Barney’s Inc., dba Barney’s Police Supply, Lafayette, La.

The employer is contesting a 16-item serious citation and a penalty of $78,400. The serious citation includes alleged violations of 1910.134(e)(1), for failure to provide a medical evaluation to determine an employee’s ability to use a respirator before the employee was required to use the respirator in the workplace; 1910.1025(c)(1), for failure to insure that employees were not exposed to lead at concentrations greater than 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air averaged over an eight-hour period; and 1910.1025(h)(2)(ii), for failure to use shoveling, sweeping or brushing methods to remove lead accumulations where vacuuming ...