Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 014A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1027(l)(2)(i): The employer shall provide an initial (preplacement) examination to all employees covered by the medical surveillance program required in paragraph (l)(1)(i) of this section. The examination shall be provided to those employees within 30 days after initial assignment to a job with exposure to cadmium or no later than 90 days after the effective date of this section, whichever date is later. 29 CFR 1910.1027(l)(1)(i)(A): Currently exposed - The employer shall institute a medical surveillance program for all employees who are or may be exposed to cadmium at or above the action level unless the employer demonstrates that the employee is not, and will not be, exposed at or above the action level on 30 or more days per year (twelve consecutive months); and, a. At the work site, employees working in the glass breaking room were exposed to cadmium above the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) while breaking glass for recycling. The employer did not perform initial medical surveillance for employees with cadmium exposure above the PEL.