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

29 CFR 1910.1026(f)(1)(i): Feasible engineering controls and work practices were not instituted to reduce and maintain employee exposures to chromium (VI) at or below the permissible exposure limit: (a) Chrome Shop: On October 16, 2018, an employee conducting chrome plating operations was exposed to an airborne concentration to hexavalent chromium at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 8.1 micrograms per cubic meter of air for the 477 minute sampling period. The employer has not implemented all feasible engineering controls and work practices to achieve compliance with the permissible exposure limit of 5.0 micrograms per cubic meter of air. (b) Chrome Shop: On October 16, 2018, an employee conducting chrome plating operations was exposed to an airborne concentration to hexavalent chromium at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 7.3 micrograms per cubic meter of air for the 472minute sampling period. The employer has not implemented all feasible engineering controls and work practices to achieve compliance with the permissible exposure limit of 5.0 micrograms per cubic meter of air. (c) Chrome Shop: On October 16, 2018, an employee conducting chrome plating operations was exposed to an airborne concentration to hexavalent chromium at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 7.3 micrograms per cubic meter of air for the 464 minute sampling period. The employer has not implemented all feasible engineering controls and work practices to achieve compliance with the permissible exposure limit of 5.0 micrograms per cubic meter of air. Abatement Note: Feasible engineering controls include, but are not limited to the following: 1. Improve existing local exhaust ventilation to capture hexavalent chromium before reaching employees breathing zone. Step 1: Effective respiratory protection program shall be provided and used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering controls and work practices can be implemented, or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits. Step 2: Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposure to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation. The plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the abatement dates required by this citation: (1) Evaluation of engineering/administrative control options; (2) Selection of optimum control methods and completion of design; (3) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures; and (4) Testing and acceptance or modification redesign of controls. Note: All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Step 3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance.