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

29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1): Employee(s) were exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air averaged over an eight-hour period: a) Patco Area, Strip and Wash Building, on or about 12/1/15: An employee MIG welding the undercarriage of a rail car was exposed to 173 micrograms cubic meter of lead as an 8-hr. time weighted average (TWA), 3.5 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 micrograms per cubic meter, during the 415 minute sampling period. A zero increment was included for the 65 minutes not sampled. Abatement note: Abatement must be done in steps to include use of respirators, developing a plan and use of approved and effective engineering controls to be done in following stages: 1) Employees must be placed in effective and approved respirators while complying with the requirements of an effective respiratory protection program that complies with 29 CFR 1910.134 and includes medical evaluations, fit -testing and training. (30 days) 2) A plan to reduce employee exposures must be submitted with preference of reducing exposures through appropriate engineering controls. (60 days) 3) Appropriate engineering controls with verification of their effectiveness must be in place to reduce employee exposures. (90 days) Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item