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

29 CFR 1910.95(k)(2): The training program was not repeated annually for each employee included in the hearing conservation program: a) Fabrication Shop: An employee engaged in polishing granite/stone countertops, utilizing a handheld pneumatic wet stone polisher, was exposed to a continuous noise level at 93.4% of the allowable 8-hour time weighted average sound level (90dBA) and had not completed annual training. The equivalent dBA level of 93.4% is approximately 89.5 dBA. The sampling was performed during 421 minutes during one shift, with zero exposure assumed for any unsampled periods of time. Affected employees last noise training was completed on 11/28/2023. The employer did not repeat annual noise training for affected employees who are included in the hearing conservation program, on or about, 10/12/23. All Granite & Marble Corporation dba Marble.com was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1309947, citation number 1, item number 2C and was affirmed as a final order on April 24, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 1 Mt. Vernon Street, Ridgefield Park, NJ.