Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(3)(i): The employer shall provide shower facilities, where feasible, for use by employees whose airborne exposure to lead is above the PEL: The employer does not protect each employee during lead abatement work by providing shower facilities for employees whose airborne exposure to lead is above the Permissible Exposure Limit. a. On or about July 25, 2014- at the Francisco Avenue Bridge in Blue Island, IL 60406, employees were conducting sandblasting operations on steel coated with lead based paint. The employer did not provide shower facilities, thereby exposing employees to the hazards associated with lead. To abate this hazard in the future, the employer must provide shower facilities for employees whose airborne exposure to lead is above the Permissible Exposure Limit. The employer has been cited to this practice that included: Era Valdivia Contractors, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.62(i)(3)(i) which was contained in OSHA violation number 308566751, citation number 1, item number 6, issued on April 06, 2006, and became final order on or about October 02, 2006, with respect to a workplace located at I-74, Keorner Road Overpass in Peoria, IL 61615.