OSHA Inspection: FUSION BABBITTING COMPANY, INC.

Issued

2024-08-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4610.00 · Current $3227.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.95(g)(1):The employer did not establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided by 29 CFR 1910.95(g) by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels:  An audiometric testing program was not established and maintained by making audiometric testing available for employees performing required duties with noise exposures that exceeded 85 dBA for an 8-hour time weighted average (8-hr TWA).  The following employees with exposures that exceeded an 85 dBA 8-hr TWA had not participated in an audiometric testing program, had not been offered an audiometric test and had not received an audiometric test:   (a) On or about June 6, 2024, a Metal Spray Booth employee was exposed to noise at 110.6% of the permissible daily dose, or an average sound level of 90.7 dBA, as measured over 468 minutes of sampling. This dose is equivalent to an 8-hour TWA exposure of 90.7 dBA accounting for period of 12 minutes unmonitored.