Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 012B Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(ii): For any employee who is exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for 30 days or less per year, where the employer has implemented engineering controls to reduce exposures to 200 micrograms per cubic meter, the employer did not implement any combination of engineering, work practice and respiratory controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to or below 50 micrograms per cubic meter or less: (a) Herbert C. Jackson; The employer failed to implement an effective combination of engineering, work practice, and respiratory controls to reduce and maintain employee(s) exposures to or below 40 micrograms per cubic meter or less. An employee was overexposed to lead on March 23, 2016 (exposure to lead at a 10-hour TWA of 136.4 ug/m3 of air, approximately 3.41 times the permissible exposure limit of 40 ug/m3) while welding/torching/grinding in the ballast tanks/cargo hold areas .