OSHA Inspection: PROCO, INC.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Sep 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $3,298 · Current $3,298

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  At this establishment, employees engaged in welding activities voluntarily wear half-face, negative pressure, tight-fitting respirators.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Sep 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of this section, was not provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer:  At this facility, employees engaged in welding and metal fabrication activities voluntarily wear filtering facepieces and elastomeric, half-face, negative-pressure, tight-fitting respirators.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $2,803 · Current $2,803

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iii): Lavatories were not provided with hand soap or similar cleansing agent:  The shop men's lavatory, employees involved in welding and metal fabricating activities were not provided soap to wash their hands and face.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.141(d)(2)(iv): Lavatories were not provided with individual hand towels or sections thereof, of cloth or paper, warm air blowers or clean individual sections of continuous cloth toweling:  In the shop restroom, employees engaged in welding and metal fabricating activities did not have a means to dry their hands.  The air hand dryer in the restroom was broken.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Sep 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $9,054

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces:  At this establishment, employees were exposed to permit-required confined space hazards when they welded inside tanker truck tanks and septic tanks.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Sep 11, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): 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 or monitoring the permit space as necessary:  At this establishment, employees conducted welding activities in a permit-required confined space.  The atmosphere was not tested and/or monitored, continuously and/or frequently, once welding operations began inside the permit-required confined space.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Sep 4, 2018

Penalty

Initial $9,054 · Current $9,054

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(vi)(C):  Cutting or welding was permitted in the presence of explosive atmospheres (mixture of flammable gases, vapors, liquids, or dusts with air), or explosive atmospheres that could develop inside uncleaned or improperly prepared tanks or equipment which had previously contained such materials, or that could develop in areas with an accumulation of combustible dusts:  At this establishment, employees engaged in welding activities inside a fabricated tank were exposed to injury when an explosion occurred inside the tank where the welding was conducted.  The employer did not ensure employees were not welding in an explosive atmosphere.

Issued

Aug 24, 2018

Abate by

Aug 30, 2018

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(4)(iv): Where the welder must enter a confined space through a manhole or other small opening, means was not provided for quickly removing the welder in case of emergency:  At this establishment, an employee engaged in welding activities inside a fabricated tank was exposed to injury when an explosion occurred inside the tank where the welding was conducted.  The employer did not ensure a means to retrieve the welder from the confined space was on hand.