OSHA Inspection: STL SHARPSHOOTERS

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $2652.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(1)(ii): Full shift (for at least seven -7 continuous hours) personal samples for lead were not collected including, at least, one sample for each shift for each job classification in each work area:       Establishment: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  Employees work in the range, and at the sales desk where full shift sampling of airborne lead exposure is not conducted.     On 03/04/2019 OSHA conducted air sampling for lead exposure in the shooting range and at the sales counter.  Results showed presence of airborne lead.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $2652.00 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 averaged over an eight-hour period:     Bucket Changing area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions. Employees conducting bucket changing operations are exposed above the permissible exposure limit (PEL).     On 03/18/2019 OSHA conducted air sampling. An employee was exposed to airborne lead at 8 hour time weighted average (8 hour TWA) of 1100 micrograms per cubic meter, approximately 22 times the permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter during bucket changing operation.  Sampling was conducted for 15 minutes.  The duration of the operation was 15 minutes.  The rest of the 8 hour time period for 8 hour TWA was calculated as zero lead exposure.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(ii): For any employee who is exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for 30 days or less per year, the employer did not implement engineering controls to reduce the exposure to 200 micrograms per cubic meter:      Bucket Changing area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions. Employees conducting bucket changing operations are exposed to airborne lead above the permissible exposure limit (PEL).      On 03/18/2019 an employee was exposed to lead at approximately 1100 micrograms per cubic meter, approximately 22 times above the PEL when conducting bucket changing operation.  Sampling was conducted by OSHA for 15 minutes, the duration of the operation.  The rest of the 8 hour time period was calculated as zero airborne lead exposure.  The employer did not implement engineering controls to reduce the employee exposure levels.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $2652.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(f)(2)(i): The employer did not implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.134(b) through (d) (except (d)(1)(iii)), and (f) through (m) for each employee required by 29 CFR 1910.1025 to use a respirator:     Bucket Changing area:  Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  The employer provides respirators for the employees and requires the employees to use the respirators for bucket changing activities without implementing a respiratory protection program to address the following items:     On 03/18/2019 air sampling was conducted during a bucket changing operation.  The exposure level was approximately 22 times the permissible exposure level without regard to respirator use.  A respiratory protection program was not implemented to address the following:    1.  Witten Procedures for Respirator Selection:        A full-face respirator was not provided where the half-face respirator used was inadequate for performing bucket changing operations      2.  Medical Evaluations:       Employees were not provided medical evaluations prior to being required to use tight-fitting respirators    3.  Fit Testing:       Fit testing was not provided to the employees prior to being required to use tight-fitting respirators    4.  Training:        Effective and comprehensive training was not provided to the employees who were required to us tight-fitting face-piece respirators    5.  Record Keeping:       A recordkeeping program addressing medical evaluations, names and dates of fit testing, type and size of respirators, type of respirator and results of fit testing was not implemented for employees who were required to use respirators.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $2652.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i): Employee(s) working in an area where there is potential exposure to airborne lead at any level were not informed of the content of Appendices A and B of 29 CFR 1910.1025:     Shooting Range, Bucket Changing area, and Sales Desk: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous condition.  The employer did not inform the employees of the contents of Appendices A and B of the lead standard as required where there is airborne lead.     On 02/20/2019 it was established that employees who worked where there was potential for airborne lead were not informed of the contents of Appendices A and B of the lead standard.  On 03/04/2019 and 03/18/2019 OSHA conducted air sampling.  The results established presence of airborne lead.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-05-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(m)(2)(i): The employer did not post the following warning signs, as required, in each work area where the permissible exposure limit (PEL) was exceeded:   "DANGER  LEAD  MAY DAMAGE FERTILITY OR THE UNBORN CHILD  CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM  DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE IN THIS AREA":    Bucket Changing area: Employer is exposing employees to hazardous conditions.  Required signs warning of the hazards of lead are not posted where employee lead exposure level exceeds the PEL.   On 03/18/2019 OSHA air sampling during bucket changing operation revealed airborne lead levels which exceeded the PEL. The required lead exposure warning signs were not posted.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $758.00 · Current $379.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.29(a): A log of all work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300), and/or the summary of work-related injuries and illnesses (OSHA Form 300-A), and/or the injury and illness incident report (OSHA Form 301) or equivalent forms were not kept by the establishment:     Establishment: The employer did not maintain required OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301.  An incident in the year 2018 involving a medical removal of an employee due to high blood level was not recorded.

Issued

2019-05-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1020(g)(1): The employer did not inform current employees upon their first entering in to employment and at least annually thereafter, of the existence, location, and availability of any records covered by 29 CFR 1910:   Establishment: Employees who had medical and exposure records such as, but not limited to, workplace illness and injury records, and lead exposure, were not informed of the existence, location, and availability of the records.