SMITHTON, IL ·
OSHA Inspection: R&M OIL AND SUPPLY, INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of R&M OIL AND SUPPLY, INC. in GROSSMAN & HICKORY, SMITHTON, IL 62285 (NAICS 424720). OSHA activity number 331106781.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- R&M OIL AND SUPPLY, INC.
- Site address
- GROSSMAN & HICKORY
- City
- SMITHTON
- State
- IL
- ZIP
- 62285
- Mailing
- 603 OLD STATE RT. 3, COLUMBIA, IL 62236
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- Yes
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 424720
- Employees
- 14
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 C01
- Issued
- May 31, 2012
- Abate by
- Jun 1, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $4,200 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces: Employees loading and offloading liquid propane into underground propane storage tanks were exposed to an asphyxiation hazard due to the displacement of oxygen by propane vapor and the employer failed to evaluate workplaces to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $4200
- · Z (S) $4200
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- May 31, 2012
- Abate by
- Jun 1, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces: Employees loading and offloading liquid propane into underground propane storage tanks were exposed to an asphyxiation hazard due to the displacement of oxygen by propane vapor and the employer failed to inform employees of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $3000
- · Z (S) $3000
1910.146 C04
- Issued
- May 31, 2012
- Abate by
- Jun 1, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146: Employees loading and offloading liquid propane into underground propane storage tanks were exposed to asphyxiation hazards due to the displacement of oxygen by propane vapor and the employer failed to develop and implement a written permit space entry program.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $3000
- · Z (S) $3000
1910.110 B16
- Issued
- May 31, 2012
- Abate by
- Jun 7, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,000 · Current $4,200
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.110(b)(16): Instructions. Personnel performing installation, removal, operation,and maintenance work shall be properly trained in such function.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $4200
- · C (S) $3000
- · Z (S) $3000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 331106781.
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