LA PORTE, TX —
OSHA Inspection: JACOBS FIELD SERVICES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of JACOBS FIELD SERVICES NORTH AMERICA, INC. in 730 INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY, LA PORTE, TX 77571 (NAICS 811310). OSHA activity number 338935745.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- JACOBS FIELD SERVICES NORTH AMERICA, INC.
- Site address
- 730 INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY
- City
- LA PORTE
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77571
- Mailing
- 5995 ROGERDALE ROAD, HOUSTON, TX 77072
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
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 811310
- Employees
- 6400
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.119 D03
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $6,000 · Current $0 Reduced
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 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)
- — 2 (S) $0
- — C (S) $6000
- — Z (S) $6000
1910.119 F04
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 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)
- — 2 (S) $0
- — C (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $7000
1910.147 C04 I
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 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 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)
- — 2 (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.119 J02
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
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 the maintenance technician in repairing the valves in the decant piping from the T-802 Settler on/around March 4, 2013.
Recent events (3)
- — 2 (S) $7000
- — C (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $7000
1910.119 J03
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(3): The employer did not train each employee involved in maintaining the on-going integrity of process equipment in the procedures applicable to the employee's job tasks to ensure that the employee can perform the job tasks in a safe manner: The employer did not train maintenance technicians in procedures required to safely troubleshoot and repair the decant 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 Work Order #153530 was assigned and executed to repair valves that were hung up in the decant piping from the T-802 settler.
Recent events (3)
- — 2 (S) $7000
- — C (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $7000
1910.132 D01 I
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 27, 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)
- — 2 (S) $0
- — C (S) $6000
- — Z (S) $6000
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Source
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