OSHA Inspection: BRIDGEPORT SHOOTING RANGE, LLC

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3978.00 · Current $2800.00 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.    ESTABLISHMENT: The employer had not established and implemented a written respiratory protection program and procedures consisting of employee training, proper selection, and medical evaluations where employees were required to wear half facepiece respirators during tasks, such as (but not limited to) dry sweeping brass and shoveling lead bullets.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.   ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to wear a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) dry sweeping brass and shoveling lead bullets.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employees using a tight-fitting face piece respirator were fit tested prior to the initial use of the respirator.  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not ensure that employees required to wear a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were fit tested prior to the initial use of the respirator during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) dry sweeping brass and shoveling lead bullets.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1): The employer did not provide effective training that covered the required elements in 1910.134(k)(1)(i) through 1910.134(k)(1)(vii).  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not ensure through providing training and performing evaluation that the employees required to wear filtering facepiece respirators during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) dry sweeping and bullet shoveling were able to demonstrate the knowledge.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2700.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1): The employer did not assure that no employee was exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 ug/m3) averaged over an 8-hour period.    ESTABLISHMENT: The employer had not assured that no employee was exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 ug/m3) averaged over an 8-hour period.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591BWPB

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: The employer did not collect full shift (for at least 7 continuous hours) personal samples including at least one sample for each shift for each job classification in each work area during the tasks, such as (but not limited to) range safety officer oversight, range sweeping, and bullet trap emptying.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(1)(i): The employer did not institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who were or might be exposed at or above the action level for more than 30 days per year.  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who were exposed at or above the action level for more than 30 days per year.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2700.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(4)(i): When ventilation was used to control exposure to lead, measurements which demonstrated the effectiveness of the system in controlling exposure were not made at least every three months.    ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not take measurements which demonstrated the effectiveness of the system in controlling exposure, such as (but not limited to) capture velocity, duct velocity, or static pressure at least every three months where ventilation system was used to control exposure.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead.  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not ensure all surfaces were maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3880.00 · Current $2700.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(2)(ii): Shoveling, sweeping or brushing methods were used to remove lead accumulations where vacuuming or other equally effective methods were available and feasible.    ESTABLISHMENT: Employees were allowed to conduct dry sweeping of brass on the range and using a shovel to empty bullets from the backstop into a container.

Issued

2019-12-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-02-13 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591BWPB

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i): Employee(s) working in an area where there was potential exposure to airborne lead at any level were not informed of the content of Appendices A and B of 29 CFR 1910.1025.  ESTABLISHMENT: The employer did not inform of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation for the employees working in and around an area where there was a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level.