WEST HAVEN, CT —
OSHA Inspection: CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. in 50 FRESH MEDOW ROAD, WEST HAVEN, CT 06516 (NAICS 562211). OSHA activity number 342714813.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
- Site address
- 50 FRESH MEDOW ROAD
- City
- WEST HAVEN
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06516
- Mailing
- 770 DERBY AVENUE, SEYMOUR, CT 06483
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 562211
- Employees
- 2500
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 C05 II C
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $5,432 · Current $5,400 Reduced
N104
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(C): Employees entered into permit spaces that met the conditions set forth in 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(i) but before an employee entered the space, the internal atmosphere was not tested with a calibrated direct-reading instrument. Jobsite: The company did not ensure that the internal atmospheric testing was done prior to an employee entered into the permit required confined space.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $5400
- — Z (S) $5432
1910.146 F08
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $5,432 · Current $5,400 Reduced
N104
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(f)(8): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the measures used to isolate the permit space and to eliminate or control permit space hazards before entry: Jobsite: The employer did not describe and identify the methods and measures used to eliminate and/or control the hazards inside permit required confined space before entry.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $5400
- — Z (S) $5432
1910.146 K03
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $10,864 · Current $10,800 Reduced
N104
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3): Whenever an authorized entrant entered a permit space to perform rescue services, retrieval systems or methods were not used to facilitated non-entry: Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that appropriate types of retrieval systems and/or methods were utilized to facilitate non-entry when a rescue of an employee needed from the nickel plating tank, a Permit Required Confined Space. On/or about September 30, 2017, the employee, working inside the above confined space needed to be rescued due to multiple breaks to the leg/ankle. The employee was transported to a local hospital for care.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $10800
- — Z (S) $10864
1910.146 E05 II
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $1,016 · Current $1,000 Reduced
N104
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(e)(5)(ii): The entry supervisor did not terminate the entry and cancel the entry permit when a condition that was not allowed under the entry permit arose in or near the permit: Jobsite: The entry supervisor did not terminate the entry and cancel the entry permit when an employee suffered a broken foot/ankle while working inside nickel plating tank, Permit Required Confined Space. On/or about September 30, 2017, the employee needed to be rescued due to the injuries sustained and was transported to a local hospital for care.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1000
- — Z (O) $1016
1910.146 J03
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
N104
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(j)(3): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor terminated the entry and canceled the permit as required by 29 CFR 1910.146(e)(5)(a): Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the entry supervisor terminated the entry and canceled the entry permit when an employee suffered a broken foot/ankle while working inside nickel plating tank, a Permit Required Confined Space. On/or about September 30, 2017, the employee, working inside the above confined space needed to be rescued due to multiple breaks to the leg/ankle. The employee was transported to a local hospital for care.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.146 E06
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2017
- Abate by
- Jan 18, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $1,016 · Current $0 Reduced
N104
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(e)(6): The employer did not note any problems encountered during an entry operation on the pertinent permit so that appropriate revisions to the permit space program could be made Jobsite: The employer did not ensure that the accident/incident, happened on/about September 30, 2017 whereby an employee sustained multiple injuries to leg/ankle while working inside nickel plating tank,a Permit Required Confined Space was noted on the permit to facilitate review and revisions. On/or about September 30, 2017, the was rescued from the tank and transported to a local hospital for care.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $1016
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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 342714813.
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