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

29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to lead for more than eight 8 hours during the work day in excess of the reduced permissible exposure limit: a) Inside the Shooting Range: On or about 5/12/18, a range safety officer (RSO) who observed/instructed customers, performed cleaning in the range, and loaded ammunition into clips was exposed to a lead level of 429 ug/m3 (micrograms of lead per cubic meter of air) which was between 2.86 and 10.14 times above the OSHA 8-Hour Time Weighted Average Permissible Exposure Limit of 48 ug/m3. The sampling time was for 500 minutes. MULTI-STEP ABATEMENT PLAN: Step 1: Provide effective respiratory protection and ensure it is used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering and/or administrative controls can be implemented or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits. Step 2: A written detailed plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering and/or administrative measures to control employee exposures to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation. This 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; (4) Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign . All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. 30-day progress reports are required during the abatement period. 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. Feasible engineering controls include, but are not limited to the installation of more effective ventilation systems, use of lead-free ammunition and prohibiting dry sweeping of any kind. Administrative controls include, but are not limited to limiting employee exposure to lead through a job rotation schedule. Step1: Abatement Date- (10 calendar days) Step2: Abatement Date- (20 calendar days) Step3: Abatement Date- (30 calendar days)