WEATHERLY, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: WEATHERLY CASTING AND MACHINE COMPANY, LLC
Planned inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of WEATHERLY CASTING AND MACHINE COMPANY, LLC in 300 COMMERCE STREET, WEATHERLY, PA 18255 (NAICS 331511). OSHA activity number 344586151.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- WEATHERLY CASTING AND MACHINE COMPANY, LLC
- Site address
- 300 COMMERCE STREET
- City
- WEATHERLY
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 18255
- Mailing
- POST OFFICE BOX 21, WEATHERLY, PA 18255
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 331511
- Employees
- 42
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.1053 G01 I
- Issued
- May 18, 2020
- Abate by
- Jun 5, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $4,588 · Current $3,212 Reduced
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(g)(1)(i): Respiratory protection was not provided where exposures exceeded the PEL during periods necessary to install or implement feasible engineering and work practice controls: a) An employee, shakeout operator, was exposed to respirable crystalline silica at an 8 hour time weighted average of 61.82 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while performing casting cleanings. The exposure was 1.24 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3. The exposure was established over 471 minutes of personal sampling conducted on February 13, 2020. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time. No respiratory protection was worn by the employee. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $3211.6
- · Z (S) $4588
1910.1053 C
- Issued
- May 18, 2020
- Abate by
- Apr 1, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(c): The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 ug/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA: a) An employee, shakeout operator, was exposed to respirable crystalline silica at an 8 hour time weighted average of 61.82 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while performing casting cleanings. The exposure was 1.24 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3. The exposure was established over 471 minutes of personal sampling conducted on February 13, 2020. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED
Recent events (3)
- · P (S) $0
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1053 F01
- Issued
- May 18, 2020
- Abate by
- Apr 1, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(1): The employer did not use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL, unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible: a) An employee, shakeout operator, was exposed to respirable crystalline silica at an 8 hour time weighted average of 61.82 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while performing casting cleanings. The exposure was 1.24 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3. The exposure was established over 471 minutes of personal sampling conducted on February 13, 2020. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time. Feasible engineering or work practice controls were not implemented to reduce the employee exposure, March 10, 2020. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED
Recent events (3)
- · P (S) $0
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1053 I01 I
- Issued
- May 18, 2020
- Abate by
- Aug 31, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $3,441 · Current $2,409 Reduced
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 Permissible Exposure Limit for 30 or more days per year: a) An employee, shakeout operator, was exposed to respirable crystalline silica at an 8 hour time weighted average of 61.82 micrograms per cubic meter of air (ug/M3) while performing casting cleanings. The exposure was 1.24 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 ug/M3. The exposure was established over 471 minutes of personal sampling conducted on February 13, 2020. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time. The employee did not have medical surveillance in accordance with the standard, February 13, 2020. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2408.7
- · Z (S) $3441
1910.1053 F02 I B
- Issued
- May 18, 2020
- Abate by
- Dec 31, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
9000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i)(B): The exposure control plan did not contain a description of the engineering controls, work practices, and respiratory protection used to limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica for each task: a) The written exposure control plan did not address the work practice controls of the shakeout operation, including operation of the enclosure front face curtains, operator necessity to see inside the enclosure during operation, and operator entry into the enclosure after a cleaning cycle was done, on or about, February 13, 2020. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 344586151.
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