OSHA Inspection: TAMPA BAY TANK WASH, INC.

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4065.00 · Current $2340.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

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:     a) On or about 1/16/2018 at the establishment located on 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL, employees entering permit-required chemical transporting tanks were provided with air purifying respirators without an evaluation of the respiratory hazards inside the confined atmosphere, exposing employees to potential irreversible adverse health effects, and impairment of an individual's ability to escape from a dangerous atmosphere.

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5691.00 · Current $3920.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3)(i): Each authorized entrant did not use a chest or full body harness, with a retrieval line attached at the center of the entrant's back near shoulder level, or above the entrant's head:     a. On or about 1/16/2018 at the establishment located on 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL, employees performing cleaning tasks inside permit-required chemical transporting tanks were not wearing a harness and retrieval line. Employees were exposed to a hazardous atmosphere created by carbon monoxide, in that, an employee lost consciousness inside the tank and had to be carried out by personnel who entered the tank.

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4065.00 · Current $2340.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2): Employee(s) were exposed to an airborne concentration of Carbon monoxide listed in Table Z-1 in excess of the 8 hour Time Weighted Average concentration of 50 ppm:     a) On or about 1/16/2018 at the establishment located on 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL, an employee cleaning the inside of a chemical transporting tank was exposed to 2,418.6 ppm of carbon monoxide (CO) over a 30 minute time period, based on the carboxyhemoglobin level in the employee's blood.  This is equivalent to an 8-hour TWA exposure of 151.2 ppm, which is 3.02 times the OSHA-PEL of 50 ppm.

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11382.00 · Current $6850.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(iv): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit entry operations, including providing; purging, inerting, flushing, or venting the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards:    a. On or about 1/16/2018 at the establishment located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL, for employees performing cleaning tasks inside permit-required chemical transporting tanks, the employer did not enforce procedures for the use of continuous forced air ventilation or similar practices for a safe entry operation, exposing employees to a hazardous atmosphere created by carbon monoxide.  An employee was exposed to 2,418.6 ppm of carbon monoxide (CO) over a 30 minute time period, based on the carboxyhemoglobin level in the employee's blood.  This was equivalent to an 8-hour TWA exposure of 151.2 ppm, which is 3.02 times the OSHA-PEL of 50 ppm.     The Tampa Bay Truck Wash, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1021462, citation number 1, item number 4c and was affirmed as a final order on 7/21/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL.

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11382.00 · Current $6850.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions exist before entry was authorized to begin:    a. On or about 1/16/2018 at the establishment located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL, for employees conducting permit-required confined space entry to clean chemical transporting tanks, a gas detector was not used to determine the atmospheric condition of the tank before entry to conduct cleaning activities, exposing employees to a hazardous atmosphere created by carbon monoxide.  An employee lost consciousness while working inside the tank. The employee was exposed to 2,418.6 ppm of carbon monoxide (CO) over a 30 minute time period, based on the carboxyhemoglobin level in the employee's blood.  This is equivalent to an 8-hour TWA exposure of 151.2 ppm, which is 3.02 times the OSHA-PEL of 50 ppm.     The Tampa Bay Truck Wash, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1021462, citation number 1, item number 6 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/21/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL.

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11382.00 · Current $6850.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9): The employer did not develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and/or for preventing unauthorized entry:    a. On or about 1/16/2018 at the establishment located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL, the employer did not implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, if needed, for employees performing cleaning tasks inside permit-required chemical transporting tanks, who were exposed to a hazardous atmosphere created by carbon monoxide. An employee lost consciousness inside the tank.    The Tampa Bay Tank Wash, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1021462, citation number 1, item number 7 and was affirmed as a final order on 7/21/2015 with respect to a workplace located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL.

Issued

2018-07-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2018-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11382.00 · Current $6850.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances C730

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:    a. On or about 1/16/2018 at the establishment located on 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL, employees conducted a permit-required confined space entry into a chemical transporting tank containing a hazardous atmosphere created by carbon monoxide, and the employer had not prepared an entry permit.    The Tampa Bay Truck Wash, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1021462, citation number 1, item number 8b and was affirmed as a final order on 7/21/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL.