OSHA Inspection: JOPLIN CENTERFIRE LLC.

Issued

2023-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $5000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  At the public indoor shooting range located at 7575 W Belle Center Road in Joplin Missouri 64801, on or about May 16, 2023: Employees were exposed to toxic or hazardous substances in the form of lead;. The employer did not develop and implement a written protection program to cover the work operations before requiring the employees to wear respirators.

Issued

2023-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

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:  At the public indoor shooting range located at 7575 W Belle Center Road in Joplin Missouri 64801, on or about May 16, 2023: Employees were exposed to respiratory hazards including asthma, trouble breathing, and claustrophobia, when the employer required employees to wear respirators before ensuring that a medical evaluation was performed to determine each employee's ability to wear a respirator.  The employees wear half-face elastomeric tight-fitting respirators when performing clean-up of the range.

Issued

2023-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-01 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 employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):  At the public indoor shooting range located at 7575 W Belle Center Road in Joplin Missouri 64801, on or about May 16, 2023: Employees were exposed to respiratory hazards including trouble breathing, asthma, or undetected medical conditions from airoborne lead particles. The employees wear half-face elastomeric tight-fitting respirators when performing clean-up of the range. The employer failed to provide fit testing to employees required to wear a respirator before initial use.

Issued

2023-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1): Employee(s) were exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air averaged over an eight-hour period:  Employees were exposed to lead at concentrations greater than the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of fifty micrograms per cubic meter (50 ug/m3) of air averaged over and eight-hour period;  (a) On or about August 21, 2023, an employee performing Quarterly Cleanup was exposed to airborne lead at a level of 640 micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air as an eight hour time-weighted average (8 hr. TWA) for a monitoring period of approximately 60 minutes. The remaining un-sampled period of 420 minutes is assumed to have zero exposure.

Issued

2023-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

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:  At the public indoor shooting range located at 7575 W Belle Center Road in Joplin Missouri 64801, on or about May 16, 2023: Employees were exposed to toxic or hazardous substances in the form of lead. This was most recently demonstrated on or about May 16, 2023 and August 21, 2023, and at times prior to when an employee was wearing a half-face elastomeric tight-fitting respirator as they dry mopped the gun range and conducted quarterly clean up as part of their regular duties. The employer did not conduct an initial determination to ensure the level of exposure to lead experienced by employees were at or above the action level.

Issued

2023-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4688.00 · Current $0.00 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:  At the public indoor shooting range located at 7575 W Belle Center Road in Joplin Missouri, 64801:Employees were exposed to toxic or hazardous substances in the form of lead. This was recently documented on or about May 16, 2023, and at times prior to when employees would perform their daily duties, including eating and drinking in areas where lead was present on various surfaces. Lead accumulation was identified at "license holder, " "work cellular phone," "merchandise scanner," and "register keyboard."  Failing to maintain surfaces that are as free as practicable from the accumulation of lead can create an ingestion, inhalation, and skin contact hazard to the employees.

Issued

2023-09-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2009.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

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):  At the public indoor shooting range located at 7575 W Belle Center Road in Joplin Missouri 64801, on or about May 16, 2023: Employees were exposed to toxic or hazardous substances in the form of a variety of chemicals. This was most recently demonstrated on or about May 16, 2023, and at times prior to when the employer did not establish a written hazard communication program for chemical exposure in the facility. The employees were exposed to chemicals such as solvents, D-Lead cleaning supplies, and gun oil.