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

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) as referenced in 29 CFR 1926.103: The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: a) Worksite located at New Jersey Turnpike, Western Spur, 107 Letterman Bridge and corporate office at 100 West Franklin St, Hackensack, NJ The employer did not provide medical evaluations for employees required to wear respirators such as, but not limited to, North half and full face, negative pressure respirators while conducting jackhammering activities and using compressed air on concrete spall work. Employees using jackhammers and compressed air were exposed to respirable crystalline silica at an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA) of 83.2 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3), 78.5 ug/m3 and 71.8 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3), which are 1.7, 1.6 and 1.4 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 ug/m3. Zero exposure was assumed for unsampled periods of 185 minutes, 278, and 180 minutes respectively. Violation occurred on or about 10/24/2019.