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

29 CFR 1910.1026(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) was, or could reasonably be expected to be, in excess of the permissible exposure limit: The employer did not establish a regulated area near the plasma cutter, where a sampled employee was overexposed to hexavalent chromium. The ventilation system on the plasma cutter did not sufficiently remove hexavalent chromium-containing fume and smoke from cutting operations, exposing employees to hexavalent chromium. On August 4, 2014, the plasma cutter operator was exposed to chromium (VI) at an 8-hour time-weighted average of 10.5 micrograms per cubic meter of air, approximately 2.1 times the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air, with an assumed exposure of zero for the remaining 46 minutes. Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).