OSHA Inspection: CONCAST BIRMINGHAM, INC.

Issued

Jun 9, 2020

Abate by

Jun 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $12,145 · Current $6,362 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment such as barriers were not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered.    a. Concast Birmingham, Inc. dba Concast Metal Products located in Wakeman, Ohio:  On or about January 31, 2020 the employer did not ensure an employee who was attempting to clear bronze from the dies on the #6 casting furnace located in the foundry, was protected from molten metal contact through the use of barriers prior to removing the casting die assembly.  As a result, molten metal exited the furnace and contacted the employee's right leg and ankle causing a serious burn injury.

Issued

Jun 9, 2020

Abate by

Jun 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $6,362 Reduced

Hazardous substances 02601591C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1): The employer did not provide each respirator user with a respirator that is clean, sanitary, and in good working order. The employer did not ensure that respirators are cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of this section, or procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer, provided that such procedures are of equivalent effectiveness.     a. Concast Birmingham, Inc. dba Concast Metal Products located in Wakeman, Ohio:  On or about March 19, 2020 the employer did not ensure powered air purifying respirators worn by employees working on or near the melting furnaces were clean and sanitary.  Wipe samples obtained from an employee's respirator, located in the employee's locker, showed that it was contaminated with cadmium, arsenic, and lead.

Issued

Jun 9, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $6,361 Reduced

Hazardous substances C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(d)(1)(i): Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section did not determine if any employee may be exposed to cadmium at or above the action level.    a. Concast Birmingham, Inc. dba Concast Metal Products located in Wakeman, Ohio:  On or about February 5, 2020 the employer did not determine if employees operating the melting furnaces were exposed to airborne cadmium.

Issued

Jun 9, 2020

Abate by

Jun 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $8,675 · Current $0 Reduced

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. Concast Birmingham, Inc. dba Concast Metal Products located in Wakeman, Ohio:  On or about March 19, 2020 the employer did not ensure all surfaces were as free as practical of lead contamination.  The surfaces inside of lockers, dirty room floor, and the handle for the refrigerator located in the break room contained lead contamination ranging between 37 ug/100cm2 to 115 ug/100cm2.

Issued

Jun 9, 2020

Abate by

Jun 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances C141

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1027(m)(4)(i): The employer did not train each employee who was potentially exposed to cadmium in accordance with the requirements of this section. The employer did not institute a training program, ensure employee participation in the program, and maintain a record of the contents of such program.  a. Concast Birmingham, Inc. dba Concast Metal Products located in Wakeman, Ohio:  On or about March 17, 2020 the employer did not ensure furnace operators were provided with information and training on cadmium for the following topics:      1. The health hazards associated with cadmium exposure, with special attention to the information incorporated in Appendix A to this section;        2. The quantity, location, manner of use, release, and storage of cadmium in the workplace and the specific nature of operations that could result in exposure to cadmium, especially exposures above the PEL;         3. The engineering controls and work practices associated with the employee's job assignment;         4. The purpose and a description of the medical surveillance program required by paragraph (l) of this section;       5. The contents of this section and its appendices; and     6. The employee's rights of access to records under �1910.1020(e) and (g).

Issued

Jun 9, 2020

Abate by

Jun 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written compliance program to reduce exposures to or below the permissible exposure limit, solely by means of engineering and work practice controls.  a. Concast Birmingham, Inc. dba Concast Metal Products located in Wakeman, OH:  On or about March 17, 2020, the employer did not ensure the written lead compliance program contained the following information:      1. A description of each operation in which lead is emitted; e.g. machinery used, material processed, controls in place, crew size, employee job responsibilities, operating procedures and maintenance practices;      2. A description of the engineering controls in place to reduce employee exposures to lead;      3. A description of the administrative controls such as employee rotation, used to reduce employee exposures.

Issued

Jun 9, 2020

Abate by

Jun 18, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(g)(2)(vii)(A): The employer did not ensure that labels of bags or containers of contaminated protective clothing and equipment include the following information:    DANGER: CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATED WITH LEAD. MAY DAMAGE FERTILITY OR THE UNBORN CHILD. CAUSES DAMAGE TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM. DO NOT EAT, DRINK OR SMOKE WHEN HANDLING. DO NOT REMOVE DUST BY BLOWING OR SHAKING. DISPOSE OF LEAD CONTAMINATED WASH WATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE, OR FEDERAL REGULATIONS.   a. Concast Birmingham, Inc. dba Concast Metal Products located in Wakeman, OH:  On or about March 19, 2020, the employer did not ensure protective clothing contaminated with lead located on the dirty side of the locker room was properly labeled.