Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 016 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1053(i)(1)(i): The employer did not make medical surveillance available at no cost to the employee, and at a reasonable time and place, for each employee who was occupationally exposed to respirable crystalline silica at or above the action level for 30 or more days per year. a) Sandblasting booth: The employer did not provide medical surveillance for an employee that sandblasted headstones, cleaned the booth and stone after blasting and swept and shoveled blasting media. The employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of silica at an 8 hour time-weighted average of 568 micrograms per cubic meter (ug/m3), which was 11 times the permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50 ug/m3. The sampling was conducted for 128 minutes during one shift on 9/22/22. Zero exposure was assumed for the unsampled period of time. NOTE: IN ADDITION TO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION, THE EMPLOYER IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS ITEM. FAILURE TO COMPLY WILL RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL PENALTY OF $1000.00 IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1903.19.