HOPEDALE, MA —
OSHA Inspection: EASTMAN BRASS INSTRUMENTS, LLC
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of EASTMAN BRASS INSTRUMENTS, LLC in 4A SPACEWAY LANE, HOPEDALE, MA 01747 (NAICS 339992). OSHA activity number 342242260.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- EASTMAN BRASS INSTRUMENTS, LLC
- Site address
- 4A SPACEWAY LANE
- City
- HOPEDALE
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01747
- Mailing
- 4A SPACEWAY LANE, HOPEDALE, MA 01747
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 339992
- Employees
- 36
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017
- Abate by
- Sep 26, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $5,704 Reduced
07311591
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: Buffing Room, Finaling Department, and Bell-Sanding Area: On or about 4/11/17, employees were wearing tight-fitting respirators, and the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employees' ability to use a respirator.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5703.75
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.134 F02
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017
- Abate by
- Sep 22, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
07311591
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested: Buffing Room, Finaling Department, and Bell-Sanding Area: On or about 4/11/17, employees were wearing tight-fitting respirators, and had not been fit tested since 6/5/15.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1000 C
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017
- Abate by
- Oct 1, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $5,704 Reduced
0731
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(c): An employee(s) was exposed to copper fume (as Cu) in excess of the 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) limits of 0.1 mg/m³ listed in Table Z-3: On or about 5/31/17, employees buffing/sanding brass musical instrument parts were exposed to copper in excess of the 8-hour TWA limit of 0.1 mg/m³: Outside-bell sanding area: (a) An employee sanding the outsides of bells for brass musical instruments was exposed to 0.51 mg/m³ of copper as an 8-hour TWA, which is 5.1 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL). Buffing Room: (b) An employee buffing the bells of brass musical instruments was exposed to 1.98 mg/m³ of copper as an 8-hour TWA, which is 19.8 times the PEL. (c) An employee buffing brass musical instrument parts was exposed to 0.58 mg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA, which is 5.8 times the PEL.
Recent events (6)
- — P (S) $5703.75
- — P (S) $5703.75
- — P (S) $5703.75
1910.1000 E
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017
- Abate by
- Oct 1, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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 5/31/17, employees buffing/sanding brass musical instrument parts were exposed to copper in excess of the TWA limit of 0.1 mg/m³, and 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): Outside-bell sanding area: (a) An employee sanding the outsides of bells for brass musical instruments was exposed to 0.51 mg/m³ of copper as an 8-hour TWA, which is 5.1 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL). Buffing Room: (b) An employee buffing the bells of brass musical instruments was exposed to 1.98 mg/m³ of copper as an 8-hour TWA, which is 19.8 times the PEL. (c) An employee buffing brass musical instrument parts was exposed to 0.58 mg/m³ as an 8-hour TWA, which is 5.8 times the PEL.
Recent events (6)
- — P (S) $0
- — P (S) $0
- — P (S) $0
1910.1025 H01
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017
- Abate by
- Feb 28, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $5,704 Reduced
1591
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead: On or about 5/31/17, employees working in the lead-pot area were exposed to surfaces which were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead: (a) Employees working in the lead-pot area were exposed to 139,867 µg of lead/ft² on the lead-pot benchtop. (b) Employees working in the lead-pot area were exposed to 1329 µg of lead/ft² on the lead-bench thinner bottle.
Recent events (3)
- — P (S) $5703.75
- — I (S) $5703.75
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.1200 F06 II
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2017
- Abate by
- Oct 27, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,054 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii): Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical: Lead-pot workbench: On or about 5/31/17, a bottle of liquid labeled "Thinner" used to clean lead washers was not labeled, tagged, or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemical.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $9054
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