OSHA Inspection: MASTERS ALLOYS

Issued

2017-07-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2017-09-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1847.00 · Current $1293.00 Reduced

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 1910.95(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:   c. An employee in the production area was exposed to continuous noise at 94.6 % of the permissible daily dose level, when measured with a 80 dB threshold, or equivalent sound level of approximately 89.6 dBA for the 451 minute sampling time on June 7, 2017. Exposure calculation included a zero increment for the 27 minutes not sampled. The employer did not establish and administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.