CANTON, OH —
OSHA Inspection: MARATHON PETROLEUM
Follow-up inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a follow-up health inspection of MARATHON PETROLEUM in 2408 GAMBRINUS AVE., CANTON, OH 44706 (NAICS 324110). OSHA activity number 312622178.
What this inspection record means
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MARATHON PETROLEUM
- Site address
- 2408 GAMBRINUS AVE.
- City
- CANTON
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44706
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Follow-up (F)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- 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
- 324110
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2911
- Employees
- 320
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
17 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 D01 III
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 22, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazards in the workplace: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning using full face chemical cartridge respirators. Although air monitoring was done during this work at the tank entry opening, no air sampling was done in the area where employees were actually working when they were assisting the removal of sludge and cleaning the tank floor. Employees were exposed to unknown levels of gasoline vapors which contains hazardous chemicals, including but not limited to, toluene, xylene, trimethylbenzene, hexane, ethyl benzene, naphthalene and other hydrocarbons.ene,
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.134 D03 IIIB2
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 22, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)(2): The employer did not implement a change schedule for canisters and cartridges based on objective information or data that would ensure that canisters and cartridges are changed before the end of their service life: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning using full face chemical cartridge respirators; no change schedule was developed and employees noted that they could taste and smell gasoline vapors in their face pieces. Employees were exposed to levels of gasoline vapors which contains hazardous chemicals, including but not limited to, toluene, xylene, trimethylbenzene, hexane, ethyl benzene, naphthalene and other hydrocarbons.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.1028 G03 ID
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 22, 2010
0320
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1028(g)(3)(i)(D): The employer did not ensure that canisters used with non-powered air- purifying respirators have a minimum service life of four hours when tested at 150 ppm benzene at a flow rate of 64 liters per minute, a temperature of 25 degrees C, and a relative humidity of 85: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. Employees wore full face chemical cartridge respirators. No evaluation was made to assure that cartridges met the standard.s
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.146 C08 IV
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(8)(iv): When an employer arranged to have employees of another employer (contractor) perform work that involved permit space entry, the host employer did not coordinate entry operations with the contractor, when both host employer personnel and contractor personnel would be working in or near permit spaces as required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(11): Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. Entry of the contractor employees was not coordinated with Marathon in that no provisions were made on the permit so that they could be kept in communication while they were out of view in the space working above the floating roof repairing seals.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.146 D11
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(11): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement procedures to coordinate entry operations when employees of more than one employer were working simultaneously as authorized entrants in a permit space, so that employees of one employer did not endanger the employees of any other employer: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. During the cleaning processes levels of flammable vapor in the tank changed; this increased hazards to the maintenance contractor employees.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.146 D05 II
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing or monitoring the permit space as necessary to determine if acceptable entry conditions were being maintained during the course of entry operations: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform mantenance and cleaning. Although air monitoring was done during this work at the tank entry opening, no testing was done in the area of the tank where employees were removing sludge and cleaning the tank floor.ng
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.146 D08
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 22, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(8): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not designate the persons who were to have active roles in entry operations, identify the duties of each such employee, and did not provide each such employee with the training required by 29 CFR 1910.146(g): Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. A contractor employee was assigned to monitor the space with an RKI Eagle meter. He had not been trained in the use of this equipment.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.146 G03
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 22, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(3): The employer did not provide training that established employee proficiency in the duties required by 29 CFR 1910.146, Permit-required confined spaces, and did not introduce new or revised procedures, as necessary, for compliance: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. The contractor employee was not trained in the use of the RKI Eagle meter that he was provided with to conduct air monitoring during the entry.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.146 E05 II
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(e)(5)(ii): The entry supervisor did not terminate the entry and cancel the entry permit when a condition that was not allowed under the entry permit arose in or near the permit: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. When high levels of hydrocarbons were detected the tank was not evacuated by all employees and the permit was not canceled.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.146 I03
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(i)(3): The employer did not ensure that each attendant continuously maintained an accurate count of authorized entrants in the permit space and did not ensure that the means used to identify authorized entrants under 29 CFR 1910.146(f)(4) accurately identified who was in the permit space: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. No record was made when contractor employees entered the tank for work repairing the tank seals. The space had to be evacuated, due to high LEL levels, and these employees were not removed from the tank.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.146 I06 I
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(i)(6)(i): The employer did not ensure that each attendant monitored activities inside and outside the space to determine if it was safe for entrants to remain in the space and ordered the authorized entrants to evacuate the permit space immediately when the attendant detected a prohibited condition: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. The space was not evacuated when elevated levels of hydrocarbons were detected in the space.ed
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.146 J03
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(j)(3): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor terminated the entry and canceled the permit as required by 29 CFR 1910.146(e)(5): Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. When high levels of hydrocarbons were detected the tank was not evacuated by all employees and the permit was not canceled.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.146 F02
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(f)(2): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the purpose of the entry: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform mantenance and cleaning. The permit stated that the purpose was only to clean the tank. It did not address work done by a contractor to repair the water draws and repairing seals above the floating roof.ing
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
1910.146 F04
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 22, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(f)(4): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the authorized entrants within the permit space by name or by such other means (for example, through the use of rosters or tracking systems) as would enable the attendant to determine quickly and accurately, for the duration of the permit, which authorized entrants were inside the permit space: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. Although some entrants were listed on the permit, employees entered and left the space without entering their names on the entrant list.nt
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.146 F12
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 22, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(f)(12): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the communication procedures used by authorized entrants and attendants to maintain contact during the entry: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. Some employees worked in the tank in the space above the floating roof where they could not be seen by the attendant. Methods for communicating with these employees were not listed on the permit.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.146 J06
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Mar 1, 2010
1340
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(j)(6): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor determined, whenever responsibility for a permit space entry operation was transferred and at intervals dictated by the hazards and operations performed within the space, that entry operations remained consistent with terms of the entry permit and that acceptable entry conditions were maintained: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning; the maintenance work was not noted on the permit and the permit did not note that employees would be working above the floating roof where they could not be seen by the attendant.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.1028 E05 I
- Issued
- Jan 13, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 22, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
0320
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1028(e)(5)(i): The employer did not institute the exposure monitoring required under paragraphs (e)(2) and (e)(3) when there was a change in the production process, control equipment, personnel or work practices which could result in new or additional exposures to benzene, or when the employer had any reason to suspect a change which could have resulted in new or additional exposures: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. Air monitoring was done during the routine duties done by the employee but no monitoring was done in the breathing zone of employees who were assisting the removal of sludge and cleaning the tank floor.ng
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000.00
- — Z (S) $5000.00
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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 312622178.
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