OSHA Inspection: BREW CITY SHOOTER'S SUPPLY, INC.

Issued

2020-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1475.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2): The employer did not develop and implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with sections i and ii of this paragraph (c)(2) for employees who chose to wear respirators where respirator use was not required:    (a) On and before January 7, 2020, the employer did not provide employees with the information contained in Appendix D to 29 CFR 1910.134 or verify that elements of a written respiratory protection program were in place to ensure voluntary respirator use was permissible. The employees working in the workplace were not aware of the potential for respirator usage to pose a workplace hazard. Employees used a half-face elastomeric respirators voluntarily without being initially cleared to use a tight-fitting elastomeric respirator by a Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Professional. Additionally, this deficiency may have exposed employees to lead hazards while donning and doffing contaminated respiratory protection.

Issued

2020-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4048.00 · Current $2024.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2): An initial determination was not made to determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level:    (a) On and before January 7, 2020, the employer did not determine the occupational exposure levels for employees working in areas where employees were exposed to lead as part of their normal duties. Employees were tasked with handling firearms while providing range instruction to clients and cleaning the shooting range after use by customers at the end of the work day. This exposed employees to hazardous lead dust and airborne lead particulate at unknown levels throughout the work day.

Issued

2020-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead:    (a) On or about January 7, 2020, the employer did not maintain a break room table, used by employees during breaks, as free as practicable of accumulations of lead. A wipe sample taken of residue on the break table, January 7, 2020 from a square measuring 6 inches on each side was determined to contain 58.119 µg of lead, equivalent to 232.5 µg of lead per square foot, 23.2 times the EPA's leaded dust hazard standard for floors (10 µg/ft²).    (b) On or about January 7, 2020, the employer did not maintain a keyboard for a computerized register terminal, used by employees throughout the workday, as free as practicable of accumulations of lead. A wipe sample taken on January 7, 2020 of the top-surface residue of the alphanumeric keys, numeric keypad, arrow keys, and commonly used keys including Tab, Left Shift, Right Shift, Backspace, Spacebar, and Enter Key was determined to contain 85.9 µg of lead, in excess of the EPA's leaded dust hazard standard for floors (10 µg/ft²).

Issued

2020-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(1)(i): A medical surveillance program was not instituted for all employee(s) who were, or could be exposed to lead above the action level for more that thirty days per year:    (a) On and before January 7, 2020, the employer did not institute a medical surveillance program for employees who were exposed to lead above the action level on a daily basis. One employee was exposed to lead hazards in the work environment in excess of the action level without determining the biological impact of lead hazards on employees' health.

Issued

2020-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-08-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2458.00 · Current $1171.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employer had not developed or implemented a written hazard communication program included the requirements outlined in 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) and (e)(1)(ii):     (a) On or about January 7, 2020, at the workplace at 2339 S 43rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53219, the employer did not implement a written hazard communication program for the establishment. The employees performed various duties including gun cleaning and servicing, installation of replacement parts, and also handling firearms and bullets while providing instruction to clients and clearing the shooting range at the end of gun range hours. This exposes workers to lead and copper chemical hazards throughout the work day without ensuring that the chemical hazard information is communicated to employees through training or that current Safety Data Sheets are maintained by the employer for reference by the employees in the workplace.