OSHA Inspection: CESYL MILLS, INC.

Issued

2016-03-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-05-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $4900.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:  (a)  Knitting Department: On or about 1/12/16, machine operators were exposed to noise in excess of an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, and the employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o).  (b)  Carding Department: On or about 1/12/16, machine operators were exposed to noise in excess of an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, and the employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.95(c) through (o).  Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).