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29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(iv): The employer used the scheduled monitoring option, and monitoring revealed employee exposures to chromium (VI) to be above the permissible exposure limit; however, the employer did not perform periodic monitoring at least every three months: (a) On January 14, 2016, the employer is failing to conduct monitoring every 3 months after initial monitoring revealed an overexposure to chromium (VI). This was most recently documented at Abecs Springfield, Missouri location, where employees were overexposed to chromium (VI) on March 5, 2015. The employer conducted first their quarter sampling with an overexposure. This resulted in the employer conducting a second sample one month later which resulted in exposures below the action level, but failed to sample again after this first quarter sampling. (b) On March 5, 2015, OSHA conducted air sampling for chromium (VI) resulting in an overexposure. An employee working in Bay 2, was exposed to chromium (VI) levels at 6.85 µg/m3 of air for the allowable 8-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 5.0 µg/m3 of air for the OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL). The sampling was performed for 480 minutes. ABEC Inc. was previously cited for one violation of this this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 1910.1026(d)(2)(iv), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1042803. Inspection number 1042803, citation number 01, item number 005(a) and was affirmed as a final order on July 23, 2015 to a workplace located at 4200 E Mustard Way Springfield, MO 65803.