OSHA Inspection: WEATHERFORD US LP

Issued

Jun 21, 2013

Abate by

Aug 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,550 · Current $1,275 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2):     Where wet processes were used, drainage was not maintained, and false floors, platforms, mats, or other dry standing places were not provided when practicable:    In front of the Q/C Lab Building and adjacent to the Office trailer, the employer did not address standing pad runoff water.  The employer failed to address drainage or provide temporary raised walkway (blocks, stands).

Issued

Jun 21, 2013

Abate by

Aug 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.151(c):     Where employees were exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body were not provided within the work area for immediate emergency use:    At this site, employees were not provided with an emergency eye wash adequate to the nature of chemicals being handled and transported in accordance with American National Standards Institute ANSI Standard Z358.1 (2009) guidelines.

Issued

Jun 21, 2013

Abate by

Aug 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $2,125 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(viii):     Other factors that contribute to the practical safeguarding of persons using or likely to come in contact with the equipment:    In the Q/C Lab Building, employees performing lab work and quality control testing worked around a wet sink area and 120 volt equipment without ground-fault crcuit interrupter (GFCI) protection.

Issued

Jun 21, 2013

Abate by

Aug 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2): Each service, feeder, and branch circuit, at its disconnecting means or overcurrent device, was not legibly marked to indicate its purpose, nor located and arranged so the purpose was evident:  Inside the Q/C Lab Building, the 120 volt wall breaker panel did not have labeled switches.

Issued

Jun 21, 2013

Abate by

Aug 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $4,250 · Current $2,125 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i):     Each outlet box in completed installations did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:    At the east bay door of the Warehouse, an outlet box with live conductors at 120 volts was left loose and without a cover.

Issued

Jun 21, 2013

Abate by

Aug 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii):   Except as provided in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) and 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(8), the employer did not ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace was labeled, tagged or marked with the product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, would provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical:  At the back tank farm, three vertical diesel storage tanks (D2, D3) exhibited degraded labeling from weathering and no hazard class information, including but not limited to, an NFPA 704 diamond.