Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 009C Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.1127(l)(1)(i)(A): The employer did not institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who performed the following tasks, operations or jobs; electrical grounding with cadmium welding; cutting, brazing, burning; grinding or welding on surfaces that were painted with cadmium-containing paints electrical work using cadmium-coated conduit; use of cadmium containing paints; cutting and welding cadmium-plated steel; brazing or welding with cadmium alloys; fusing of reinforced steel by cadmium welding; maintaining or retrofitting cadmium-coated equipment; and, wrecking and demolition where cadmium is present: a) On August 2, 2017, American Demolition Corporation did not institute a medical surveillance program for employees who were exposed to cadmium above the action level. Employees performing torch cutting and assisting in torch cutting activities were exposed to airborne cadmium at levels exceeding the action level of 2.5 micrograms /m3, and American Demolition Company did not provide initial medical examinations to employee with in 30 days after initial assignment to a job with cadmium exposure.