Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 004D Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(2)(i): The employer did not establish and implement a written exposure control plan that contains at least the following elements: - a description of tasks in the workplace that involve employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica. - engineering controls, work practice controls and respiratory protection that limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica, and - a description of housekeeping measures that limit employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica. a) Green Sand Molding West, on or about 2/11/21: A green sand molder was overexposed to respirable quartz (silica) at 61.8 micg/m^3 or 1.2 times the permissible exposure limit of 50 micg/m^3 for the 456 minutes sampling period. A zero increment was included for the 24 minutes not sampled. No written exposure control plan was developed. Abatement documentation must be submitted for this item.