CALVERT, AL ·
OSHA Inspection: RANGER ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of RANGER ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. in 1 THYSSENKRUPP DRIVE, CALVERT, AL 36513 (NAICS 562211). OSHA activity number 339793788.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- RANGER ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
- Site address
- 1 THYSSENKRUPP DRIVE
- City
- CALVERT
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 36513
- Mailing
- 10601 OLD HIGHWAY 43, CREOLA, AL 36525
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- 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
- 562211
- Employees
- 50
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.132 A
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 18, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered: a) Drop out box of EAF exhaust system: On or about June 2, 2014 and at times prior thereto, the employer did not evaluate the need for, select, provide and require use of heat resistant personal protective equipment to protect employees from the thermal hazards associated with making contact with or being enveloped by hot EAF dust that becomes airborne while conducting the contracted services.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $4900
- · Z (S) $4900
1910.134 D01 III
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 18, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form: a) Drop out box of EAF exhaust system: On or about June 2, 2014 and at times prior thereto, the employer did not evaluate the need for, select, provide and require use of respiratory protection to protect employees from the thermal and chemical hazards associated with inhaling hot EAF dust that becomes airborne while conducting the contracted services.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.147 F03 II D
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 18, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee shall affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device prior to working on the machine or equipment: a) EAF system: On or about June 2, 2014 and times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure the authorized employees affixed a personal lockout and/or tagout device to the host sites lockout of the EAF system while conducting the contracted services which exposed employees to thermal and chemical hazards associated with the hot EAF dust, hot gases, and hot air if EAF system started while conducting services in the drop out box.
Recent events (3)
- · J (S) $0
- · C (S) $3500
- · Z (S) $3500
1910.147 F02 I
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 18, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $500
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(2)(i): When outside servicing personnel are to be engaged in activities covered by the scope and application of this standard, the on-site employer and the outside employer did not inform each other of their respective lockout or tagout procedures: a) EAF system: On or about June 2, 2014 and at times prior thereto, the employer and host site did not inform each other of their respective Control of Hazardous Energy (lockout tagout) program and procedures to protect employees from thermal and chemical hazards associated with the inadvertent startup of the EAF system while employees still in the drop out box of the EAF exhaust system.
Recent events (3)
- · J (O) $500
- · C (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.1200 H01
- Issued
- Dec 1, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 18, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: a) Drop out box of EAF exhaust system: On or about June 2, 2014 and at times prior thereto, the employer did not obtain and provide training on the chemical hazards associated with Austenitic Baghouse Dust from Electric Arc Furnace and Austenitic Baghouse dust from Argon-Oxygen Decarburization which exposed employee(s) to respiratory hazards such as but not limited to cancer and "metal fume fever." b) Drop out box of EAF exhaust system: On or about June 2, 2014 and at times prior thereto, the employer did not obtain and provide training on the chemical hazards associated with Ferritic Baghouse Dust from Electric Arc Furnace and Ferritic Baghouse dust from Argon-Oxygen Decarburization which exposed employee(s) to respiratory hazards such as but not limited to cancer and "metal fume fever."
Recent events (3)
- · J (O) $0
- · C (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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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 339793788.
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