Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 19101026 I05
Inspection Nr: 1205831.015
Citation: 01004B
Citation Type: Other
Abatement Date: 08/08/2017 2
Initial Penalty: $0.00
Current Penalty: $0.00
Issuance Date: 07/25/2017
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 105
Related Event Code (REC):
Gravity:
Report ID: 0627100
Contest Date: 08/17/2017
Final Order: 11/07/2017
Emphasis:
Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Penalty | F: Formal Settlement | 11/07/2017 | $0.00 | 08/08/2017 | Other | |
Penalty | C: Contested | 10/02/2017 | $0.00 | 08/08/2017 | Serious | |
Penalty | Z: Issued | 07/25/2017 | $0.00 | 08/08/2017 | Serious |
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004B Hazard:
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(5): The employer did not ensure that employees did not eat, drink, smoke, chew tobacco or gum, or apply cosmetics in regulated areas, or in areas where skin or eye contact with chromium (VI) occurred; or carried the products associated with these activities, or stored such products in these areas: On or about May 4, 2017, and at times prior thereto, at the Littleford Mixer and 30-inch Calciner, the employer did not ensure that chewing of gum was prohibited in chromium (VI) regulated areas where air samples determined high levels of exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) at an exposure level which exceeded OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit for an 8-hour time-weighted average as follows: Job Title Substance Name Exposure Level Units Type OSHA PEL Units (TWA) Tolling Production Op._02072017 Chromium (VI) 45.6000 µg/m3 TWA 5.0 µg/m3 Tolling Production Op._05042017 Chromium (VI) 110.0000 µg/m3 TWA 5.0 µg/m3