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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 19100095 C01 Occupational noise exposure.

Inspection Nr: 1037474.015

Citation: 01008

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Date: 09/28/2015 2

Initial Penalty: $3,500.00

Current Penalty: $2,100.00

Issuance Date: 08/04/2015

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 4

Related Event Code (REC):

Gravity: 5

Report ID: 0214200

Contest Date:

Final Order: 08/20/2015

Emphasis:

Substance: 8110

Substance: 8111

**Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History**
Type	Latest Event	Event Date	Penalty	Abatement Due Date	Citation Type	Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty	I: Informal Settlement	08/20/2015	$2,100.00	09/28/2015	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	08/04/2015	$3,500.00	08/28/2015	Serious

Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 008 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent: Workplace, 142 Frelinghuysen Ave, Newark, NJ a) An employee working as a commingled recycling materials sorter was exposed to continuous noise levels at 131.3% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90dBA) which is 1.31 times the allowable exposure limit. The action level (AL) is 85 dBA. The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 91.9 dBA. Sampling was performed for 421 minutes on 03/19/15 with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation. b) An employee working as a commingled recycling materials sorter was exposed to continuous noise levels at 155.5% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90dBA) which is 1.55 times the allowable exposure limit. The action level (AL) is 85 dBA. The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 93.18 dBA. Sampling was performed for 419 minutes on 03/19/15 with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation. c) An employee working as a commingled recycling materials sorter was exposed to continuous noise levels at 83.4% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90dBA) which is 0.83 times the allowable exposure limit. The action level (AL) is 85 dBA. The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 88.69 dBA. Sampling was performed for 419 minutes on 03/19/15 with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation. d) An employee working as a commingled recycling materials sorter on the aluminum sorting conveyor station was exposed to continuous noise levels at 265% of the permissible daily noise exposure (8 hour Time Weighted Average sound level of 90dBA) which is 2.65 times the allowable exposure limit. The action level (AL) is 85 dBA. The equivalent sound level of the measured dose is 97.0 dBA. Sampling was performed for 390 minutes on 03/19/15 with the unsampled portion of time considered to represent zero for the exposure calculation.

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