OSHA Inspection: TONY WALLENBERG

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2386.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program, including worksite specific procedures and all applicable provisions of this section, in the workplace where respirators were required by the employer as necessary to protect the health of the employee:    On or about June 3, 2019, employees were exposed to lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL. Employees were required to wear tight-fitting respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M full-face tight-fitting respirators and the  employer did not establish a written respiratory protection program where respirators were required and necessary to protect the health of the employees.      Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

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:  On or about June 3, 2019, an employee was overexposed to lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL. The employee was exposed to an 8-hour TWA (Time Weighted Average) of 0.088 mg/m3, approximately 1.76 times the permissible exposure limit of 0.05 mg/m3. The employee was required to wear a tight-fitting respirator such as, but not limited to, a 3M full face respirator and the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to wear such a respirator.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer shall ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator is fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) is used, and at least annually thereafter.  a. On or about June 3, 2019, an employee was overexposed to lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL. The employee was exposed to an 8-hour TWA (Time Weighted Average) of 0.088 mg/m3, approximately 1.76 times the permissible exposure limit of 0.05 mg/m3. The employee was required to wear a tight-fitting respirator such as, but not limited to, a 3M full face tight fitting respirator and the employer did not ensure that the employee was fit tested prior to the initial use.   b. On or about June 3, 2019, employees were exposed to lead while performing torching operations at the Hennepin Steel Mill  located in Hennepin, IL. Employees were required to wear tight-fitting respirators such as, but not limited to, 3M full-face tight-fitting respirators. The employees were fit tested for 1/2 face respirators, but the employer did not ensure that employees were fit tested prior to the initial use of a full face respirator.    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2386.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(c)(1): The employer did not ensure that no employees were exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 ug/m3) averaged over an 8-hour period:      On or about June 3, 2019, an employee was overexposed to lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL. The employee was exposed to an 8-hour TWA (Time Weighted Average) of 0.088 mg/m3, approximately 1.76 times the permissible exposure limit of 0.05 mg/m3. This exposure level was determined from a sample collected over a 180-minute sampling period with zero exposure assumed for the unsampled period of 300 minutes.     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-12-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(e)(1): The employer did not implement all feasible engineering and work practice controls, including administrative controls, to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead to or below the permissible exposure limit:  On or about June 3, 2019, an employee was overexposed to lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL. The employee was exposed to an 8-hour TWA (Time Weighted Average) of 0.088 mg/m3, approximately 1.76 times the permissible exposure limit of 0.05 mg/m3. This exposure level was determined from a sample collected over a 180 minute sampling period with zero exposure assumed for the unsampled period of 300 minutes. The employer did not implement all feasible engineering controls including, but not limited to:  (1) Installation of local exhaust ventilation during torching operations.      ABATEMENT:     Step 1:  Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposure to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation.  This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation:     1.     Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options;  2.     Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design;  3.     Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures;  4.     Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls.   NOTE: All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygenist or other technically qualified person. 60 day process reports are required during the abatement period.    Step 2:  Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering controls and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.     Date by which Step 1 must be completed:  00/00/00     Date by which Step 2 must be completed:  00/00/00     Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(e)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to achieve compliance with 29 CFR 1926.62(c) prior to commencement of the job:  On or about June 3, 2019, employees were exposed to lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL. and the employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program prior to allowing employees to perform such work.   Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2328.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 ug/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):      On or about June 3, 2019, employees were being exposed to lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL.  The employer did not perform initial monitoring to determine if employees were exposed to lead at or above the action level of 0.03 mg/m3 (30 ug/m3) .        Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(j)(1)(i): The employer shall make available initial medical surveillance to employees occupationally exposed on any day to lead at or above the action level. Initial medical surveillance consists of biological monitoring in the form of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels.    On or about June 3, 2019, an employee was overexposed to lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL. The employee was exposed to an 8-hour TWA (Time Weighted Average) of 0.088 mg/m3, approximately 1.76 times the permissible exposure limit of 0.05 mg/m3. The employer did not make available initial medical surveillance to the employee occupationally exposed on any day to lead at or above the action level at 0.03  mg/m3 (30 ug/m3).    Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).

Issued

2019-09-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:   On or about June 3, 2019, employees were being exposed to chemical such as, but not limited to, lead while torching on steel beams at the Hennepin Steel Mill located in Hennepin, IL and the employer did not ensure that a written hazard communication program was developed and implemented onsite   Abatement documentation is required of this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).