Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 006 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1018(h)(2)(i): The employer did not implement a respiratory protection program in accordance with �� 1910.134(b) through (d) (except (d)(1)(iii)), and (f) through (m), which covers each employee required by 29 CFR 1910.1018 to use a respirator: a) U.S. Minerals-Anaconda site: On or about October 6, 2015, and at times prior, employees throughout the facility were exposed to inorganic arsenic exceeding the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.01 milligrams per cubic meter of air while performing bagging operations, screen change out, collecting quality control samples, and general labor operations. The employer did not select the appropriate respirator in that the 3M N95 filtering face piece respirators (model 8210) was not approved for protection against arsenic. b) U.S. Minerals-Anaconda site: On or about October 6, 2015, and at times prior, employees throughout the facility were exposed to inorganic arsenic exceeding the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.01 milligrams per cubic meter of air while performing bagging operations, screen change out, collecting quality control samples, and general labor operations. The employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees required to use the respirators as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(ii). c) U.S. Minerals-Anaconda site: On or about October 6, 2015, and at times prior, employees throughout the facility were exposed to inorganic arsenic exceeding the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.01 milligrams per cubic meter of air while performing bagging operations, screen change out, collecting quality control samples, and general labor operations. The employer did not provide procedures and schedules for storing, discarding and maintaining respirators of employees required to use the respirators as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(v). d) U.S. Minerals-Anaconda site: On or about October 6, 2015, and at times prior, employees throughout the facility were exposed to inorganic arsenic exceeding the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.01 milligrams per cubic meter of air while performing bagging operations, screen change out, collecting quality control samples, and general labor operations. The employer did not provide training on putting on, removing, or the limitations of the respirators for employees required to use the respirators as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(viii). e) U.S. Minerals-Anaconda site: On or about October 6, 2015, and at times prior, employees throughout the facility were exposed to inorganic arsenic exceeding the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 0.01 milligrams per cubic meter of air while performing bagging operations, screen change out, collecting quality control samples, and general labor operations. The employer did not establish work-site specific procedures to regularly evaluate the effectiveness of the program as required in 1910.134(c)(1)(ix).