MARIETTA, OH —
OSHA Inspection: HI-VAC CORPORATION
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of HI-VAC CORPORATION in 117 INDUSTRY ROAD, MARIETTA, OH 45750 (NAICS 333249). OSHA activity number 343962544.
What this inspection record means
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- HI-VAC CORPORATION
- Site address
- 117 INDUSTRY ROAD
- City
- MARIETTA
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 45750
- Mailing
- 117 INDUSTRY ROAD, MARIETTA, OH 45750
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 333249
- Employees
- 150
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
18 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.28 B01 I
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $11,934 · Current $7,160 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): (1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following: a. On or about April 25, 2019, located in the Assembly Department, employees worked on the top of truck tanks without any means of fall protection, thereby exposing the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 9-10 feet.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $7160.4
- — Z (S) $11934
1910.106 E06 II
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Aug 20, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $8,525 · Current $5,115 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii): Grounding. Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), shall not be dispensed into containers unless the nozzle and container are electrically interconnected. Where the metallic floorplate on which the container stands while filling is electrically connected to the fill stem or where the fill stem is bonded to the container during filling operations by means of a bond wire, the provisions of this section shall be deemed to have been complied with. a. On or about May 15, 2019, located in the Painting Department, employees dispensed Finish 1 Economy Thinner from a 55 gallon drum into smaller plastic containers without bonding the containers, thereby exposing employees to a fire hazard.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5115
- — Z (S) $8525
1910.146 C01
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $11,934 · Current $7,160 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit-required confined spaces. NOTE: Proper application of the decision flow chart in Appendix A to section 1910.146 would facilitate compliance with this requirement. a. On or about May 15, 2019, located in the Blast Booth and Paint Department, the employer did not evaluate the workplace for confined spaces for existing or potential hazards when employees entered these space when fabricating, sandblasting, painting, assembly, etc. in truck tanks. The tanks had a restricted means of egress and potential for hazardous atmospheres, thereby exposing the employees to the hazards associated with permit confined space entry.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $7160.4
- — Z (S) $11934
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall 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 the permit spaces. NOTE: 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 May 15, 2019, located throughout the facility where tanks were fabricated, sandblasted, painted and assembled, there were no signs for exposed employee to inform them of the existence, location and the danger posed by a confined space.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 C04
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives. a. On or about May 15, 2019, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space program for employees that entered permit-required confined spaces fabricate, sandblast, paint, and assemble vacuum truck tanks.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D02
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2): Identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees enter them; a. On or about May 15, 2019, employees were exposed to injury from hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry. The employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards within the vacuum truck tanks prior to employee entry.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D03
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3): Develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including, but not limited to, the following: (i) Specifying acceptable entry conditions; (ii) Providing each authorized entrant or that employee's authorized representative with the opportunity to observe any monitoring or testing of permit spaces; (iii) Isolating the permit space; (iv) Purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards; (v) Providing pedestrian, vehicle, or other barriers as necessary to protect entrants from external hazards; and (vi) Verifying that conditions in the permit space are acceptable for entry throughout the duration of an authorized entry. a. On or about May 15, 2019, employees were exposed to injury from the hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry. The employer failed to develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space operations that involved entry conditions, observation of air monitoring/testing; ventilating the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards; protecting employees from external hazards; and verifying conditions that were acceptable for entry and to remain acceptable throughout entry.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D05 I
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i): Test conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions exist before entry is authorized to begin, except that, if isolation of the space is infeasible because the space is large or is part of a continuous system (such as a sewer), pre-entry testing shall be performed to the extent feasible before entry is authorized and, if entry is authorized, entry conditions shall be continuously monitored in the areas where authorized entrants are working; a. On or about May 15, 2019, the employer did not continuously monitor the atmosphere while employees painted inside of vacuum truck tanks, thereby exposing the employees to a hazardous atmosphere.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D05 II
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): Test or monitor the permit space as necessary to determine if acceptable entry conditions are being maintained during the course of entry operations; and a. On or about May 15, 2019, the employer did not test or monitor the permit space as necessary to determine if acceptable entry conditions are being maintained during the course of entry operations while employees painted inside of vacuum truck tanks, thereby exposing the employees to a hazardous atmosphere.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D06
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(6): Provide at least one attendant outside the permit space into which entry is authorized for the duration of entry operations; NOTE: Attendants may be assigned to monitor more than one permit space provided the duties described in paragraph (i) of this section can be effectively performed for each permit space that is monitored. Likewise, attendants may be stationed at any location outside the permit space to be monitored as long as the duties described in paragraph (i) of this section can be effectively performed for each permit space that is monitored. a. On or about April 25, 2019, employees were sandblasting and painting inside of vacuum truck tanks while there were no attendants, thereby exposing the employees to additional injury when exposed to the hazards associated with working permit-required confined spaces.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D08
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(8): Designate the persons who are to have active roles (as, for example, authorized entrants, attendants, entry supervisors, or persons who test or monitor the atmosphere in a permit space) in entry operations, identify the duties of each such employee, and provide each such employee with the training required by paragraph (g) of this section; a. On or about May 15, 2019, employees were exposed to injury from the hazards associated with permit confined space entry. The employer failed to designate and train personnel to have roles as authorized entrants, attendants, entry supervisors, persons to test or monitor the atmosphere when painting and sandblasting in vacuum truck tanks.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D09
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9): 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 for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue; a. On or about May 15, 2019, employees were exposed to injury from the hazards associated with permit-required confined space entry. The employer failed to develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, rescuing entrants from the vacuum truck tanks, providing necessary emergency services to rescue employees and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 D10
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(10): Develop and implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of entry permits as required by this section; a. On or about May 15, 2019, employees were exposed to injury from the hazards associated with permit confined space entry. The employer failed to develop and implement a system for the preparation, issuance, use and cancellation of entry permits for employees entering vacuum truck tanks.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 E01
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry is authorized, the employer shall document the completion of measures required by paragraph (d)(3) of this section by preparing an entry permit. NOTE: Appendix D to section 1910.146 presents examples of permits whose elements are considered to comply with the requirements of this section. a. On or about May 15, 2019, the employer failed to document an entry permit prior to authorizing employees to enter vacuum truck tanks, thereby exposing the employees to the hazards associated with confined space entry when sandblasting and painting.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 G01
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer shall provide training so that all employees whose work is regulated by this section acquire the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under this section. a. On or about May 15, 2019, the employer had not trained employees prior to being assigned to perform sandblasting and painting inside of vacuum truck tanks (permit-required confined space) to ensure the safe performance of assigned duties.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.252 B04 IV
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.252(b)(4)(iv): Lifelines. Where a welder must enter a confined space through a manhole or other small opening, means shall be provided for quickly removing him in case of emergency. When safety belts and lifelines are used for this purpose they shall be so attached to the welder's body that his body cannot be jammed in a small exit opening. An attendant with a preplanned rescue procedure shall be stationed outside to observe the welder at all times and be capable of putting rescue operations into effect. a. On or about May 15, 2019, located in the Fabrication Department, employees performed mig welding while inside of steel tanks. The employer did not provide a means to remove the employee from the tank in the event of an emergency or use an attendant to observe the welder.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.212 A03 II
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Sep 12, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $11,934 · Current $7,160 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle. a. On or about May 13, 2019, employees operated a Hydra-Tool Company hydraulic press brake in order to bend mild steel parts for vacuum truck tank fabrication and assembly. There was no guarding provided to protect the employees from the point-of-operation, thereby exposing employees to caught-between hazards. b. On or about May 15, 2019, employees operated an Atlantic hydraulic press brake in order to bend mild steel parts for vacuum truck tank fabrication and assembly. The light curtains installed on the press had been disabled and no longer protected the employees from the point-of-operation, thereby exposing employees to caught-between hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $7160.4
- — Z (S) $11934
1910.132 D02
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2019
- Abate by
- Aug 28, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment. a. On or about April 25, 2019, the employer did not verify that a workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification for painters, sandblasters, welders and plasma cutter operators.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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