LA PORTE, TX — 2013-03-05 00:00:00

OSHA Inspection: AKZO NOBEL POLYMER CHEMICALS LLC

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

At a glance

On 2013-03-05 00:00:00, OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of AKZO NOBEL POLYMER CHEMICALS LLC in 730 INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY SOUTH, LA PORTE, TX 77571 (NAICS 325180). OSHA activity number 338935141.

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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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: AKZO NOBEL POLYMER CHEMICALS LLC
Site address: 730 INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY SOUTH
City: LA PORTE
State: TX
ZIP: 77571
Mailing: 730 INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY SOUTH, LA PORTE, TX 77571

What kind of inspection was it?

Inspection type: Referral (C)
Scope: Partial (B)
Discipline: Safety
Advance notice: No
Union status: B

When did the case open and close?

Opened: 2013-03-05 00:00:00
Closing conference: 2013-08-21 00:00:00
Case closed: 2015-08-31 00:00:00
Last modified: 2026-07-21 00:00:00
Data loaded: 2026-07-22 00:19:53

Establishment context

NAICS code: 325180
Employees: 3000
Ownership type: A

Citations

6 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.119 D03

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 8 exposed

Issued: Aug 23, 2013
Abate by: Sep 25, 2013
Penalty: Initial $4,000 · Current $4,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3): The employer did not maintain and make available to employees Information pertaining to the equipment in the process.  This most recently occurred on/around March 4, 2013 at the Akzo Nobel facility in La Porte, Texas when the employer did not maintain and make available to maintenance workers information about the mounting and dismounting of the actuators on the decant nozzle valves of the T-802 Settler vessel. Technicians rely on the information for reference to aid in safely removing the actuators from the valves.

Recent events (3)

2014-10-29 00:00:00 — F (S) $4000
2013-12-11 00:00:00 — C (S) $4000
2013-08-23 00:00:00 — Z (S) $4000

1910.119 F04

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 10 exposed

Issued: Aug 23, 2013
Abate by: Sep 25, 2013
Penalty: Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4): The employer did not develop and implement safe work practices to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout; confined space entry; opening process equipment or piping; and control over entrance into a facility by maintenance, contractor, laboratory, or other support personnel.  The employer did not implement safe work practices to provide for the control of hazards during repair of valves in the BEM Settler area of the Akzo Nobel facility in La Porte, Texas. This most recently occurred on/around March 4, 2013 when the employer did not implement its Hazardous Energy Control Procedure or another program/procedure or method to prevent workers being injured while troubleshooting and repairing the valves in the decant piping from the T-802 Settler.

Recent events (3)

2014-10-29 00:00:00 — F (S) $0
2013-12-11 00:00:00 — C (S) $7000
2013-08-23 00:00:00 — Z (S) $7000

1910.147 C04 I

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 10 exposed

Issued: Aug 23, 2013
Abate by: Sep 25, 2013
Penalty: Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Employer did not ensure that procedures were developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in maintenance activities.  On/around March 4, 2013 at the Akzo Nobel Facility in La Porte, Texas, the employer did not implement and utilize an energy control procedure to control potentially hazardous energy to ensure that before any employee performed maintenance on the actuated valves in the decant line piping from the T-802 settler, where the unexpected release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, equipment shall be isolated from the energy source.

Recent events (3)

2014-10-29 00:00:00 — F (S) $0
2013-12-11 00:00:00 — C (S) $0
2013-08-23 00:00:00 — Z (S) $0

1910.119 J02

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 4 exposed

Issued: Aug 23, 2013
Abate by: Sep 25, 2013
Penalty: Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2): The employer did not establish and implement written procedures for maintaining the on-going integrity of critical components of the process piping.  The employer did not establish and implement written procedures for the non-routine task of separating the valve and actuator to repair the valves in the piping of the BEM Settlers. This last occurred at the Akzo Nobel facility in La Porte, Texas, when the employer did not provide written procedures to guide troubleshooting and repairing the valves in the decant piping from the T-802 Settler on/around March 4, 2013.

Recent events (3)

2014-10-29 00:00:00 — F (S) $0
2013-12-11 00:00:00 — C (S) $7000
2013-08-23 00:00:00 — Z (S) $7000

1910.119 J03

Serious Gravity 10 2 instances 2 exposed

Issued: Aug 23, 2013
Abate by: Sep 25, 2013
Penalty: Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(h)(2)(v): The employer did not adequately evaluate the performance of its contract employer in fulfilling their obligations specified in paragraph (h)(3) of this section.    A) The employer did not ensure that the contract employer provided documentation required under section 1910.119(h)(3)(iii) in order for the employer to evaluate compliance under Section 1910.119(h)(2)(v).

Recent events (3)

2014-10-29 00:00:00 — F (S) $7000
2013-12-11 00:00:00 — C (S) $7000
2013-08-23 00:00:00 — Z (S) $7000

1910.132 D01 I

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed

Issued: Aug 23, 2013
Abate by: Sep 25, 2013
Penalty: Initial $6,000 · Current $0 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.  On/around March 4, 2013 the employer did not require the technician working on components of the decant piping in the BEM Settler area of the Akzo Nobel facility in La Porte, Texas to use the required PPE identified on the Akzo Nobel's MSDS to protect against the hazards of Magala BEM 20% in Heptane.

Recent events (3)

2014-10-29 00:00:00 — F (S) $0
2013-12-11 00:00:00 — C (S) $6000
2013-08-23 00:00:00 — Z (S) $6000

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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 338935141.

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