OSHA Inspection: ENVIRONMENTAL ENTERPRISES, INC.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.106(h)(7)(i)(a): Precautions were not taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors.       (a) On December 28, 2012, precautions were not taken to prevent potential ignition of flammable vapors from approximately 526 gallons of flammable liquid stored in the flammable liquid storage room next to the shredder room in that a portable electric reciprocating saw was used in the flammable liquid room that produced frictional heat and mechanical sparks and was a source of ignition of a fire.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.307(c): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not intrinsically safe, approved for the hazardous (classified) location, or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:     (a) On December 28, 2012, in the flammable liquid storage room next to the shredder room where approximately 526 gallons of flammable liquids were being stored, a portable electric reciprocating saw not suitable for use in a Class 1 hazardous (classified) location was brought into the room to cut metal filters casings.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(p)(6): Where employees were handling drums or containers, procedures meeting the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.120(j)(1)(ii) through (j)(1)(viii) and (xi), as well as (j)(3) and (j)(8), were not developed and implemented prior to such work:     (a) There were no material handling procedures developed and implemented prior to the movement of drums and containers that addressed the inspections and integrity of the drums and containers as well as the selection, positioning, and operating of powered industrial trucks to prevent the use of unapproved powered industrial trucks from handling or operating near drums and containers of hazardous waste that could contain flammable liquids and substances where the containers and/or drums could release flammable vapors in the event of accidental dropping of drums, rupture, damage, spillage, improper seal of drums or containers, etc.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(j)(3): Material-handling equipment used to transfer drums and containers was not selected, positioned, and/or operated to minimize sources of ignition related to the equipment from igniting vapors released from ruptured drums or containers:     (a) In the storage areas and other locations such as, but not limited to, the QA area, aerosol can sort line, and inbound consumer commodities, there were powered industrial trucks, such as, but not limited to, Hyster fork lifts with serial numbers D187V27258A, E010V01810D, D187V26231Z, F187V11026E, and D187V27623A were not rated for Class I hazardous (classified) locations and were used for picking up pallets of drums and containers of flammable liquids and substances or operating near such containers in the event of an accident, dropping of the drums or containers, rupture, damage, spillage, evaporation or vapor leakage from improper seals on drums or containers, etc.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(11): Approved industrial trucks were not used in hazardous locations.      (a) In the flammable storage areas and other locations such as the QA area, and inbound consumer commodities, etc., there were powered industrial trucks, such as, but not limited to, Hyster fork lifts with serial numbers D187V27258A, E010V01810D, D187V26231Z, F187V11026E, and D187V27623A were not rated for hazardous locations when handling drums and containers of flammable liquids and substances or operating near such containers which could release flammable vapors in the event of accidental, dropping of drums or containers, rupture, damage, spillage, etc.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees entered:     (a) In areas such as but not limited to the Chemical treatment area, the employer did not identify and evaluate the different waste streams in the indoor chemical treatment tanks #1 and #2 plus the potential hazards before entry into the tanks to clean them out such as, but not limited to, the processing the chlorine tablets and entry to clean out the sludge and residue from them.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including but not limited to, the requirements of 1910.146(d)(3)(i) through (d)(3)(vi):          (a) In areas such as, but not limited to; the indoor chemical treatment tanks #1 and #2, the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations in that:         1. There were no specifics on isolation methods for incoming lines,   2. There were no specific steps for measuring for any other toxics,   3.  There was a deficiency in the tank entry procedure where oxygen testing was allowed to be performed before the potential use of nitrogen to purge a space of flammable vapors in Step 8.,   4. There were no specific measures spelled out for ventilation,        5. There were no specific measures on rescue,        6. There were no specific measures for rescue equipment, and        7. There were no specific measures to verify that conditions were acceptable for entry throughout the duration of the authorized entry.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(7): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the hazards of the permit space to be entered:     (a) In the Chemical Treatment area the permit-required confined space entry permits from 1/23/13, 2/7/13, 3/18/13 and 3/20/13 for the indoor, open top chemical treatment tank #2 did not identify the specific hazards of the permit spaces to be entered.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(8): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the measures used to isolate the permit space and to eliminate or control permit space hazards before entry:   (a) In the Chemical Treatment area the permit-required confined space entry permits from 1/23/13, 2/7/13, 3/18/13 and 3/20/13 for the indoor, open top treatment tank #2 did not identify the specific measures to be used to isolate the permit spaces and to eliminate or control permit space hazards before entry including group lockout for the mixers/agitators, disconnecting feed lines, etc.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(10): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the results of initial and periodic tests performed under 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5), accompanied by the names or initials of the tester and by an indication of when the tests were performed:           (a) In the Chemical Treatment area on the confined space entry permits from 1/23/13, 2/7/13, 3/18/13, and 3/20/13 for entries into chemical treatment tank #2, the air monitoring results were not accompanied by the names or initials of the tester and by an indication of when the tests were performed.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f)(11): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the rescue and emergency services to be summoned and the means for summoning those services:     (a) In the Chemical Treatment area on the confined space entry permits from 1/23/13, 2/7/13, 3/18/13, and 3/20/13 for entries into the open top treatment tank #2, the permits were inadequate in that they did not identify the rescue and emergency services to be summoned and the means for summoning those services.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

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 energizing, 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:       (a) The employer's energy control (lockout) program did not include provisions for periodic or at least annual inspections of the energy control (lockout) procedures.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct periodic or at least annual inspections of the energy control procedures to ensure that the procedures and the requirements are being followed:             (a) Periodic or at least annual inspections of the energy control (lockout) procedures were not conducted to ensure that procedures and requirements were being followed on equipment such as, but not limited to, the chemical treatment tanks #1 and #2 mixers/agitators, the aerosol can crusher hydraulic pump motor, etc.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i): Pull boxes, junction boxes, and fittings were not provided with covers approved for the purpose:     (a) In the Solidification room, there was a light switch box that was missing a face plate.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.333(c)(2): Qualified persons were not capable of working safely on energized circuits and were not familiar with the proper use of special precautionary techniques, personal protective equipment, insulating and shielding materials, and insulated tools:      (a) On or about January 14, 2013, a maintenance man/electrician performed trouble shooting/voltage testing on a 480 VAC 3 phase hydraulic pump motor and did not work safely on or around energized circuits as the employee was not qualified and had not received any training or instructions from the employer on the proper use of special precautionary techniques, personal protective equipment, insulating and shielding materials and insulated tools.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4500.00 · Current $2250.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i): Employees working in areas where there were potential electrical hazards were not using electrical protective equipment that was appropriate for the specific parts of the body to be protected and for the work to be performed:     (a) On or about January, 14, 2013, a maintenance employee/electrician performed troubleshooting/voltage testing on a 480 VAC 3 phase on a hydraulic pump motor and was not provided and did not wear appropriate personal protective equipment.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $63000.00 · Current $15750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(p)(1): Safety and health program. The employer shall develop and implement a written safety and health program for employees involved in hazardous waste operations that shall be available for inspection by employees, their representatives and OSHA personnel. The program shall be designed to identify, evaluate and control safety and health hazards in their facilities for the purpose of employee protection, to provide for emergency response meeting the requirements of paragraph (p)(8) of this section and to address as appropriate site analysis, engineering controls, maximum exposure limits, hazardous waste handling procedures and uses of new technologies.     (a)  On and prior to December 28, 2012, the written safety and health programs that identified, evaluated and controlled safety and health hazards in the facilities were not available for inspection for employees involved n hazardous waste operations, their representatives, and OSHA personnel.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6300.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(p)(1): The employer did not develop and implement a written safety and health program for employees involved in hazardous waste operations that shall be available for inspection by employees, their representatives and OSHA personnel. The program shall be designed to identify, evaluate and control safety and health hazards in their facilities for the purpose of employee protection, to provide for emergency response meeting the requirements of paragraph (p)(8) of this section and to address as appropriate site analysis, engineering controls, maximum exposure limits, hazardous waste handling procedures and uses of new technologies:       (a)  On and prior to December 28, 2012, the written safety and health programs for employees handling hazardous waste in the flammable liquid room were not fully developed.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $63000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 24609685

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.120(p)(7)(i): Initial training for 24 hours and/or refresher training for 8 hours annually was not provided for employees exposed to health hazards or hazardous substances at treatment storage and disposal (TSD) operations:       (a)  On and prior to December 28, 2012, employees were exposed to hazards and hazardous substances and had not received initial 24 hour and/or 8 hour refresher training.

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $63000.00 · Current $15750.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i): The employer did not select and have each affected employee use, the types of personal protective equipment that would protect the affected employee(s) from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment:     (a)  On and prior to December 28, 2012, the employer did not select and have each employee such as but not limited to chemical treatment technicians and laborers processing hazardous waste for treatment use appropriate personal protective equipment that would protect the employees from hazards identified in their hazard assessments conducted by the employer to protect from hazardous waste chemicals that contained chemicals such as but not limited to; sodium chlorate generated by hazardous waste such as but not limited to the PPE contaminated with sodium chlorate (profile #X86194) and the super oxidizers containing sodium chlorate (profile #X86195).

Issued

2013-06-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $63000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training to each employee who was required by this section to use personal protective equipment:     (a)    On and prior to December 28, 2012, the employer did not provide training to each employee on the selection of personal protective equipment for use to protect from particular hazards.