Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d): The employer does not determine and implement feasible engineering controls to reduce bandsaw operators exposure below the limit for particulates not otherwise regulated (PNOR) - total dust. This most recently occurred when two Bandsaw operators were exposed to an 8 hour time weighted average concentration of PNOR-Total Dust in excess of 15 mg/m3. To abate this violation, the employer must ensure that Bandsaw operators are protected from overexposures to PNOR - total dust through implementation of effective engineering controls to maintain employee exposures below 15 mg/m3. Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, the employer must submit documents describing the steps it is taking to ensure compliance, including an explanation of how these steps protect employees from airborne concentration of PNOR - Total Dust in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 15 mg/m3 and documentation demonstrating that employee exposures to PNOR - Total Dust are below 8 hour time weighted average concentrations of 15 mg/m3. Abatement normally will be multistep as follows: STEP 1: Effective respiratory protection shall continue to 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 exposures to within permissible exposure limits. 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 design; 3. Procurement, installation, and operation of selected control measures; and 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. STEP 3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of feasible engineering controls upon verification of their effectiveness in achieving compliance. Date by Which Violation Must be Abated: STEP-1 - Upon issuance. Date by Which Violation Must be Abated: STEP-2 - 60 days from issuance. Date by Which Violation Must be Abated: STEP-3 - 90 days from issuance. This employer has been previously cited for this practice that includes: Avid Pallet Services, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 922672, citation number 1, item number 5b and was affirmed as a final order on May 1, 2014, with respect to a workplace located at 1401 Eddy Avenue, Beloit, WI 53551. Avid Pallet Services, LLC was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1177229, citation number 1, item number 1c and was affirmed as a final order on January 17, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 1401 Eddy Avenue, Beloit, WI 53511.