Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program: a) The employer is failing to protect employees from occupational noise exposure by effective administration of their hearing conservation program. This was most recently demonstrated on April, 17, 2019 when personal noise monitoring was performed on ten employees at the worksite located at 1078 S Jefferson Ave, Lebanon, MO whose dose was in excess of fifty (50) percent on the A Scale. Personal employee monitoring had not been repeated at the facility since September, 9, 2010, since that time, the employer has not developed or implemented a monitoring program. 1) An employee working at the head sander was exposed to continuous noise levels at 305.5% dose of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately 98.1 dBA. The sampling was performed for 475 minutes during one shift on April 17, 2019. The zero time was sampled for 5 minutes. 2) An employee working at the head cutter was exposed to continuous noise levels at 225.5% dose of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately 95.8 dBA. The sampling was performed for 441 minutes during one shift on April 17, 2019. The zero time was sampled for 39 minutes. 3) An employee working at cooping/operating was exposed to continuous noise levels at 145.7% dose of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately 92.7 dBA. The sampling was performed for 497 minutes during one shift on April 17, 2019. The zero time was sampled for 0 minutes. 4) An employee working at the fire bender was exposed to continuous noise levels at 91.2% dose of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately 89.6 dBA. The sampling was performed for 438 minutes during one shift on April 17, 2019. The zero time was sampled for 42 minutes. 5) An employee working at the first inspection was exposed to continuous noise levels at 90% dose of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately 89.2 dBA. The sampling was performed for 448 minutes during one shift on April 17, 2019. The zero time was sampled for 32 minutes. 6) An employee working at the planner was exposed to continuous noise levels at 82% dose of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately 88.6 dBA. The sampling was performed for 470 minutes during one shift on April 17, 2019. The zero time was sampled for 10 minutes. 7) An employee working at cooping was exposed to continuous noise levels at 80% dose of the allowable 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 dBA or an equivalent sound level of approximately 88.4 dBA. The sampling was performed for 467 minutes during one shift on April 17, 2019. The zero time was sampled for 13 minutes.