OSHA Inspection: CECIL PHILLIPS LUMBER MILL, INC.

Issued

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $3315.00 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 equaled or exceeded an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    (a) In the sawmill, an off-bearer was exposed to noise levels at 255.0% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 255.0% is approximately 96.7 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 480 minutes during one shift.      (b) In the sawmill, an edger operator was exposed to noise levels at 211.7% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 211.7% is approximately 95.4 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 461 minutes during one shift. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of 19 minutes.    (c) In the sawmill, an output trimmer operator was exposed to noise levels at 190.5% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 190.5% is approximately 94.6 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 480 minutes during one shift.    (d) In the sawmill, a grinder operator was exposed to noise levels at 446.3% of the permissible 8-hour TWA (90 dBA).  The equivalent dBA level of 446.3% is approximately 100.8 dBA.  Sampling was performed for 480 minutes during one shift.

Issued

2019-06-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-07-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6630.00 · Current $3315.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:    (a) In the sawmill, an employee entered and sharpened the teeth on a Montgomery PM Model Eat-Rite Hog and the employer did not have an energy control program consisting of procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections.