OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1910.1028 41 times since 2015, against 26 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $88,416 at their current amounts.
Citations per year
The parts of the rule cited most
1910.1028(e)(2)(i) · 13 citations
(2) Initial monitoring. (i) Each employer who has a place of employment covered under paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall monitor each of these workplaces and work operations to determine accurately the airborne concentrations of benzene to which employees may be exposed.
1910.1028(j)(3)(iiia) · 7 citations
(A) Provide employees with an explanation of the contents of this section, including Appendices A and B, and indicate to them where the standard is available; and
1910.1028(e)(1)(i) · 6 citations
(e) Exposure monitoring—(1) General. (i) Determinations of employee exposure shall be made from breathing zone air samples that are representative of each employee's average exposure to airborne benzene.
1910.1028(j)(3)(i) · 3 citations
(3) Information and training. (i) The employer shall provide employees with information and training at the time of their initial assignment to a work area where benzene is present. If exposures are above the action level, employees shall be provided with information and training at least annually thereafter.
1910.1028(e)(1)(iii) · 2 citations
(iii) Determinations of compliance with the STEL shall be made from 15 minute employee breathing zone samples measured at operations where there is reason to believe exposures are high, such as where tanks are opened, filled, unloaded or gauged; where containers or process equipment are opened and where benzene is used for cleaning or as a solvent in an uncontrolled situation. The employer may use objective data, such as measurements from brief period measuring devices, to determine where STEL monitoring is needed.
1910.1028(e)(2)(ii) · 2 citations
(ii) The initial monitoring required under paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section shall be completed by 60 days after the effective date of this standard or within 30 days of the introduction of benzene into the workplace. Where the employer has monitored within one year prior to the effective date of this standard and the monitoring satisfies all other requirements of this section, the employer may rely on such earlier monitoring results to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (e)(2)(i) of this section.
1910.1028(e)(7)(i) · 2 citations
(7) Employee notification of monitoring results. (i) The employer must, within 15 working days after the receipt of the results of any monitoring performed under this section, notify each affected employee of these results either individually in writing or by posting the results in an appropriate location that is accessible to employees.
1910.1028(c)(2) · 1 citations
(2) Short-term exposure limit (STEL). The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of benzene in excess of five (5) ppm as averaged over any 15 minute period.
Industries cited most
- Manufacturing 18
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 7
- Retail Trade 5
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 4
- Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction 2
- Utilities 1
States cited most
- Texas 14
- Ohio 6
- Pennsylvania 6
- Connecticut 3
- Maine 2
- Tennessee 2
- Arkansas 1
- Illinois 1