Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1053(i)(1)(i): The employer shall make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who will be occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year. (a) Pug Mill: On August 17, 2021, an employee operating the pug mill during brick manufacturing was exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 60.854 micrograms per cubic meter of air for the 424 minute sampling period. The employee was exposed over the permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The employer did not make medical surveillance available as required. (b) Sand Mixing Room: On August 17, 2021, an employee mixing sand in the sand mixing room was exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica at an 8-hour Time Weighted Average of 46.537 micrograms per cubic meter of air for the 436 minute sampling period. The employee was exposed under the permissible exposure limit of 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air but above the action level of 25 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The employer did not make medical surveillance available as required.