Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1026(f)(1)(i): The employer did not use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to chromium (VI) to or below the PEL: Faurecia Emissions Control Systems NA, LLC did not ensure that engineering and work practice controls were sufficient to reduce and maintain exposure to chromium (VI) to or below the PEL for employees performing welding operations on the production line in instances such as, but not limit to, the following: a) On March 12, 2019, an employee conducting welding operations on production line S550 asset 2356 was exposed to an 8- hour time weighted average level of 35.1 micrograms per cubic meter for chromium (VI), approximately 7.03 times the permissible exposure limit of 5.0 micrograms per cubic meter. The exposure level was derived from samples collected over a 413 minutes sampling period with zero exposure assumed for the unsampled period of 67 minutes. b) On March 12, 2019, an employee conducting welding operations on production line V363 hot end asset 00303 was exposed to an 8 -hour time-weighted average level of 34.4 micrograms per cubic meter for chromium (VI), approximately 6.89 times the permissible exposure limit of 5.0 micrograms per cubic meter. The exposure level was derived from samples collected over a 397 minutes sampling period with zero exposure assumed for the unsampled period of 83 minutes.