OSHA Inspection: ROBERT ST. CROIX SCULPTURE STUDIO & FOUNDRY, INC.

Issued

2017-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3803.00 · Current $2282.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  On or about 2/8/17, at the above address jobsite, an employee conducting grinding was exposed to continuous noise at 102.9% dose of the permissible daily noise exposure ( 8- hour time weighted average sound level of 90dbA) or an equivalent sound level of approximately 90.0 dbA during the 419-minute sampling period on 2/8/17; exposure calculations included a zero increment for the 61 minutes not sampled.

Issued

2017-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1304.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0731

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:   On or about 2/8/2017, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program for employees who were required to wear a 3M filtering facepiece respirator while grinding metals at the facility.

Issued

2017-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0731

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:  On or about 2/8/2017, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not conduct an assessment of the metals fume exposure for employees conducting welding and grinding at the facility.

Issued

2017-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0731

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:   On or about 2/8/2017, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not provide a medical evaluation for employees who were required to wear a 3M filtering facepiece respirator while grinding metals at the facility.

Issued

2017-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0731

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  On or about 2/8/2017, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not provide a fit-test for employees who were required to wear a 3M filtering facepiece respirator while grinding metals at the facility.

Issued

2017-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2173.00 · Current $1304.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0731

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(c): An employee(s) was exposed to Copper fumes in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average limits of 0.1mg/m3 listed in Table Z-3:   On or about 2/8/17, at the above address jobsite, an employee was exposed to an 8 hr time-weighted average (TWA) of 0.349 mg/m3 for a sampling time of 390 minutes while welding on bronze. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining un-sampled time.

Issued

2017-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 0731

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):  On or about 2/8/17, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not implement engineering and/or administrative controls while for an employee who was welding on bronze and was over-exposed to copper fumes at the facility.

Issued

2017-04-24 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-06-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $305.00 · Current $183.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): The employer failed to provide a clean and sanitary condition for all places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces:  On or about 2/8/17, at the above address jobsite, the employer did not have a clean lunch table when having between 63.5-104.58 micrograms of copper dust on the table located in the lunch room.