NORWICH, KS —
OSHA Inspection: FARRAR CORPORATION
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of FARRAR CORPORATION in 142 W. BURNS, NORWICH, KS 67118 (NAICS 331511). OSHA activity number 344226147.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- FARRAR CORPORATION
- Site address
- 142 W. BURNS
- City
- NORWICH
- State
- KS
- ZIP
- 67118
- Mailing
- 142 W. BURNS, NORWICH, KS 67118
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 331511
- Employees
- 90
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.95 C01
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $11,934 · Current $5,967 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 1910.9(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: Employees exposed to noise hazards. An employee working in the machine shop area was exposed to a recorded personal noise dosimeter sound level of 89.41 decibels during the 460 minutes sampling period on August 13, 2019.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5967
- — Z (S) $11934
1910.141 G02
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 14, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $6,819 · Current $3,410 Reduced
1620
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.141(g)(2): Employees were permitted to consume food or beverage in area(s) exposed to toxic materials: Employees exposed to health hazards. Employees engaged in foundry activities were exposed to health hazards in that the breakroom tables had toxic materials such as manganese detected on the computer table in the back corner of the lunch/breakroom.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3409.5
- — Z (S) $6819
1910.1053 D03 III
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 14, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $11,934 · Current $0 Reduced
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(3)(iii): Where the most recent exposure monitoring indicated that employee exposures were at or above the action level but at or below the PEL, the employer did not repeat such monitoring within six months of the most recent monitoring: Employees exposed to silica hazards. Employees engaged in iron foundry, molds, and cleaning activities were exposed to silica hazards in that employer did not repeat such monitoring within six months when the most recent exposure monitoring indicated employee exposures at or above the action level. An employee was exposed to silica, crystalline, mixed respirable (quartz, cristobalite, tridymite) at an 8 hour time Weighted Average concentration of 42.31 µg/m3 which exceeds the OSHA action level of 25 µg/m3 during the 469 minutes of personal sampling performed on August 13, 2019.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $11934
1910.1053 F02 I
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Mar 2, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $5,967
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan: Employees exposed to silica hazards. Employees engaged in iron foundry, molds, and cleaning activities were exposed to silica hazards in that employer did not establish and implement a written control plan.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5967
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1053 I01 I
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2019
- Abate by
- Jan 14, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(i)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available at no cost to each employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who has been occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year: Employees exposed to silica hazards. Employees engaged in iron foundry, molds, and cleaning activities were exposed to silica hazards in that employer did not for each employee occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year. An employee was exposed to silica, crystalline, mixed respirable (quartz, cristobalite, tridymite) at an 8 hour time Weighted Average concentration of 42.31 µg/m3 which exceeds the OSHA action level of 25 µg/m3 during the 469 minutes of personal sampling performed on August 13, 2019.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 344226147.
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