OSHA Inspection: AQUA BLASTING CORPORATION

Issued

Nov 15, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $1,413 · Current $707 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.94(a)(5)(v): Operators were not equipped with heavy canvas or leather gloves and aprons or equivalent protection to protect them from the impact of abrasives:  FACILITY RUEMELIN CABINET  On, or about August 23, 2018, employees operating abrasive blasting equipment were not provided with heavy canvas or leather gloves and aprons to protect them from the impact of abrasives inside the cabinet. The gloves and gauntlets outfitted with the equipment had been removed.

Issued

Nov 15, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:   FACILITY  On, or about August 23, 2018, the employer did not verify through a written certification that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed when employees operating abrasive blasting equipment were not required to use heavy canvas or leather gloves and aprons to protect them from the impact of abrasives.

Issued

Nov 15, 2018

Abate by

Jan 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $2,356 · Current $1,178 Reduced

General-duty citation text

2929 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:  FACILITY  On, or about, July 10, 2018, the employer did not implement and administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program for employees  exposed to noise exceeding the 8-hour Time Weighted Average (TWA) sound level of 85 decibels:   a) On November 13, 2018, a laborer, operating  sandblasting equipment inside of an enclosed  sandblasting room was exposed to continuous noise levels at 75.11% of the allowable time-weighted average (TWA) sound action level of 85.0 dBA.  The equivalent dB-A level of 75.11% for 447 minutes is approximately 88.0 dBA. Zero exposure was assumed for the 33 minutes not measured.     Elements of an effective hearing conservation program include:     1)         Monitoring of employee noise exposure;  2)         The institution of engineering, work practice and administrative controls for excessive noise;    3)         The provision of each overexposed employee with an individually fitted hearing protector with an adequate noise reduction rating;     4)         Employee training and education regarding noise hazards and protection measures; 5)         Baseline and annual audiometry;    6)         Procedures for preventing further occupational hearing loss by an employee whenever such an event has been identified;     7)         Record keeping

Issued

Nov 15, 2018

Penalty

Initial $1,885 · Current $943 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.242(b): Compressed air used for cleaning purposes was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i.:   FACILITY GB1 Machine  On, or about August 23, 2018, compressed air used for parts cleaning detailing was measured in excess of 70 p.s.i. at the nozzle outlet and was not reduced to less than 30 p.s.i..