OSHA Inspection: DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER ALEDA E. LUTZ VA MEDICAL CENTER

Issued

2016-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(8)(i) as required by 1960.8b: When an employer arranged to have employees of another employer (contractor) perform work that involved permit space entry, the host employer did not inform the contractor that the workplace contained permit spaces and that a permit space program meeting the requirement of section was required.      Saginaw VA Medical Center (Host employer) did not ensure that Tri Tech Cable Inc. (contractor) had a permit required confined space program that outlined the contractors responsibilities while working a permit required confined space there by exposing contractor employees to potentially hazardous atmospheres (oxygen deficiency), mechanical, and electrical hazards while working in manhole # 98.

Issued

2016-06-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(6) as required by 1960.8b: The employer did not retain each canceled entry permit for at least one year to facilitate the review of the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(14):    The host employer failed to retain a cancelled entry permit that was prepared to document completion of the means, procedures, and practices necessary to ensure safe permit space entry operations by Tri Tech Cable Inc. (Private contractor) conducting cable installation in Permit Required confined space work in manhole # 98.