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

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i): For any employees exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year the employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls, including administrative controls, to reduce employee exposure to lead to the lowest feasible level: 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. Engineering controls, such as but not limited to mechanical ventilation, and work practice controls were not provided for welders overexposed to lead above the PEL at least 30 days per year. Abatement note: Abatement must be done in steps to include use of respirators until effective engineering controls are implemented, 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 such as, but not limited to, local ventilation or portable ventilation units and verification of their effectiveness must be in place to reduce employee exposures. (90 days) Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item