OSHA Inspection: WATSON METAL MASTERS, INC.

Issued

2014-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:  (a) At Watson Metal Masters Inc.: On 2/19/14, Fabrication Shop: An employee was welding inside a tank that was not evaluated to determine if the space was a permit-required confined space. The employer failed to evaluate and identify the safety and health hazards inside the confined space before the employee was allowed to work.

Issued

2014-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces:  NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.  (a) At Watson Metals Masters Inc.:  on 2/19/14-The employer did not post a confined space danger sign on the tank where the employee was allowed to perform welding activities.

Issued

2014-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:  (a) At Watson Metals Masters Inc.:  On 2/19/14, Fabrication Shop: The employer failed to implement a written permit space entry, before allowing employees to enter and work inside permit-required confined spaces. An employee was allowed to weld inside a permit-required confined space without a written permit.

Issued

2014-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing or monitoring the permit space as necessary  (a) At Watson Metals Masters:  On 02/19/2014, Fabrication Shop: The employer failed to conduct testing or monitoring the atmospheric hazards present during the welding activities conducted inside a tank (permit-required confined space). An employee was allowed to enter a permit-required confined space to perform welding activities without periodic testing or monitoring.

Issued

2014-03-25 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:   (a)  At Watson Metals Masters Inc:  The employer failed to complete a written permit before the employee enters the confined space.