Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 017A Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1027(c):The employer did not ensure that no employee was exposed to an airborne concentration of cadmium in excess of five micrograms per cubic meter of air (5�g/m^3), calculated as an eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA): a) Furnace Department: A slag side worker was exposed to 10.4 �g/m^3 of cadmium for an 8-hour TWA of 7 �g/m^3, approximately 1.42 times the OSHA permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 327-minute period on 04/06/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 153-minutes. b) Furnace Department: A blast loader driver was exposed to 20.8 �g/m^3 of cadmium for an 8-hour TWA of 19 �g/m^3, approximately 3.78 times the OSHA PEL of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 436-minute period on 04/06/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 44-minutes. c) Furnace Department: A blast lead side worker was exposed to 41.5 �g/m^3 and 3.4 �g/m^3 of cadmium for an 8-hour TWA of 16 �g/m^3, approximately 3.24 times the OSHA PEL of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from two samples collected over a 251-minute period on 04/06/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 229-minutes. d) Furnace Department: A blast slag side worker was exposed to 14.3 �g/m^3 of cadmium for an 8-hour TWA of 10 �g/m^3, approximately 1.97 times the OSHA PEL of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 331-minute period on 04/06/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 149-minutes. e) Furnace Department: An operator was exposed to 23.3 �g/m^3 of cadmium for an 8-hour TWA of 13 �g/m^3, approximately 2.5 times the OSHA PEL of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 258-minute period on 04/13/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 222-minutes. f) Furnace Department: A blast loader operator was exposed to 10.3 �g/m^3 of cadmium for an 8-hour TWA of 10 �g/m^3, approximately 2.01 times the OSHA PEL of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 468-minute period on 04/13/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 12-minutes. g) Furnace Department: A blast loader operator was exposed to 13.4 �g/m^3 and 8 �g/m^3 of cadmium for an 8-hour TWA of 8.9 �g/m^3, approximately 1.78 times the OSHA PEL of 5�g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 392-minute period on 04/26/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 88-minutes. h) Furnace Department: A slag side forklift driver was exposed to 17.2 �g/m^3 of cadmium at an 8-hour TWA of 11.9 �g/m^3, approximately 2.37 times the OSHA PEL of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 331-minute period on 04/28/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 149-minutes. i) Furnace Department: A blast loader operator was exposed to 17.8 �g/m^3 of cadmium at an 8-hour TWA of 7.3 �g/m^3, approximately 1.45 times the OSHA PEL of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 196-minute period on 04/28/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 284-minutes. j) Furnace Department: A reverb forklift driver was exposed to 25.2 �g/m^3 of cadmium at an 8-hour TWA of 5.9 �g/m^3, approximately 1.18 times the OSHA PEL of 5 �g/m^3. The exposure was derived from one sample collected over a 112-minute period on 04/28/2021. Zero exposure was assumed for the remaining 368-minutes.