SULPHUR, LA —
OSHA Inspection: OHMSTEDE LTD.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of OHMSTEDE LTD. in 1750 SWISCO RD., SULPHUR, LA 70663 (NAICS 332410). OSHA activity number 333902039.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- OHMSTEDE LTD.
- Site address
- 1750 SWISCO RD.
- City
- SULPHUR
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70663
- Mailing
- 1750 SWISCO RD., SULPHUR, LA 70663
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 332410
- Employees
- 123
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
15 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.25 D01 I
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,400 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.25(d)(1)(i): Portable wood ladder(s) were not maintained in good condition at all times with all hardware and fittings securely attached: a) The employer does not maintain portable wood ladders in good condition at all times with hardware and fittings securely attached. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 when employees were allowed to use a six (6) foot wood ladder in the Overlay Shop that was missing a screw used to attach the hardware brackets on a supporting rung of the ladder. b) The employer does not maintain portable wood ladders in good condition at all times with hardware and fittings securely attached. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 when employees were allowed to use a six (6) foot wood ladder in the Bundle Shop that had two broken hardware brackets on a supporting rung of the ladder.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $1000
- — C (S) $3400
- — Z (S) $3400
1910.134 C02 II
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $4,250 · Current $2,125 Reduced
06912587
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user: a) The employer does not ensure that employees using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 when a welder was using a half-face tight fitting respirator with P-100 cartridges while welding inside a confined space on high chrome steel.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $2125
- — C (S) $4250
- — Z (S) $4250
1910.134 D01 III
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced
06890691
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminants chemical state and physical form: a) The employer does not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace, including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards. This violaiton occurred on or about April 18, 2012 in the Sulphur, Louisiana facility when employees were welding, grinding, cutting, and gouging on stainless steel, high chrome carbon steel, and carbon steel.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $1000
- — C (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $7000
1910.184 I09
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $5,100 · Current $2,600 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.184(i)(9): Synthetic web sling(s) were not immediately removed from service when any of the following conditions were present: acid or caustic burns; melting or charring of any part of the sling surface; snags, punctures, tears or cuts; borken or worn stitches; or distortion of fittings: a) The employer does not ensure that synthetic web slings are removed from service when conditions such as melting or charring of the sling surface, snags, punctures, tears, cuts, and broken or worn stitches are present. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 in the Machine Shop, the Weld Shop, and the Bundle Shop when a damaged Lift All TUFF-EDGE Slings (Serial numbers: 1664409-6-17, 1676229-3-17, 1656071-2-125, and 1663992-8-55) with broken stitching, damaged inner fibers, and burns were not immediately removed from service.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $2600
- — C (S) $5100
- — Z (S) $5100
1910.252 C01 II
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,550 · Current $0 Reduced
0691
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.252(c)(1)(ii): When welding had to be performed in a space entirely screened on all sides, the screens were not so arranged that no serious restriction of ventilation existed: a) The employer does not ensure that welding spaces that are screened on all sides are arranged so that there is no serious restriction to ventilation. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 in the Weld Shop where welders entirely enclosed in screens on three sides with a solid wall on the fourth side were manufacturing stainless steel heat exchangers using an Arc Welding process (WPS number S/P8-8), grinding, chipping and brushing on ASTM SA-240 type 304, SA-240 type 304L, and SA-240 type 316L base metals with E308L, E308L-15, and E-316L-16 filler metals respectively.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $2550
- — Z (S) $2550
1910.252 C12
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced
0689
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.252(c)(12): Oxygen cutting, using either a chemical flux or iron powder or gas-shielded arc cutting of stainless steel, was not done using mechanical ventilation adequate to remove the fumes generated: a) The employer does not ensure that employees using a Shielded Metal Arc Welding process on stainless steel use mechanical ventilation adequate to remove the fumes generated. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 in the southeast section of the Weld Shop of the Sulphur, Louisiana facility where a welder was manufacturing stainless steel heat exchangers using a Shielded Metal Arc Welding process. They were cutting/gouging, grinding, and welding on ASTM SA-387 Type 22, class 2 with E9018-B3 filler metal and Thyssen Cr Mo 2 electrode flux and was exposed to chromium (VI) fumes. b) The employer does not ensure that employees using a Shielded Metal Arc Welding process on stainless steel use mechanical ventilation adequate to remove the fumes generated. This violation occurred on or about April 19, 2012 in the northeast section of the Weld Shop of the Sulphur, Louisiana facility where welders were manufacturing stainless steel heat exchangers using a Shielded Metal Arc Welding process. They were cutting/ gouging, grinding, chipping and brushing on ASTM SA-240 type 304, and SA-240 type 316L with ER-308L, and ER-316/316L filler metal were exposed to chromium (VI) fumes.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $7000
1910.303 B01 IV
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,168 · Current $500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(iv): Safety of equipment was not determined using considerations for electrical insulation: a) The employer does not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012, in the Plate Shop where employees worked with and near equipment (Square D overhead crane control pendant Model 9001 SKYP6 on Proserv 25 Ton overhead crane, SN: P-2120) with electrical conductors that had damaged electrical insulation. b) The employer does not ensure that electrical equipment is free from recognized hazards. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012, in the South Pipe Shop where employees worked with and near equipment (Square D overhead crane control pendant Model 9001 SKYP6 on Archer 10 Ton overhead crane) with electrical conductors that had damaged electrical insulation.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $500
- — C (S) $2168
- — Z (S) $2168
1910.1026 E01
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $6,000 Reduced
06890691
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(e)(1): The employer did not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) is, or could reasonably be expected to be, in excess of the PEL: a) The employer does not establish a regulated area wherever an employee's exposure to airborne concentrations of chromium (VI) is, or could reasonably be expected to be, in excess of the PEL. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 when the employer did not establish a regulated area where employees were manufacturing stainless steel heat exchangers using a Shielded Metal Arc Welding process.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $6000
- — C (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $7000
1910.1026 H02 I
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $5,100 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(h)(2)(i): The employer shall ensure that employees remove all protective clothing and equipment contaminated with chromium (VI) at the end of the work shift or at the completion of their tasks involving chromium (VI) exposure, whichever comes first. a) The employer does not prohibit employees from removing Chromium (VI) contaminated clothing from the workplace. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 when employees who welded on stainless steel and exposed to Chromium (VI) were allowed to leave the worksite at the end of the shift wearing the contaminated clothing.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $5100
- — Z (S) $5100
1910.1026 I04 I
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $5,100 · Current $2,550 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(4)(i): Whenever the employer allows employees to consume food or beverages at a worksite where chromium (VI) is present, the employer shall ensure that eating and drinking areas and surfaces are maintained as free as practicable of chromium (VI). a) The employer does not ensure that the eating and drinking area is maintained as free as practicable of hexavalent chromium. This violation occurred on or about May 7, 2012, in the Bundle Shop break room where employees consume food and drinks. b) The employer does not ensure that the eating and drinking area is maintained as free as practicable of hexavalent chromium. This violation occurred on or about May 7, 2012, in the Weld Shop break room where employees consume food and drinks. c) The employer does not ensure that the eating and drinking area is maintained as free as practicable of hexavalent chromium. This violation occurred on or about May 7, 2012, in the Plate Shop break room where employees consume food and drinks.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $2550
- — C (S) $5100
- — Z (S) $5100
1910.1026 I04 II
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $5,100 · Current $0 Reduced
0689
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(4)(ii): Employees were allowed to consume food or beverages at a worksite where chromium (VI) was present; however, the employer did not ensure that employees did not enter the eating and drinking areas with chromium (VI)-contaminated protective clothing or equipment: .a) The employer does not ensure that employees allowed to consume food or beverages at the worksite where chromium (VI) is present are prohibited from entering the eating and drinking areas with chromium (VI)-contaminated protective clothing or equipment. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 when employees consumed food and beverages in the break rooms of the Sulphur, LA facility with chromium (VI)-contaminated protective clothing.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $5100
- — Z (S) $5100
1910.1026 I05
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $4,250 · Current $1,000 Reduced
0691
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(5): The employer does not prohibit eating, drinking, smoking, chewing tobacco or gum, or applying cosmetics in regulated areas, or in areas where skin or eye contact with chromium (VI) occurrs; or carry the products associated with these activities, or store such products in these areas: a) The employer allows employees to eat, drink, smoke, chew tobacco or gum, or apply cosmetics in regulated areas, or in areas where skin or eye contact with chromium (VI) occurs. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 when employees were allowed to smoke in areas where skin or eye contact with chromium (VI) occurrs.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $1000
- — C (S) $4250
- — Z (S) $4250
1910.1200 H03 II
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced
0691
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area: a) The employer does not train employees on the physical and health hazards of all of the hazardous chemicals in the workplace. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 where employees in the Weld Shop were exposed to hazards of hexavalent chromium fumes without adequate training on the hazards of exposure.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $7000
1910.1026 L01
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $4,000
0691
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1): The employer did not ensure that all employees who were assigned to workplaces where there was exposure to chromium (VI) were provided with information and training as required by the Hazard Communication standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200: a) The employer does not ensure that employees who are assigned to workplaces where there is exposure to chromium (VI) are provided with information and training as required by the Hazard Communication standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 where employees in the Weld Shop were exposed to hazards of hexavalent chromium fumes without adequate training on the hazards of exposure.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $4000
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1026 D01
- Issued
- Oct 11, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 21, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $5,000
06890691
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer did not determine, in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or (d)(3) of this section, the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI): a) The employer does not ensure that an assessment of exposure to hexavalent chromium is performed for the workplace. This violation occurred on or about April 18, 2012 when employees in the Weld Shop conducted welding, grinding, and cutting on carbon steel, high-chrome carbon steel, and stainless steel.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $5000
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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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 333902039.
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