OSHA Inspection: C.A. NORRIS, LLC

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2273.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.407(b): Equipment, wiring methods, and installations of equipment in hazardous (classified) locations were not approved as intrinsically safe or approved for the hazardous (classified) location or safe for the hazardous (classified) location:    a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  Employees were utilizing an electric pressure washer inside of a tank which contained gasoline vapors.  The power washer was not rated for a class 1 Div 1 location.

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2273.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(a): Before it began work at a worksite, the employer did not ensure that a competent person identified all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directed may have worked, and/or did not identify each space that was a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary:    a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  Confined spaces were not identified prior to the start of work.

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(b)(1): If the workplace contains one or more permit spaces, the employer who identifies, or who receives notice of, a permit space must inform exposed employees by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, each permit space.  A sign reading "DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER" or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.  a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  Employees were not notified that the tanks were permit required confined spaces.

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2273.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(d): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with �1926.1204:    a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  The company had not developed and implemented a written permit required confined space program prior to entry into gasoline tanks.     Abatement certification is required for this item.

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(e)(2)(iii): Before an employee enters the space, the internal atmosphere must be tested with a calibrated, direct-reading instrument, for oxygen content, for flammable gases and vapors, and for potential toxic air contaminants, in that order:  a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  The company did not test the internal atmosphere of the gasoline storage tanks prior to entry.

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1203(e)(2)(iv): Employees were allowed inside of confined spaces which contained a hazardous atmosphere:  a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  Employees were working inside of a gasoline storage tank which contained ignitable vapors above the lower explosive limit (LEL).

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2273.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1207(a): The employer did not provide training to each employee whose work is regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and did not ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties assigned under this standard:    a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  Employees required to work in and around permit confined spaces were not provided with any training regarding the identification of permit spaces, the hazards associated with permit spaces, along with how to mitigate and avoid hazards associated with permit spaces.     Abatement certification is required for this item.

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $2273.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1211(c)(1): Each authorized entrant did not use a chest or full body harness, with a retrieval line:    a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  Employees working inside of a permit space were not utilizing any retrieval system.

Issued

2019-03-12 00:00:00

Abate by

2019-03-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3031.00 · Current $1819.00 Reduced

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: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    a) On or about 11/30/2018, 299 South Main Street, Elmira, NY:  Employees were exposed to residual gasoline while performing tank cleaning work.  Employees were not provided with training in regards to that hazards  and properties associated with gasoline.             Abatement certification is required for this item