CHALMETTE, LA —
OSHA Inspection: MOBIL OIL CORPORATION/CHALMETTE REFINERY
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of MOBIL OIL CORPORATION/CHALMETTE REFINERY in 500 ST. BERNARD HWY, CHALMETTE, LA 70043 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 110419348.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MOBIL OIL CORPORATION/CHALMETTE REFINERY
- Site address
- 500 ST. BERNARD HWY
- City
- CHALMETTE
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70043
- Mailing
- POB 1007, CHALMETTE, LA 70044
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2911
- Employees
- 650
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Apr 22, 1991
- Abate by
- Apr 25, 1991
- Penalty
- Initial $900 · Current $900
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: The hazard of fire and explosion, on or about November 4, 1990, from the ignition of flammable hydrocarbons released from the ruptured stabilizer feed preheater (E2314) whose shell thickness had corroded to less that minimally acceptable limits, as the result of deficient/ inadequate data collection and evaluation methods of underdeposit corrosion.
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 110419348.
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