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

29 CFR 1926.1127(d)(2)(i): The employer failed to conduct exposure monitoring as soon as practicable that was representative of the exposure for each employee in the workplace who was or potentially was exposed to cadmium at or above the action level: a) On July 6, 2017, the employer did not perform an initial determination to assess the presence of cadmium in the workplace and to evaluate the possibility of employee exposure at or above the action level. Employee(s) were exposed to cadmium when conducting lead-based paint abatement via manual scraping or sandblasting methods. Air monitoring conducted on August 22, 2017 indicated that abatement workers were exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average level of cadmium up to 0.0021 mg/m3.