HOUSTON, TX —
OSHA Inspection: ADVANCED POWDER SOLUTIONS, INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of ADVANCED POWDER SOLUTIONS, INC. in 12245 FM 529 BUILDING H, HOUSTON, TX 77041 (NAICS 332812). OSHA activity number 342059433.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- ADVANCED POWDER SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Site address
- 12245 FM 529 BUILDING H
- City
- HOUSTON
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77041
- Mailing
- 12245 FM 529 BUILDING H, HOUSTON, TX 77041
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 332812
- Employees
- 18
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
8 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.132 A
- Issued
- May 24, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $8,873 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment, was not used whenever it was necessary by reason of the hazard(s): This violation occurred on or about December 12, 2016, and at times prior thereto, when two employees were not provided chemical resistant personal protective clothing en working with nickel carbonyl in the areas of the nickel carbonyl generator and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor P.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8872.5
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.134 A02
- Issued
- May 24, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $8,873 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2): A respirator was not provided by the employer to each employee when such equipment was necessary to protect the health of the employee: This violation occurred on or about December 12, 2016, and at times prior thereto, when two employees ere not provided respirators when such equipment was necessary to protect the health such employees when working with or around nickel carbonyl in the areas of nickel carbonyl generator and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor P.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8872.5
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.134 D02 I
- Issued
- May 24, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(2)(i): The employer did not provide either a full facepiece pressure demand SCBA certified by NIOSH for a minimum service life of thirty minutes or a combination full facepiece pressure demand supplied-air respirator with auxiliary self-contained air supply for employee use in IDLH atmospheres: This violation occurred on or about December 12, 2016, and at times prior thereto, when employees were no provided a full facepiece pressure demand SCBA or supplied-air respirator in the nickel carbonyl generator and the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor P.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 D01 III
- Issued
- May 24, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $8,873 Reduced
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: This violation occurred on or about December 12, 2016, and at times prior thereto, when the employer failed to conduct an evaluation of the reparatory hazards and a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to those hazards in the areas of the nickel carbonyl generator and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor P.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8872.5
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.1000 A02
- Issued
- May 24, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $8,873 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of nickel carbonyl listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of .001 parts per million (ppm): This violation occurred on or about December 12, 2016, when an employee cleaning the nickel carbonyl generator was exposed to a dose of nickel carbonyl hat exceeded the 8-hour Time Weighted Average in an 8-hour work shift.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8872.5
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.1000 E
- Issued
- May 24, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d): This violation occurred on or about December 12, 2016, when an employee cleaning the nickel carbonyl generator was exposed to a dose of nickel carbonyl that exceeded the 8-hour Tie Weighted Average in an 8-hour work shift before the employer determined and implemented administrative or engineering controls.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1200 G01
- Issued
- May 24, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 14, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,761 · Current $6,833 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Chemical manufacturers and importers did not obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produced or imported: This violation occurred on or about December 12, 2016, and at times prior thereto, when nickel carbonyl was being manufactured without a Safety Data Sheet being developed.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $6832.7
- — Z (S) $9761
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- May 24, 2017
- Abate by
- Jun 13, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $6,972 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours: On or about December 15, 2016, at the facility where an employee suffered a chemical overexposure that resulted in an in-patient hospitalization from a work-related incident was not reported to OSHA within 24 hours.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $6972
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 342059433.
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