OSHA Inspection: FEMCO HOLDINGS, LLC

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $7,246 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(h)(3)(ii): The contract employer did not assure that each contract employee was instructed in the known potential fire, explosion, or toxic release hazards related to his/her job and the process, and the applicable provisions of the emergency action plan:    (a)  Femco Holdings LLC, at 67509 Weld County Road 71, Grover, CO: On and preceding 6/5/19, the contract employer did not assure that each contract employee was instructed in the known potential fire, explosion, or toxic release hazards related to his/her job and the process, and the applicable provisions of the emergency action plan.  Femco Holdings LLC was hired to perform contract work at a gas plant.  The gas plant contained highly hazardous chemicals in excess of the threshold quantity for flammable gases or liquids.  The gas plant was a PSM facility.  Femco Holdings LLC did not assure that each of its employees was instructed on the hazards related to their jobs and the process and the provisions of the facility emergency action plan.  This condition exposed five employees to fire, explosion, and chemical hazards.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.119(h)(3)(iv): The contract employer did not assure that each contract employee followed the safety rules of the facility including the safe work practices required by paragraph (f)(4) of this section:  (a)  Femco Holdings LLC, at 67509 Weld County Road 71, Grover, CO: On and preceding 6/5/19, the contract employer did not assure that each contract employee followed the safety rules of the facility including the safe work practices required by paragraph (f)(4) of this section.  Femco Holdings LLC was hired to perform contract work at a gas plant.  The gas plant contained highly hazardous chemicals in excess of the threshold quantity for flammable gases or liquids.  The gas plant was a PSM facility.  Femco Holdings LLC did not assure that each of its employees followed the safety rules of the facility including the safe work practices required by paragraph (f)(4) of this section, including but not limited to de-energization and isolation procedures.  This condition exposed five employees to fire, explosion, and chemical hazards.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 12, 2019

Penalty

Initial $4,347 · Current $2,700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(2)(i): At a multi-employer workplace, the employer's hazard communication program as implemented did not include methods the employer used to provide other employers with on-site access to a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical the other employers' employees may be exposed to while working:      (a) Femco Holdings LLC, at 67509 Weld County Road 71, Grover, CO: On and preceding 6/5/19, the employer's hazard communication program as implemented did not include methods the employer used to provide other employers with on-site access to a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical the other employers' employees may have been exposed to while working.  Femco Holdings LLC was hired to perform contract work at a gas plant.  Femco Holdings LLC did not ensure that its written hazard communication program as implemented included the methods used to provide on-site access to SDSs for each hazardous chemical brought to the site by Femco Holdings LLC that other employers' employees may be exposed to while working at the multi-employer worksite.  Hazardous chemicals brought to the gas plant by Femco Holdings LLC included, but were not limited to the following:    1.  Oxygen;  2.  Acetylene;   3.  Diesel fuel;  4.  Welding rods; and   5.  WD-40 Company WD-40.

Issued

Oct 7, 2019

Abate by

Nov 12, 2019

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 (SDS) 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) Femco Holdings LLC, at 67509 Weld County Road 71, Grover, CO: On and preceding 6/5/19, the employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required Safety Data Sheets (SDS) 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).  Femco Holdings LLC was hired to perform contract work at a gas plant.  Femco Holdings LLC did not ensure that SDSs were readily accessible in the workplace.  Hazardous chemicals present in the workplace included, but were not limited to the following:  1.  Oxygen; 2.  Acetylene;  3.  Diesel fuel; 4.  Welding rods;   5.  WD-40 Company WD-40; 6.  Natural gas; and  7.  Natural gas liquids.