KIMBALL, NE ·
OSHA Inspection: TARPON ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of TARPON ENERGY SERVICES, LLC in 3381 ROAD 28 SOUTH, KIMBALL, NE 69145 (NAICS 335999). OSHA activity number 339791246.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- TARPON ENERGY SERVICES, LLC
- Site address
- 3381 ROAD 28 SOUTH
- City
- KIMBALL
- State
- NE
- ZIP
- 69145
- Mailing
- 9164 MARSHAL PLACE, WESTMINSTER, CO 80031
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 335999
- Employees
- 20
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.652 A01
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2014
- Abate by
- Oct 14, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $4,900 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system: Trench from the Power Distribution Center to the Pump House on the jobsite located at 3381 Road 28 South, Kimball, NE: The employer is failing to protect employees from cave-ins while connecting PVC conduit at an approximate depth of 6 feet inside of the trench. The trench is approximately 45 feet long and varies in depths from 4 feet at the ends and 6 feet in the center. The employer failed to provide trench boxes, hydraulic shoring or implement another approved means of protection such but not limited to sloping or benching of the soil.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4900
- · Z (S) $7000
1926.1053 B04
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2014
- Abate by
- Oct 14, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $2,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladders were used for purposes other than the purposes for which they were designed: Trench from the Power Distribution Center to the Pump House on the jobsite located at 3381 Road 28 South, Kimball, NE: The employer is failing to protect employees in that step ladders were being used in the folded position as means of egress during trenching/ excavation activities. Two, eight foot fiberglass step ladders were being used inside of a trench for egress during the inspection. ANSI- A14.5-2007: 9.3.1.2- states that self-supporting ladders shall not be used as single ladders or in the partially closed position.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2500
- · Z (S) $5000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339791246.
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