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

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(6)(iii): If the initial monitoring reveals that employee exposure is above the permissible exposure limit the employer shall repeat monitoring quarterly. The employer shall continue monitoring at the required frequency until at least two consecutive measurements, taken at least 7 days apart, are below the PEL but at or above the action level at which time the employer shall repeat monitoring for that employee at the frequency specified in paragraph (d)(6)(ii), except as otherwise provided in paragraph (d)(7) of this section. As of and prior to April 8, 2015, the employer had not monitored Dehusker process operations employees for employee exposure to airborne lead at the quarterly frequency required for employees with exposure above the permissible exposure limit when running "NiCd" battery pack materials. For sampling performed January 7, 2015, five Dehusker process operations employees were exposed above the permissible exposure limit for lead with 8 hour time weighted average exposures ranging from 78.3 to 264.9 micrograms lead per cubic meter air while running "NiCd" battery pack materials. 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 5c 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.