OSHA Inspection: GUPTA PERMOLD CORPORATION

Issued

2025-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10427.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 8110

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(b)(1): When employees were subjected to sound exceeding those listed in Table G-16, feasible administrative or engineering controls were not utilized:  a) In the Knockout Room, on or about March 13, 2025 - The employer did not use feasible administrative and engineering controls when a Production employee was subjected to sound exceeding those listed in Table G-16 while using the Herschal Knockout Machine to remove sand cores from aluminum castings. The Production employee was exposed to noise at an 8-hr TWA of 107.3 decibels on the A-scale or equivalently a dose of 1100% during a 426-minute sampling period on March 13, 2025, while removing sand cores from aluminum castings.

Issued

2025-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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 1910.9(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) At the establishment, on or about March 13, 2025 - The employer did not administer a continuing hearing conservation program, including maintaining an audiometric testing program and provide training in the use of hearing protectors when Production employees' noise exposures exceeded a dose of fifty percent. A Production employee was exposed to noise at an 8-hr TWA of 107.4 decibels on the A-scale or equivalently a dose of 1116% during a 426-minute sampling period on March 13, 2025, while removing sand cores from aluminum castings. A Production employee was exposed to noise at an 8-hr TWA of 89.3 decibels on the A-scale or equivalently a dose of 90.8% during a 389-minute sampling period on March 13, 2025, while trimming aluminum castings with a band saw.

Issued

2025-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(g)(5)(i): The employer did not establish, within 6 months of an employee's first exposure at or above the action level, a valid baseline audiogram against which subsequent audiograms can be compared:   a) In the Knockout Room, on or about March 13, 2025 - The employer did not establish a baseline audiogram for a Production employee who has been exposed to noise above the action level while removing sand cores from aluminum castings with the Herschal Knockout Machine.

Issued

2025-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

Hazardous substances 8111

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(i)(4): The employer did not provide training in the use and care of all hearing protectors provided to employees:   a) At the establishment, on or about March 13, 2025 - The employer did not provide training in the use of hearing protectors provided to Production employees who are exposed to noise above the action level while using the Herschal Knockout Machine to remove sand cores from aluminum castings and using a band saw to trim aluminum castings.

Issued

2025-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $10427.00 · Current $3150.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:   a) In the Foundry Shop, on or about December 10, 2024 - The employer did not ensure Molders use protective head, neck, back and leg equipment when working between the electric furnaces and permanent mold machines exposing the Molders to molten aluminum and sparks. Molders wear open back jackets which do not cover the head, neck, back of the body and bottom and back of the legs. Molders are exposed to molten aluminum and sparks while charging the electric furnaces with aluminum ingots by hand, ladling molten aluminum out of the electric furnaces by hand, walking the ladle of molten aluminum from the electric furnaces to the permanent mold machines, pouring the molten aluminum from the ladle into the permanent mold machines and removing the aluminum casting from the permanent mold machines.

Issued

2025-05-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation:   a) In the Foundry Shop, on or about December 10, 2024 - The employer did not ensure Molders use protective face equipment when working between the electric furnaces and permanent mold machines exposing the Molders to molten aluminum and sparks. Molders are exposed to molten aluminum and sparks while charging the electric furnaces with aluminum ingots by hand, ladling molten aluminum out of the electric furnaces by hand, walking the ladle of molten aluminum from the electric furnaces to the permanent mold machines, pouring the molten aluminum from the ladle into the permanent mold machines and removing the aluminum casting from the permanent mold machines.