OSHA Inspection: U.S. MINERALS, INC.

Issued

2018-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8535.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(1): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of vanadium fume listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the ceiling concentration of 0.1 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3):  (a) Bagging Operator; The employer did not ensure that employee(s) exposure to vanadium fume did not exceed the ceiling concentration of 0.1 mg/m3 during any part of their working exposure. This violation occurred on November 29, 2017 where the employee was bagging coal slag; the employee was exposed to vanadium fume at  0.7936 mg/m3 of air over 176 minutes, approximately 7.94 times the ceiling limit of  0.1 mg/m3.

Issued

2018-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of iron oxide fume listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) concentration of 10 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3):  (a) Bagging Operator; The employer did not ensure that employee(s) exposure to iron oxide fume did not exceed 10 mg/m3 of air, as an 8-hour TWA. This violation occurred on November 29, 2017 where the employee was bagging coal slag and working on the gravity conveyor; the employee was exposed to iron oxide fume at an 8-hour TWA of 102.4389 mg/m3 of air, approximately 10.24 times the permissible exposure limit of 10 mg/m3. Sampling was performed for 440 minutes during one shift. Zero exposure was assumed for the 440 minute period not sampled.

Issued

2018-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(b)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of beryllium listed in Table Z-2 in excess of the ceiling concentration of 0.005 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3):  (a) Bagging Operator; The employer did not ensure that employee(s) exposure to beryllium did not exceed the ceiling concentration of 0.005 mg/m3 during any part of their working exposure. This violation occurred on November 29, 2017 where the employee was bagging coal slag; the employee was exposed to beryllium at  0.0105 mg/m3 of air over 176 minutes, approximately 2.1 times the ceiling limit of  0.005 mg/m3.

Issued

2018-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(d)(2)(i): An employee was exposed to iron oxide fume, copper fume, and beryllium listed in the Z tables in excess of the cumulative exposure limit:  a) Bagging Operator; The employer did not ensure that employee exposure to concentrations of more than one substance does not exceed the permissible exposure for the mixture of heavy metals to include iron oxide fume, copper fume, and beryllium. The mixture has additive toxic effects. This violation occurred on November 29, 2017 where the employee was bagging coal slag and working on the gravity conveyor. The employee was exposed to iron oxide fume at an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) of  102.4389 milligrams per cubic meter (mg/m3) of air, approximately 10.24 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 10 mg/m3; copper fume at an 8-hour TWA of 0.0617 mg/m3 of air, approximately 0.62 times the PEL of 0.1 mg/m3; and beryllium at an 8-hour TWA of 0.0041mg/m3 of air, approximately 2.05 times the PEL of 0.002 mg/m3. The exposure concentration was approximately 12.91 times the permissible 8-hour TWA concentration for the mixture. Sampling was performed for 440 minutes. Zero exposure was assumed for the 40 minute period not sampled.

Issued

2018-04-10 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-05-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(i): Refresher training in relevant topics was not provided to the operator who had been involved in an accident or near-miss incident:  (a) Warehouse; On or about November 16, 2017 an employee struck and damaged  a structural pole, powered industrial vehicle operator refresher training was not provided after the incident.