Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 004A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1053(c): The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 ug/m3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA: a) Frazer & Jones, LLC, 3000 Milton Avenue, Solvay, New York, 13209. On or about 5/15/2024 employees in Hard Iron were exposed to an eight-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 63.8 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of respirable crystalline silica, approximately 1.27 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 442 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 38 minutes not sampled. b) Frazer & Jones, LLC, 3000 Milton Avenue, Solvay, New York, 13209. On or about 5/15/2024 employees in the Sprue Table Area were exposed to an eight-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 81.9 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of respirable crystalline silica, approximately 1.64 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 446 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 34 minutes not sampled. c) Frazer & Jones, LLC, 3000 Milton Avenue, Solvay, New York, 13209. On or about 5/23/2024 an employee in Shakeout/Hole were exposed to an eight-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 87.18 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of respirable crystalline silica, approximately 1.74 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 479 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 1 minute not sampled. d) Frazer & Jones, LLC, 3000 Milton Avenue, Solvay, New York, 13209. On or about 5/23/2024 employees in the Sprue Table Area were exposed to an eight-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 89.3 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of respirable crystalline silica, approximately 1.79 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 470 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 10 minutes not sampled. e) Frazer & Jones, LLC, 3000 Milton Avenue, Solvay, New York, 13209. On or about 6/6/2024 an employee in the Annealing Area was exposed to an eight-hour time weighted average (TWA) of 346.59 micrograms per cubic meter (mcg/m3) of respirable crystalline silica, approximately 6.93 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit of 50 mcg/m3. The sampling period was for 466 minutes. A zero increment is included for the 4 minutes not sampled. Frazer & Jones, LLC, 3000 Milton Avenue, Solvay, New York, 13209, was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.1053 (c), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1400452, citation number 1, item number 10 a) and was affirmed as a final order on 10/14/2021. Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item