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

29 CFR 1910.1027(f)(1)(i): The employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to cadmium at or below the permissible exposure limit (PEL): The employer failed to implement engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to cadmium at or below the PEL. Employee exposures to airborne cadmium exceeded the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of five micrograms per cubic meter of air (?g/m3) in instances such as, but not limited to: a) On April 19, 2024, a General Processing Operator performing the TV - DMAN task at the Seiler Pit - TV D-MAN station was exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 10. ?g/m3 for cadmium, approximately 2.0 times the Permissible Exposure Limit of 5 ?g/m3. The exposure level was derived from samples taken over a 405-minute period, with zero exposure assumed for the unsampled period of 75 minutes.