OSHA Inspection: ENVIRONMENTAL TREATMENT TEAM OF ALABAMA, INC.

Issued

2003-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $3500.00

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 physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to a
fall of 11 feet to the ground from the top of
steel storage tanks, "frac tank":
(a) On 1/14/03, employees were observed working from the tops of steel
tanks containing flammable
methanol.  Employees were working outside of the installed guardrails on
these tanks and they were observed
stepping from one tank to another and the distance between the two tanks
were 18 to 30 inches apart,
exposing them to fall hazards of 11 feet.
Among others, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is
to provide training to employees
which require them to stay within the guardrails when working on these
tanks andto implement a policy that
calls for the employees to come down and use the tank stairway to access
the topof the tanks, or install a
ramp or walkway with guardrails between the two tanks.n

Issued

2003-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-04-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1750.00 · Current $1750.00

Issued

2003-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-04-23 00:00:00

Issued

2003-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-04-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1750.00 · Current $1750.00

Issued

2003-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-04-23 00:00:00

Issued

2003-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-04-23 00:00:00

Issued

2003-04-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-04-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $800.00 · Current $800.00