Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 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: Plant 2: The employer failed to administer a hearing conservation program for employees exposed to noise above the Action Limit during extrusion activities. a) Employees working in the vicinity of Line 1 were exposed to continuous noise at 51.06% of the permissible daily exposure of 82.075 dBA (12-hour time-weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of approximately 85.1 dBA during the 360 minute sampling period on April 19, 2016. b) Employees working in the vicinity of Line 1 were exposed to continuous noise at 81.54% of the permissible daily exposure of 82.075 (12-hour time-weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of approximately 88.5 dBA during the 610 minute sampling period on April 19, 2016. c) Employees working in the vicinity of Line 2 were exposed to continuous noise at 68.27% of the permissible daily exposure of 82.7 dBA (12-hour time-weighted average) or an equivalent sound level of approximately 87.2 dBA during the 620 minute sampling period on April 19, 2016. Columbia Recycling was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.95(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 687959, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on April 10, 2013, with respect to a workplace located at 1001 Chattanooga Ave., Dalton, Georgia 30719.