Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 015C Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i): For any employees exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year the employer did not implement engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) were not implemented to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead: On or about August 8th, 2019, the employer did not implement effective engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead in the (a) Bullet Shred Department, (b) Hydron Department, and (c) for Maintenance employees, where employees are exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year. Abatement Schedule: Step 1: Effective respiratory protection shall be provided and used by exposed employees as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering controls can be implemented, or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to within permissible exposure limits. Abatement date: January 10th, 2020 Step 2: A written, detailed plan of abatement shall be submitted to the Area Director, outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering measures to control employee exposures to hazardous substances as referenced in this citation. This plan shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions, which must be consistent with abatement dates required by this citation: 1. Evaluation of engineering control options; 2. Selection of optimum control methods and completion of designs; 3. Procurement, installation, and operation of selected control measures; 4. Testing and acceptance or modification/redesign of controls. Note: All proposed control measures shall be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Abatement date: February 10th, 2020 Step 3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance. Abatement date: March 10th, 2020