OSHA Inspection: METRO-EAST MFG. CO.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 07301591

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:  The employer did not ensure that a written, worksite specific respiratory program was established and implemented when employees were required to wear N-95 filtering facepiece respirators in the workplace.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 07301591

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:  The employer did not ensure that employees required to wear N95 half-mask, filtering facepiece respirators were medically evaluated prior to wearing the respirator in the workplace.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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):  The employer did not ensure that employees required to wear N95 filtering facepiece respirators passed a qualitative or quantitative fit test prior to wearing the respirator in the workplace.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 07301591

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:  The employer did not ensure that respiratory hazards, to include but not limited to, lead and copper dusts, were evaluated to determine employee exposures to the respiratory hazards.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $4,434 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of Copper dust in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) concentration of one milligram per cubic meter of air (mg/m3):  An employee was exposed to Copper dust in excess of the permissible exposure limit of 1 mg/m3 on or about March 21, 2018, when the employee was exposed to 6.39 mg/m3 of copper dust during the 418 minute sampling period.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 07301591

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):  The employer did not ensure that feasible administrative or engineering controls were implemented to reduce employee exposures to metal dusts, to include but not limited to copper dusts, at the Filing Stations and/or the Belt Sanding/Grinding Stations.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i): For any employees exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year, the employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead:  The employer did not ensure that feasible administrative or engineering controls were implemented to reduce employee exposures to lead dusts at the Filing Stations and/or the Belt Sanding/Grinding Stations.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1): Employee(s) were exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/m3) averaged over an eight-hour period:   Employees were exposed to lead concentrations in excess of the permissible exposure limit of 50 ug/m3 in the following instances:  a. On or about 3/21/2018, an employee was exposed to a lead concentration of 59.5 ug/m3 during the 402 minute sampling period.  b. On or about 5/8/2018, an employee was exposed to a lead concentration of 59.2 ug/m3 during the 407 minute sampling period.  c.  On or about 5/8/2018, an employee was exposed to a lead concentration of 114.6 ug/m3 during the 428 minute sampling period.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to reduce exposures to or below the permissible exposure limit, solely by means of engineering and work practice controls:  The employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to reduce employee exposures to lead to or below the permissible exposure  of 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air, solely by means of engineering and work practice controls.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Oct 2, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(g)(1): Appropriate protective work clothing and equipment were not provided at no cost to the employee when employee(s) were exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit (PEL), without regard to the use of respirators, or where the possibility of skin or eye irritation exists:  The employer did not provide coveralls or similar full-body work clothing to employees that were exposed to lead above the PEL without regard to the use of respirators.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Sep 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(1): The employer did not ensure that food or beverage was not present, or consumed; tobacco products were not present, or used and cosmetics were not applied in areas where employees were exposed to lead in excess of the permissible exposure limit:  The employer did not ensure that food or beverages were not present or consumed in areas where employees were exposed to lead in excess of the permissible exposure limit.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Sep 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(3)(i): Employee(s) exposed to lead in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL), without regard to the use of respirators, were not required to shower at the end of the work shift:  The employer did not ensure that employees exposed to lead concentrations in excess of the PEL were required to shower at the end of their work shift.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Sep 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(3)(iii): The employer did not ensure that employees who were required to shower per 29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(3)i) did not leave the workplace wearing any clothing or equipment worn during the work shift:  The employer did not ensure that employees who were exposed to lead concentrations in excess of the PEL and who were required to shower prior to leaving the workplace did not leave the workplace wearing the same clothing worn during the work shift.

Issued

Aug 15, 2018

Abate by

Sep 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 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 February 15, 2018, the employer did not ensure that multiple surfaces throughout the facility were not kept as free as practicable from accumulations of lead:  a.  A wipe sample taken from the lunch table in the employee lunch room contained 0.029 micrograms per square centimeter (ug/cm2) of lead.  b.  A wipe sample taken from the seat of a chair at the lunch table contained 0.078 micrograms per square centimeter (ug/cm2) of lead.  c.  A wipe sample taken from the refrigerator handle in the employee lunch room contained 49.14 micrograms of lead.  d.  A wipe sample taken from the spout of the water cooler in the employee lunch room contained 10.9 micrograms of lead.  e.  A wipe sample taken from the mouthpiece of the water fountain near the employee restroom contained 92.75 micrograms of lead.  f.  A wipe sample taken from the sink handles of the sink adjacent to the water fountain and employee restroom contained 95.03 micrograms of lead.