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29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(1)(ii): Exposure Monitoring - General. With the exception of monitoring under paragraph (d)(3), the employer shall collect full shift (for at least 7 continuous hours) personal samples including at least one sample for each shift for each job classification in each work area: Retriev Technologies, Lancaster Ohio facility: For exposure monitoring required by this part, the following employee exposure monitoring (personal sampling) in the Lead Acid area was not full shift; a. On or about December 17, 2014, for an employee performing "various tasks and clean up" personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 202 minutes duration (Sample 2014-153). b. On or about December 17, 2014, for an employee performing "various tasks and clean up" personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 300 minutes duration (Sample 2014-154). c. On or about December 17, 2014, for an employee performing "various tasks and clean up," personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 296 minutes duration (Sample 2014-155). d. On or about December 12, 2014, for an employee performing the task "grinding retort bodies in the Torching Chamber," personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 114 minutes duration (Sample 2014-148.) e. On or about for December 10, 2014, an employee performing tasks associated with "New Shear operations" and "stacking Absolyte batteries," personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 313 minutes duration (Sample 2014-144.) f. On or about September 11, 2014, for an employee performing "Prepping" duties, personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 324 minutes duration (Sample 2014-120.) g. On or about September 11, 2014, for an employee performing "Pulling & Stacking" duties on the process line, personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 206 minutes duration (Sample 2014-123.) h. On or about September 11, 2014, for an employee performing "Chopping & Stacking" duties on the process line, personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 151 minutes duration (Sample 2014-124.) i. On or about January 23, 2015, for an employee performing "Shear Tender" duties on the south line, personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 246 minutes duration (Sample 2015-020.) j. On or about January 23, 2015, for an employee performing "Shear Tender" duties on the north line,personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 232 minutes duration (Sample 2015-019.) k. On or about January 23, 2015, for an employee performing "Shear end of line" duties on the south line, personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 224 minutes duration (Sample 2015-018.) l. On or about January 23, 2015, for an employee performing "Shear end of line" duties on the north line, personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 232 minutes duration (Sample 2015-017.) m. On or about February 9, 2015, for an employee performing "Shear Tender" duties on the south line, personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 156 minutes duration (Sample 2015-030.) n. On or about February 9, 2015, for an employee performing "Shear end of line" duties on the south line, personal sampling for the purpose of employee exposure monitoring was of 158 minutes duration (Sample 2015-031.) o. On or about March 29, 2015, the employer had failed to perform employee exposure monitoring for lead on second shift activities with anticipated lead exposure. Second shift activities with anticipated lead exposure include, but are not limited to, the Shear Tender operator and Shear table position(s). Retriev Technologies, previously known as TOXCO, Inc. was cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 190589, citation number 1, item number 5a and was affirmed as a final order on July 29, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 265 Quarry Road SE, Lancaster, Ohio 43130.