Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 007A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form: On March 6, 2024, the employer failed to evaluate the respiratory hazards in the Pre-Mix and Back Dump production areas where employees were overexposed to Respirable Dust. Employee exposures to Respirable Dust exceeded the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 5 milligrams per cubic meter of air in instances such as, but not limited to: a) On March 6, 2024, a Pre-Mix Lead was exposed to an 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 15.5 milligrams of Respirable Dust per cubic meter of air, approximately 3.1 times the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) of 5 milligrams per cubic meter of air. The exposure was derived from samples collected over a 446-minute sampling period, with zero exposure assumed for the unsampled period of 34 minutes.