PASADENA, TX —
OSHA Inspection: MACDERMID OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of MACDERMID OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS in 223 N. BROCKMAN, PASADENA, TX 77506 (NAICS 325110). OSHA activity number 337988018.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- MACDERMID OFFSHORE SOLUTIONS
- Site address
- 223 N. BROCKMAN
- City
- PASADENA
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77506
- Mailing
- 223 N. BROCKMAN, PASADENA, TX 77506
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 325110
- Employees
- 26
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
8 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.23 C02
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 9, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $4,500
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(2): Runways four feet or more above floor or ground level were not guarded by standard railings (or the equivalent) and toeboards: At the site, on the catwalk accessing the top of Tank BT1, there is a ten inch gap between the tank and railing on one side and a twelve in gap in the guard on the other side, which exposes workers to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet when opening the top of the tank to add dyes.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $4500
- — Z (S) $4500
1910.141 G02
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $3,600 · Current $3,600
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.141(g)(2): Employees were permitted to consume food or beverage in areas exposed to toxic materials: At the site, in the processing area, where various hazardous chemicals are mixed to manufacture a hydraulic fluid product, employees are drinking out of mugs, exposing employees to ingestion of hazardous chemicals.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $3600
- — Z (S) $3600
1910.146 K01 II
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 12, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $3,600 · Current $3,600
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(ii):The employer did not ensure that each member of the rescue service was trained to perform the assigned rescue duties At the site in the process area where employees enter confined spaces, employee preforming rescue services are not trained, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $3600
- — Z (S) $3600
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 27, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,700 · Current $2,700
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energy, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative: At the site, the employer has an inadequate program, which does not consist of an energy control procedures that addresses all of the components of a thorough lockout tagout program such as, lists of authorized employees, affected employees, specific sequence of lockout procedures for specific pieces of machinery, periodic inspection, and training. This condition exposes employees to caught between, electrical and amputation hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $2700
- — Z (S) $2700
1910.178 O01
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 7, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(o)(1): The employer did not ensure that only stable or safely arranged loads were handled: At the site in the process area, where employees are using powered industrial trucks to lift the edge of process tanks, in order to drain the last of the liquid contained in the tank. This procedure exposes employees to struck by or caught between hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $4500
1910.303 G01
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 2, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,700 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment: At the site, in the eastern portion of the production area, near the deionized water tank, access to the electrical control panel was blocked, exposing workers to electrical or caught-between hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $2700
1910.138 A
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $810 · Current $810
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.138(a): The employer did not select and require employee(s) to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands were exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasion; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes. At the site in the process area, where the employer provided only large and extra-large gloves, exposing employees to caustic and hazardous substances.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $810
- — Z (O) $810
1910.1200 H01
- Issued
- Mar 25, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 27, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $900 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: At the site in the process area, employees did not receive HAZCOM training and information on each of the hazardous chemicals in their work area, exposing employees to hazardous chemicals.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $900
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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 337988018.
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