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

29 CFR 1910.1052(f)(1): The employer did not institute and maintain the effectiveness of engineering controls and work practices to reduce employee exposure to or below the permissible exposure limits (PEL) and wherever the feasible engineering controls and work practices which can be instituted were not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the 8-hour time weighted average permissible exposure limit or short term exposure limit, the employer did not use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest levels achievable and did not supplement them by the use of proper respiratory protection that compiled with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.1052(g): a) Electro Chemical Engineering - 571 Sheet Application Trailer - An employee, a Liner/Painter, was exposed to at an eight hour time weighted average of 31 PPM of methylene chloride. This level is 1.25 times the time weighted average permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 25 ppm. This exposure occurred over a 405 minute sampling period on January 13, 2017. A zero exposure was assumed for the 75 minutes not sampled. The employer did not implement effective engineering or administrative controls to achieve compliance with the PEL. b) Electro Chemical Engineering - 571 Sheet Application Trailer - An employee, a Liner/Painter, was exposed to a methylene chloride short-term concentration of 140 ppm. This level is 1.13 times the permissible exposure short term exposure limit (STEL) of 125 ppm. This exposure occurred over a 40 minute sampling period on January 13, 2017. The employer did not ensure that employees were not exposed methylene chloride over 125 ppm for a 15 minute sampling period. The employer did not implement effective engineering or administrative controls to achieve compliance with the PEL. Feasible means of abatement include but are not limited to: 1. Improve and/or redesign ventilation system. If dilution ventilation engineering cannot maintain exposures below PEL, local exhaust ventilation systems should be implemented. 2. If ventilation engineering controls cannot achieve exposures below the PEL, administrative controls, such as limiting employee exposure time to those chemicals. Abatement certification and documentation required within 10 days after abatement date. The certification shall include a statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement, and state that employees and their representatives were informed of this abatement. Abatement documentation shall include documents demonstrating that abatement is complete, such as evidence of the purchase or repair of equipment, photograph or video evidence of abatement or other written records.