Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(i):The employer did not assess the exposure of each employee who was or may reasonably be expected to be exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level in accordance with either the performance option in paragraph (d)(2)(ii) or the scheduled monitoring option in paragraph (d)(2)(iii) of this section: a) Pinewald Aqua water tower: The employer did not conduct an exposure assessment of employees spray painting the interior and exterior of the 1.5 million gallon Pinewald water tower using Perma Clean 100 Epoxy Part A product code A-4165 that contained 5-10% microcrystalline silica. An employee who sprayed the interior of the tower using the paint for 473 minutes on 3/11/24 was exposed to an airborne concentration of silica at an 8 hour time weighted average of 37.45 ug/m3 which was 1.5 times the action level of 25 ug/m3.