OSHA Inspection: TEXAS PREMIER RESOURCES, LLC

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Abate by

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification which included the requirements as outlined in 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2):      At this establishment, written verification of a workplace hazard assessment for required personal protective equipment was not completed.

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Abate by

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(3): Employees exposed to the hazards created by welding, cutting, or brazing operations were not protected by personal protective equipment in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.132:     At this establishment employees tasked with performing cutting operations utilizing a cutting torch to remove bolts were not wearing face shield, leather gloves or fire retardant clothing exposing the employees burns/fire hazards.

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Abate by

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:    At this establishment, a written respiratory protection program with specific procedures was not created and implemented for the protection of employees who wore half face, tight fitting respirators. Employees opening hatches of tanker trailers and working in and around the trailers were potentially exposed to H2S and other gases or vapors.

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Abate by

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    At this employer's job site employees were provided with half-face, tight-fitting respirators for use in and around the wash out area to wash the interior of tanker trailers and to drivers who load up tanker trailers with oilfield drilling fluids at remote locations. The employees using the half-face, tight-fitting respirators were not administered a medical evaluation to determine their ability to use the respirators.

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Abate by

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    At this establishment, at the wash area, employees wear half-face, tight-fitting respirators when washing the tanker trailers without being administered  a qualitative or quantitative fit test. Employees are exposed to vapors from hazardous chemicals.

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(ii): Suitable extinguishing equipment was not maintained in a state of readiness for instant use:    At this maintenance shop, employees utilizing a cutting torch to remove bolts from a flange did not have a fire extinguisher readily available.

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Abate by

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,430 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(vi)(C): Cutting or welding was permitted in the presence of explosive atmospheres (mixture of flammable gases, vapors, liquids, or dusts with air), or explosive atmospheres that could develop inside uncleaned or improperly prepared tanks or equipment which had previously contained such materials, or that could develop in areas with an accumulation of flammable vapors:     On or about January 27, 2015, the employer did not prohibit cutting or welding in the presence of explosive atmospheres (mixtures of flammable gases, vapors, liquids, or dusts with air), or explosive atmospheres that may develop inside uncleaned or improperly prepared tanks or equipment which have previously contained such materials. The employer permitted cutting bolts off a butterfly valve, using a torch, from a tank trailer which was used to transport flammable oil field liquid waste.

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Abate by

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,470 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4): Oxygen cylinders were stored near acetylene or other fuel-gas cylinders:      At this mechanic shop, the employer had stored the oxygen and acetylene tanks together on mobile holder inside the mechanic shop.

Issued

Jul 23, 2015

Abate by

Aug 13, 2015

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    At this establishment, the employer did not develop and implement a hazard communication program. At the maintenance shop, employees working with various chemicals such as gasoline, diesel fuel, brake fluid, batteries, and oxygen and acetylene gases.