OSHA Inspection: TEJAS CASING, LTD

Issued

2013-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6000.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1): Open-sided floors and/or platforms four feet or more above adjacent floor or ground level were not guarded with standard railings (or equivalent) and toeboards:    The employer does not guard open sided floors and/or platforms, four feet or more above adjacent floors or ground levels, with standard railings.  This violation was observed on or about July 19, 2013, in the pipe storage yard where employees were exposed to fall hazards when working on stacked pipe without guarding every open sided platform four feet or more above ground level with standard railings.       Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that employees are protected from falls.

Issued

2013-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1): The employer did not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program as described in 29 CFR 1910.9(c) through (o) whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels measured on the A scale, or equivalently a dose of fifty percent:    The employer does not administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 85 decibels, or equivalently, a dose of fifty percent.          a. This violation was observed on or about August 21, 2013, in the Heat Treat Area at the transfer table where a Pipe Checker was exposed to noise hazards when working in an area that had an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 93.5 dBA without the employer administering a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.       b. This violation was observed on or about August 21, 2013, in the Heat Treat Area at the transfer table where a Heat Treat employee was exposed to noise hazards when working in an area that had an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 91.5 dBA without the employer administering a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.       c. This violation was observed on or about August 21, 2013, in the EMI Building where a SEA Inspector employee was exposed to noise hazards when working in an area that had an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level of 90.4 dBA without the employer administering a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.      Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program.

Issued

2013-10-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    The employer does not protect employees from the hazards created by ingoing nip points and rotating parts of machinery.        a. This violation was observed on or about July 19, 2013, in the Heat Treat area where employees were exposed to a caught-in and struck-by hazard when working near and walking by the unguarded pipe conveyor and kicker arms of the transfer table without one or more methods of machine guarding to protect the operator and other employees.         b. This violation was observed on or about July 19, 2013, in the Heat Treat area where employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard when walking through a walkway where pipes routinely pass through as a part of the conveyor system without one or more methods of machine guarding to protect the operator and other employees.       c. This violation was observed on or about July 19, 2013, in the EMI area where employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard when walking through a walkway where pipes routinely pass through as a part of the conveyor system for the EMI machine without one or more methods of machine guarding to protect the operator and other employees.        d. This violation was observed on or about July 19, 2013, in the Heat Treat area where employees were exposed to a struck-by and crushed-by hazard when using an "F" tool to move pipe in the transfer tables without one or more methods of machine guarding to protect the operator.      e.  This violation was observed on or about July 19, 2013, in the Hydro test area where employees were exposed to a crushed-by hazard when attempting to stencil pipes that were stacking up in the table in the stencil area without one or more methods of machine guarding to protect the operator.       Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. 1903.19, within ten (10) calendar days of the abatement date, the employer must submit documentation showing that it is in compliance with the standard, including describing the steps that it is taking to ensure that guards are installed to protect employee from the hazards of the machines.