HOUSTON, TX —
OSHA Inspection: MERIT SERVICES SOLUTION
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of MERIT SERVICES SOLUTION in 6900 LAWNDALE AVE, HOUSTON, TX 77023 (NAICS 561730). OSHA activity number 343196218.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- MERIT SERVICES SOLUTION
- Site address
- 6900 LAWNDALE AVE
- City
- HOUSTON
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77023
- Mailing
- 5205 DOW RD, HOUSTON, TX 77040
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- 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
- 561730
- Employees
- 12
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2018
- Abate by
- Aug 1, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $5,543 · Current $3,326 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 maintenance yard, a written hazard communication program had not been developed and implemented. Employees are exposed to hazardous substances such as, but not limited to, gasoline, containing benzene.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3325.8
- — Z (S) $5543
1910.1200 G01
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2018
- Abate by
- Aug 1, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use: a) At the maintenance yard, a safety data sheet for gasoline, containing benzene, was not maintained.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1200 H01
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2018
- Abate by
- Aug 1, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: a) At the maintenance yard, employees had not received hazard communication information and training. Employees are exposed to hazardous substances such as, but not limited to, gasoline, containing benzene.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1904.4 A
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2018
- Abate by
- Aug 1, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent: a) At Forrest Park Lawndale Cemetery, an OSHA Form 300 was not kept for calendar year 2018.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $9,239 · Current $5,543 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of an employee, as a result of a work-related incident, the employer did not report the in-patient hospitalization to OSHA: a) On or about May 17, 2018, in Forrest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Merit Services Solution did not report to OSHA the hospitalization of an employee within 24-hours of the work-related incident causing the hospitalization.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $5543.4
- — Z (O) $9239
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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 343196218.
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