OSHA Inspection: LONG SHOT PISTOL & RIFLE, LLC

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2027-06-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $4000.00

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(j)(2): Hearing protectors did not attenuate employee exposure at least to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 90 decibels as required by 29 CFR 1910.95(b):  a) Gun Range (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to continuous noise levels that were equivalent to 1147.2.9%,722.2%, 675.2% and 306.4% of the action level (85dBA) and was equivalent to an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 107.6dBA, 104.3dbA, 103.8dBA, and 98.1dBA. The employer did not provide hearing protection that attenuated employee noise levels to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 90 decibels, on or about 5/7/25 and 7/19/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(2): The training program was not repeated annually for each employee included in the hearing conservation program:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to continuous noise levels that were equivalent to 1147.2.9%, 722.2%, 675.2% and 306.4% of the action level (85(dBA) and was equivalent to an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 107.6dBA, 104.3dbA, 103.8dBA, and 98.1dBA. The employer did not conduct annual noise training for employees who were included in the hearing conservation program, on or about 5/7/25 and 7/19/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(i): Selection of appropriate respirators was not based on the respiratory hazard(s) to which the worker was exposed and user factors that affected respirator performance and reliability:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3):  Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to an airborne concentration of lead at an 8 hour time-weighted average of 60, and 81 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3), which was 1.19, and 1.61 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 ug/m3.  The sampling was conducted for 404,and 270 minutes during one shift on 5/7/25. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time. Employees were provided and required to wear  N95 filtering facepiece respirators, which are not approved for use with lead.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): An employee engaged in gun range activities who was exposed to lead above the action level was required to wear an N95 filtering facepiece respirator and had facial hair, on or about 7/19/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $4000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(6)(iii): Where the initial monitoring revealed that employee exposure to lead was above the permissible exposure limit, monitoring was not repeated at least quarterly and continued at the required frequency until at least two consecutive measurements taken at least 7 days apart were below the permissible exposure limit (PEL) and at or above the action level:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3), and the employer did not ensure that monitoring was conducted quarterly, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3405.00 · Current $6000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(8)(i): Within fifteen working days after the receipt of exposure monitoring results, each employee was not notified in writing or by posting the results in an appropriate location of the results which represented that employee's exposure to lead:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the permissible exposure limits and the action level, and were not notified of their exposure monitoring results in writing or by posting in an appropriate location, within 15 working days upon receipt of monitoring results, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $6000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(4)(i): When ventilation was used to control exposure to lead, measurements which demonstrated the effectiveness of the system in controlling exposure were not made at least every three months:   a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): The employer used mechanical ventilation installed in shooting bays to control lead exposure and measurements to demonstrate the effectiveness of the system, in controlling exposure, were not conducted at least every three months, or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(4)(ii)(B): Air from an exhaust ventilation system used to control exposure to lead was recirculated and no controls were monitoring the concentration of lead in the return air:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): The employer utilized recirculated air in the ventilation to control exposure to lead, and controls were not installed to monitor the concentration of lead in the return air, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(5): Administrative controls were used as a means of reducing employees time weighted average exposures to lead and the employer did not establish and implement a job rotation schedule which included the required elements:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) and the employer did not establish and implement a job rotation schedule for affected employees, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4256.00 · Current $6000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(g)(2)(vi): Persons who clean or launder protective clothing or equipment were not informed, in writing, of the potentially harmful effects of exposure to lead:  a) Facility-wide: The employer collects contaminated protective clothing for off site laundering services, and the cleaning vendor was not informed in writing of the potential effects of exposure to lead, on or about 4/29/25.  b) Facility-wide: The employer allows employees to clean their protective clothing. The employer did not inform affected employees in writing of potentially harmful effects of lead exposure, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(g)(2)(vii)(B): Containers of contaminated protective clothing and equipment required by 29 CFR 1910.1025 (g)(2)(v) were not labeled as follows: CAUTION: CLOTHING CONTAMINATED WITH LEAD. DO NOT REMOVE DUST BY BLOWING OR SHAKING. DISPOSE OF LEAD CONTAMINATED WASH WATER IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE LOCAL, STATE OR FEDERAL REGULATIONS:  a) Facility-wide: Employees were required to dispose contaminated work clothes inside a collection bin for laundering services, and the bin was not labeled, Caution: clothing contaminated with lead. Do not remove dust by blowing or shaking, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $6000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(2)(i)(A): The employer did not make available biological monitoring in the form of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels at least every 6 months to each affected employee:  a) Facility-wide: Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the action level and Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), and the employer did not ensure that biological monitoring for blood sampling and analysis and zinc protoporphyrin levels were conducted every 6 months, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(2)(i)(B): The employer did not make available biological monitoring in the form of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoprohyrin levels available at least every 2 months to employees whose last blood sample indicated a blood lead level at or above 40 micrograms per 100 grams of whole blood:  a) Facility-wide: An employee whose blood lead level was above 40 micrograms per 100 grams of whole blood, did not complete biological monitoring at least every 2 months, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $6000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(iv): A training program was not repeated at least annually for each employee subject to lead exposure at or above the action level, or for whom the possibility of skin or eye irritation existed:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, and exposed to lead above the action level and  PEL, were not included in annual lead training, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5958.00 · Current $6000.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) would be met:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in range safety tasks and cleaning are required to use hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, Pro-Form brand midweight joint compound, Dry Vapor Cleaner (DVC) rust inhibitor concentrate, ZEP fast 505, ZEP Heavy Duty Citrus Degreaser, lite Gun Cleaner, Birchwood cleaner/degreaser, and CLP cleaner lubricant preservative. Employees were also exposed to lead dust. The employer did not develop and implement a written hazard communication program, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in range safety tasks and cleaning are required to use hazardous chemicals and substances, including, but not limited to, Pro-Form brand midweight joint compound, Dry Vapor Cleaner (DVC) rust inhibitor concentrate, ZEP fast 505, ZEP Heavy Duty Citrus Degreaser, lite Gun Cleaner, Birchwood cleaner/degreaser, and CLP cleaner lubricant preservative. Employees were also exposed to lead dust. The employer did not provide employees with information and training on the safe use and handling of hazardous chemicals prior to initial assignment, on or about 4/29/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $99308.00 · Current $28000.00 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:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to an airborne concentration of lead at an 8 hour time-weighted average of 60, and 81 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3) which was 1.19, and 1.61 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 ug/m3. The sampling was conducted for 404 and 270 minutes during one shift on 5/7/25. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time.  b) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): An employees engaged in cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, was exposed to an airborne concentration of lead at an 8 hour time-weighted average of 194.3 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3) which was 3.88 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 ug/m3. The sampling was conducted for 153 minutes during one shift on 7/19/25. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-12-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i): For any employees exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year where engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) were feasible but did not reduce the employees' exposure to or below the permissible exposure limit the employer did not use engineering and/or work practice controls to reduce exposures to the lowest feasible level:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3), and the employer did not implement engineering and/or work practices controls to reduce exposures to the lowest feasible level, on or about 5/7/25.  b) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): An employees engaged in housekeeping activities, including, but not limited to, cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, was exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3), and the employer did not implement engineering and/or work practices controls to reduce exposures to the lowest feasible level, on or about 7/19/25.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11916.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

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:  a) Gun Range (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were required to wear respiratory protection and had not completed a medical evaluation, on or about 4/29/25.  Long Shot Pistol and Rifle, LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.134 (e)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1674295, citation number 1, item number 5C, and was affirmed as a final order on 10/24/23, with respect to a workplace located at 375 County Ave., Secaucus, NJ.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:  a) Gun Range (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were required to wear respiratory protection and had not completed annual fit tests, on or about 4/29/25.  Long Shot Pistol and Rifle, LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.134 (f)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1674295, citation number 1, item number 5D, and was affirmed as a final order on 10/24/23, with respect to a workplace located at 375 County Ave., Secaucus, NJ.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5): Respiratory protection retraining was not conducted annually:  a) Gun Range (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were required to wear respiratory protection and had not completed respiratory protection training annually, on or about 4/29/25.  Long Shot Pistol and Rifle, LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.134 (k)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1674295, citation number 1, item number 5E, and was affirmed as a final order on 10/24/23, with respect to a workplace located at 375 County Ave., Secaucus, NJ.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11916.00 · Current $5000.00 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:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 2 & 3): Wipe samples were taken at employee workstations with results of 1860 ug and 1290 ug. A wipe sample was taken from the rental counter with a result of 59.4 ug. The employer did not ensure that all workplace surfaces were as free as practicable of accumulation of lead.  Violation occurred on or about 4/29/25, 5/7/25, and 7/19/25.  Long Shot Pistol and Rifle, LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1025(h)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1674295, citation number 1, item number 6, and was affirmed as a final order on 10/24/23, with respect to a workplace located at 375 County Ave., Secaucus, NJ.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11916.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(3)(i): Employee(s) exposed to lead in excess of the permissible exposure limit (PEL), without regard to the use of respirators, were not required to shower at the end of the work shift:  a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the permissible exposure limits  and were not required to  shower at the end of their work shift. Employee engaged in range safety duties were exposed to respirable lead concentrations exceeding the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 50 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3) by 1.19x, 3.88x, and 1.61x. These exposures were equivalent to an 8-hour time-weighted average of 60 ug/m3, 194.3 ug/m2, and 81 ug/m3, and exceeded the PEL of 50 ug/m3, on or about 5/7/25 and 7/19/25.  Long Shot Pistol and Rifle, LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1025 (i)(3)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1674295, citation number 1, item number 7B, and was affirmed as a final order on 10/24/23, with respect to a workplace located at 375 County Ave., Secaucus, NJ.

Issued

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-11-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8513.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1025(m)(2)(i): Warning signs bearing the legend: WARNING, LEAD WORK AREA, POISON, NO SMOKING OR EATING, were not posted in each work area where the permissible exposure limit (PEL) was exceeded:                                                   a) Gun Ranges (Bays 1-3): Employees engaged in gun range activities, including, but not limited to, assisting customers, and cleaning/removal of spent gun ammunition, were exposed to concentrations of lead in excess of the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL), and the employer did not post signage bearing the legend: WARNING, LEAD WORK AREA, POISON, NO SMOKING OR EATING, at the entrance to work areas, on or about 4/29/25.  Long Shot Pistol and Rifle, LLC, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1025(m)(2)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1674295, citation number 1, item number 10, and was affirmed as a final order on 10/24/23, with respect to a workplace located at 375 County Ave., Secaucus, NJ.