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

29 CFR 1910.1053(i)(1)(i): The employer shall make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who will be occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year. a) Delaware River Basin Stone LLC, 1823 Airport Road, Deposit, New York, 13754. On or about 3/26/2024, the employer did not provide medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who was occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year in the general blue stone cutting area, Area A. Employees in Area A were exposed to an eight hour time weighted average (TWA) of 72.3 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of respirable crystalline silica, approximately 1.45 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 469 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 11 minutes not sampled. b) Delaware River Basin Stone LLC, 1823 Airport Road, Deposit, New York, 13754. On or about 3/26/2024, the employer did not provide medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who was occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year. Employees in Area C were exposed to an eight hour time weighted average (TWA) of 109.3 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of respirable crystalline silica, approximately 2.19 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 477 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 3 minutes not sampled.