TRENTON, NE —
OSHA Inspection: BEREXCO LLC
Federal Agency inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a federal Agency health inspection of BEREXCO LLC in INTERSECTION OF RD 709 AND RD 357, TRENTON, NE 69044 (NAICS 213112). OSHA activity number 342089919.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- BEREXCO LLC
- Site address
- INTERSECTION OF RD 709 AND RD 357
- City
- TRENTON
- State
- NE
- ZIP
- 69044
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 516, TRENTON, NE 69044
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Federal Agency (M)
- 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
- 213112
- Employees
- 29
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.29 F03
- Issued
- May 1, 2017
- Abate by
- Jun 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $7,243 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.29(f)(3): Handrails and stair rail systems were not smooth-surfaced to protect employees from injury, such as punctures or lacerations, and to prevent catching or snagging of clothing; The employer is failing to protect employees from lacerations and abrasions hazards. This was most recently documented on February 7, 2017 at the Wyss Tank Battery located on the South East corner of the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Road 357, South West of Trenton Nebraska. The employer is failing to ensure that the stair rail system had hand rails constructed of a smooth-surface. Employees accessed tank battery hatches to gauge tanks via a fabricated stair system, equipped with hand rails fabricated from 90 degree angled steel. The angled steel had holes along the entire hand rail surface. This condition exposed employees to lacerations and abrasion hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $7243
1910.29 F04
- Issued
- May 1, 2017
- Abate by
- Jun 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $4,240
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.29(f)(4): Opening in a stair rail system exceeds 19 inches (48 cm) at its least dimension: The employer is failing to protect employees from a fall hazard. This was most recently documented on February 7, 2017 at the Wyss Tank Battery located on the South east corner of the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Road 357, South West of Trenton Nebraska. The employer failed to ensure that the stair rail system installed on the open side(s) of the stairs, used to access the platform between the oil collection tanks, did not have openings in excess of 19 inches in its least dimension. The measurement was 22 inches in its least dimension.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $4240
- — Z (S) $0
1910.151 B
- Issued
- May 1, 2017
- Abate by
- May 25, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $5,432 · Current $3,260 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.151(b): First aid supplies approved by a consulting physician were not readily available: The employer is failing to protect employees from infection from untreated injuries such as cuts and lacerations. This was most recently documented on February 7, 2017 at the Wyss Tank Battery located on the South East corner of the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Road 357, South West of Trenton Nebraska. The employer failed to ensure that employees designated as "pumper" were provided with first aid kits when working in the oil fields.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3260
- — Z (S) $5432
1910.1020 E02 I A 3
- Issued
- May 1, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,054 · Current $4,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1020(e)(2)(i)(A)(3): Exposure records to the extent necessary to reasonably indicate the amount and nature of the toxic substances or harmful physical agents at workplaces or under working conditions to which the employee is being assigned or transferred were not being maintained: The employer is failing to maintain exposure record(s) of employee monitoring and exposure to hydrogen sulfide. This was most recently documented on February 7, 2017 at the Wyss Tank Battery located on the South East corner of the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Road 357, South West of Trenton Nebraska. The employer is failing to maintain records related to exposure in the following but not limited to: a) Employees are provided single gas direct reading instruments to alert employees to potentially life-threatening atmospheres and/or document employee exposure to hydrogen sulfide. The employer does not maintain these exposure records for employees. b) Employees are not provided gas direct reading instruments to alert employees to potentially life-threatening atmospheres and/or to document employee exposures to acute hydrocarbons or oxygen deficient atmospheres.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $4500
- — Z (S) $9054
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- May 1, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $8,000 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: The employer is failing to ensure that a workplace written hazard communication program was maintained. This condition was most recently documented on February 7, 2017 at the Wyss Tank Battery located on the South East corner of the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Road 357, South West of Trenton Nebraska. Pumpers utilize the following, including but not limited to, chemicals, crude oil, lubricants, and solvents.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8000
- — Z (S) $12675
1910.1200 H03 II
- Issued
- May 1, 2017
- Abate by
- Aug 16, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii): Employee training did not include the physical and health hazards of the chemicals in the work area: The employer is failing to train employees on potential exposure to and subsequent health both chronic and acute from the effects of exposure to hydrocarbon gases and vapors, fire, explosions and oxygen deficient atmospheres. This was most recently documented on February 7, 2017 at the Wyss Tank Battery located on the South East corner of the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Road 357, South West of Trenton Nebraska. The employer failed to train employees on the potential health effects of hydrocarbon gases and vapors to include but not limited to chronic and acute health hazards, and fire and/or explosion hazards during tank gauging.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
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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 342089919.
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