Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.94(b)(2): Where dry grinding, dry polishing or buffing was performed, and employee exposure, without regard to the use of respirators, exceeded the permissible exposure limits prescribed in 1910.1000 or other sections of this part, a local exhaust ventilation system was not provided and used to maintain employee exposures within the prescribed limits: (a) Super Stone Global Inc. located at 87 14th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Employees working in the warehouse, conducting the fabrication of stone products are exposed to the hazard of chemicals such as but not limited to respirable crystalline silica (RCS). Personal air sampling results revealed that employees are exposed to airborne respirable crystalline silica at 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) concentrations of 280.3 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3). The employer did not ensure that when an employee performed dry grinding duties to fabricate stone products a local exhaust ventilation system was used to capture respirable crystalline dust. Condition observed on or about December 27, 2023