Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004C Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(1): The employer did not use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL, unless the employer could demonstrate that such controls are not feasible: a) Green Sand Molding West, on or about 2/11/21: A green sand molder was overexposed to respirable quartz (silica) at 61.8 micg/m^3 or 1.2 times the permissible exposure limit of 50 micg/m^3 for the 456 minutes sampling period. A zero increment was included for the 24 minutes not sampled. Engineering and work practice controls were not used to reduce exposures at or below the PEL. Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.