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

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact. a. On and/or before April 9, 2019, in the tilt 6 furnace area of the production department, the employer did not ensure that employees, performing activities such as melting and pouring, cleaning troughs, skimming sows, adding scrap casting to undersized sows, and any other activities with exposure to molten aluminum, wore primary clothing protection with no open pockets and wore pant legs over the top of the spats, as opposed to wearing only secondary protection (100% cotton) or street clothing and pant legs tucked inside of the spats, to protect the body and extremities against thermal burns. Materials of primary clothing protection included the following: aluminized material, leather, wool, or other fabrics which were acceptable for molten aluminum.