OSHA Inspection: VERDE WATER SOLUTIONS, LLC

Issued

Jul 18, 2018

Abate by

Aug 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $7,760 · Current $3,000 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:     a) At the facility, where the employer did not identify and evaluate the airborne concentrations of sulfuric acid and other acids stored at the facility.

Issued

Jul 18, 2018

Abate by

Aug 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $1,800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:    a) At the facility, where the employer did not provide medical evaluations to the employees prior to the use of North full face respirators.

Issued

Jul 18, 2018

Abate by

Aug 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $5,174 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using tight-fitting facepiece respirators were not fit tested prior to initial use of the respirator:    a) At the facility, where the employer did not fit test the employees prior to the use of North full face respirators.

Issued

Jul 18, 2018

Abate by

Aug 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,880 · Current $1,800 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:    a) At the facility, where the employer did not maintain a written hazard communication program at the site.

Issued

Jul 18, 2018

Abate by

Aug 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):   The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  a) At the facility, where the employer did not maintain safety data sheets (SDSs) for chemicals such as, but not limited to, sulfuric acids (98%), sodium carbonate, ferric chloride solutions, and SuperSAS.

Issued

Jul 18, 2018

Abate by

Aug 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iii): Employee training did not include the measures employees can take to protect themselves from chemical hazards, including specific procedures the employer had implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures and personal protective equipment to be used:  a) At the facility, where the employer did not develop and train employees on the decontamination procedures for individuals that handled plastic totes that contained sulfuric acid.

Issued

Jul 18, 2018

Abate by

Aug 22, 2018

Penalty

Initial $726 · Current $400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii):  An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years:    a) At the facility, where the employer did not evaluate the forklift operator's performance on the Caterpillar Forklift TC60D at least once every three years.