the completion of their tasks involving chromium (VI) exposure, whichever came first.  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint containing strontium chromate and barium chromate from aircraft or aircraft parts.  Employees spray painted or hand applied paint containing strontium chromate and barium chromate to aircraft or aircraft parts.  Regulated areas were established around temporary work at aircraft or at a temporary enclosure for painting.  Employees exited these regulated areas while wearing contaminated PPE in order to retrieve additional materials or tools.  The employer did not ensure that contaminated PPE was removed upon exit from regulated areas.  This condition exposed employees to a hexavalent chromium hazard.

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

May 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(3)(ii): The employer did not ensure that employees who had skin contact with chromium (VI) washed their hands and faces at the end of the work shift and/or prior to eating, drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco or gum, applying cosmetics, or using the toilet:  (a)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Buildings 674 and 680, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On and preceding 3/15/17, the employer did not ensure that employees who had skin contact with chromium (VI) washed their hands and faces at the end of the work shift and/or prior to eating, drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco or gum, applying cosmetics, or using the toilet.  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint containing strontium chromate and barium chromate from aircraft or aircraft parts.  Employees spray painted or hand applied paint containing strontium chromate and barium chromate to aircraft or aircraft parts.  The employer did not ensure that employees washed their hands and faces at the end of the work shift and prior to eating, drinking, or smoking.  This condition exposed employees to a hexavalent chromium hazard.

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee exposure to a substance listed in Table Z-1 exceeded the 8 hour Time Weighted Average for that substance:  (a) Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On 1/24/17 employee exposure to a substance listed in Table Z-1 exceeded the 8 hour Time Weighted Average for that substance.  Employees spray painted aircraft parts in a spray booth within Building 674.  The paint contained silver.  This process generated silver aerosol.  On 1/24/17 one employee was exposed to silver at a concentration greater than the 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.010 mg/m3.  The employee was exposed to silver at a concentration of 0.030 mg/m3 as an 8 hour TWA.  This is three times the PEL.  Air monitoring was conducted for 15 minutes.

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On 1/24/17 the employer did not implement feasible administrative or engineering controls to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d).  On 1/24/17 employee exposure to a substance listed in Table Z-1 exceeded the 8 hour Time Weighted Average for that substance.  Employees spray painted aircraft parts in a spray booth within Building 674.  The paint contained silver.  This process generated silver aerosol.  On 1/24/17 one employee was exposed to silver at a concentration greater than the 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.010 mg/m3.  The employee was exposed to silver at a concentration of 0.030 mg/m3 as an 8 hour TWA.  This is three times the PEL.  Air monitoring was conducted for 15 minutes.  Abatement Note:  Feasible engineering controls include, but are not limited to:  1.  Installation of additional local exhaust ventilation at the point of generation of the paint aerosol. 2.  Evaluate large exhaust booth L03.  Evaluate and ensure adequate capture velocity at painting operation.  Determine if painting small aircraft parts may be done in smaller booth. 3.  Perform painting operation of small aircraft parts within an enclosure, i.e., "glove box".  Abatement Note:  Abatement of this item will normally be multi-step as follows:    1.  Effective respiratory protection shall be provided and used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within exposure limits.    STEP 1 ABATEMENT DATE (15 DAYS):     2.  Submit to the Area Director a written detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and /or administrative measures to control employee exposures to the hazardous substance referenced in this citation.  The plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which should be consistent with the dates required by this citation:  a.  Evaluation of the extent and location of the hazard source; b.  Evaluation of control measure options; c.  Selection of optimum control measures; d.  Determination of control measure design; e.  Ordering and delivery of equipment; f.  Installation of control measures; g.  Training of employees in proper operation and maintenance of newly implemented control measures; and h.  Assurance of the effective performance of control measures.    All proposed control measures shall be evaluated for each particular use by a competent Industrial Hygienist or other technically qualified person.  Thirty day progress reports are required during the abatement period.  The progress report must identify the action taken to achieve abatement and the date the action was taken.    STEP 2 ABATEMENT DATE (60 DAYS):     3.  Abatement will be completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls and upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.    STEP 3 ABATEMENT DATE (120 DAYS):

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

Jul 14, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not ensure that safety data sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s):  (a) Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Buildings 674 and 680, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On and preceding 1/24/17, the employer did not ensure that safety data sheets were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work areas.  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint from aircraft or aircraft parts.  Employees spray painted or hand applied paint to aircraft or aircraft parts.  Safety data sheets were available to employees electronically.  The employer enabled employee access to safety data sheets within a limited portion of a larger inventory database.  Employees did not have access to all safety data sheets.  Employees were able to access the material safety data sheet (MSDS) for LO4 paint dated 2007; however employees were not able to access the safety data sheet (SDS) for LO4 paint dated 2015.  This condition exposed employees to a chemical hazard.

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

May 30, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A):  Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  (a)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On 3/15/17 the employer did not ensure an employee wearing a tight-fitting facepiece did not have facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face.  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint from aircraft parts.  The employees were required to wear either 3M full face tight fitting air purifying respirators with P100 filters or 3M helmeted or hooded supplied air respirators when performing this task.  One employee wore a 3M full face tight fitting air purifying respirator with P100 filters.  The employee had significant facial hair between the facepiece and the face. This condition potentially exposed the employee to a respiratory hazard.  (b)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 680, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On or about 12/14/16, the employer did not ensure an employee wearing a tight-fitting facepiece did not have facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face.  One employee was brushing Avesta paste (containing acids) onto a titanium panel of an aircraft.  An employee assisted the coater.  The employees were required to wear 3M full face tight fitting air purifying respirators with dual cartridges when performing this task.  The assistant had significant facial hair between the facepiece and the face. This condition potentially exposed the employee to a respiratory hazard.

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(c): The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of five micrograms per cubic meter of air (5ug/m3), calculated as an eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA):   (a) Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On 1/24/17, the employer did not ensure that employees were not exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of five micrograms per cubic meter of air (5ug/m3), calculated as an eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA).  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint from an aircraft within a hanger bay in Building 674.  The primer contained strontium chromate and barium chromate.  This process generated chromium (VI) dust.  On 1/24/17 one employee was exposed to chromium (VI) at a concentration greater than the 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.005 mg/m3.  The employee was exposed to chromium (VI) at a concentration of 0.049 mg/m3 as an 8 hour TWA.  This is 9.8 times the PEL.  Air monitoring was conducted for 165 minutes.  (b) Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On 1/24/17, the employer did not ensure that employees were not exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of five micrograms per cubic meter of air (5ug/m3), calculated as an eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA).  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint from an aircraft within a hanger bay in Building 674.  The primer contained strontium chromate and barium chromate.  This process generated chromium (VI) dust.  On 1/24/17 one employee was exposed to chromium (VI) at a concentration greater than the 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.005 mg/m3.  The employee was exposed to chromium (VI) at a concentration of 0.040 mg/m3 as an 8 hour TWA.  This is 8.0 times the PEL.  Air monitoring was conducted for 135 minutes.   Hill Air Force Base was previously cited for violations of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.1026(c), which was contained in OSHA inspection 314662677, Citation 1, Item 16a and was issued on 7/28/11, and affirmed as a final order on 8/26/11, with respect to a workplace located at Hill Air Force Base, UT, and which was contained in OSHA inspection 988955, Citation 1, Item 1a and was issued on 4/9/15, and affirmed as a final order on 5/11/15, with respect to a workplace located at Hill Air Force Base, UT.

Issued

May 10, 2017

Abate by

Oct 2, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(f)(1)(i): The employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to chromium (VI) at or below the PEL:  (a)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On 1/24/17, the employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to chromium (VI) at or below the PEL.  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint from an aircraft within a hanger bay in Building 674.  The primer contained strontium chromate and barium chromate.  This process generated chromium (VI) dust.  On 1/24/17 one employee was exposed to chromium (VI) at a concentration greater than the 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.005 mg/m3.  The employee was exposed to chromium (VI) at a concentration of 0.049 mg/m3 as an 8 hour TWA.  This is 9.8 times the PEL.  Air monitoring was conducted for 165 minutes.  (b)  Hill Air Force Base, dba Ogden Air Logistics Complex, at Building 674, Hill Air Force Base, UT: On 1/24/17, the employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to chromium (VI) at or below the PEL.  Employees used pneumatic sanders to remove paint from an aircraft within a hanger bay in Building 674.  The primer contained strontium chromate and barium chromate.  This process generated chromium (VI) dust.  On 1/24/17 one employee was exposed to chromium (VI) at a concentration greater than the 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.005 mg/m3.  The employee was exposed to chromium (VI) at a concentration of 0.040 mg/m3 as an 8 hour TWA.  This is 8.0 times the PEL.  Air monitoring was conducted for 135 minutes.  Hill Air Force Base was previously cited for violations of this Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.1026(f)(1)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection 314662677, Citation 1, Item 16b and was issued on 7/28/11, and affirmed as a final order on 8/26/11, with respect to a workplace located at Hill Air Force Base, UT, and which was contained in OSHA inspection 988955, Citation 1, Item 1b and was issued on 4/9/15, and affirmed as a final order on 5/11/15, with respect to a workplace located at Hill Air Force Base, UT.  Abatement Note:  Feasible engineering controls include, but are not limited to:  1.    Installation of local exhaust ventilation, in addition to that supplied with the pneumatic sanders, at the point of generation of the paint dust. 2.    Evaluate the speed of the pneumatic sanders, currently 20,000 rpm, and the effectiveness of the local exhaust supplied with the pneumatic sanders, to ensure that the capture velocity is adequate.   Abatement Note:  Abatement of this item will normally be multi-step as follows:    1.  Effective respiratory protection shall be provided and used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within exposure limits.    STEP 1 ABATEMENT DATE (15 DAYS):     2.  Submit to the Area Director a written detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and /or administrative measures to control employee exposures to the hazardous substance referenced in this citation.  The plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which should be consistent with the dates required by this citation:  a.  Evaluation of the extent and location of the hazard source; b.  Evaluation of control measure options; c.  Selection of optimum control measures; d.  Determination of control measure design; e.  Ordering and delivery of equipment; f.  Installation of control measures; g.  Training of employees in proper operation and maintenance of newly implemented control measures; and h.  Assurance of the effective performance of control measures.    All proposed control measures shall be evaluated for each particular use by a competent Industrial Hygienist or other technically qualified person.  Thirty day progress reports are required during the abatement period.  The progress report must identify the action taken to achieve abatement and the date the action was taken.    STEP 2 ABATEMENT DATE (60 DAYS):     3.  Abatement will be completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls and upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.    STEP 3 ABATEMENT DATE (120 DAYS):