Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 002B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(3)(i): The employer shall monitor employee exposures and shall base initial determinations on the employee exposure monitoring results: At a facility located at 497 Maratech Avenue, Marathon City, WI 54448; the employer did not monitor employee exposures when employees were exposed to lead dust from paint coating(s) containing lead, which were removed from I-beams through abrasive blasting: a) A Blaster employee was exposed to lead dust when they: 1) used steel shot to abrasively remove lead paint coatings on I-beams; 2) reclaimed spent shot and lead dust through sweeping, shoveling and then reused the spent shot in abrasive blasting; 3) disposed of spent shot and lead dust; 4) cleaned the abrasive blast booth of lead dust; and 5) used the abrasive blast booth, abrasive blast booth ventilation system, and abrasive blasting pots/reclaim system after lead had been present without decontamination of the equipment or systems. b) Material Handling employees were exposed to lead dust when they: 1) worked in the areas around the abrasive blast booth; 2) reclaimed spent shot and lead dust through sweeping and shoveling; and 3) disposed of spent shot and lead dust.