GEISMAR, LA ·
OSHA Inspection: WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP in 36045 HIGHWAY 30, GEISMAR, LA 70734 (NAICS 325211). OSHA activity number 344713680.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- WESTLAKE VINYLS COMPANY, LP
- Site address
- 36045 HIGHWAY 30
- City
- GEISMAR
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70734
- Mailing
- POB 228, GEISMAR, LA 70734
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 325211
- Employees
- 25
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $13,494 · Current $13,494
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not 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: a) On or about March 29, 2020, PVC Unit, line 3, reactor 8; the employer did not ensure that the entry point of a permit required confined space was adequately marked to warn exposed employees of the dangers posed if entered.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $13494
- · Z (S) $13494
1910.1017 F02
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2020
- Abate by
- Sep 28, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $13,494 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1017(f)(2): When engineering controls were not sufficient to reduce employee(s) exposures to vinyl chloride below the permissible exposure limit, the exposure was not controlled to the lowest practical level, and shall be supplemented by respiratory protection in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section. On or about March 29, 2020, PVC Unit - line #3, employees performing maintenance on a Reactor containing Vinyl Chloride did not utilize adequate respiratory protection when opening the manway/maintenance hatch on the reactor.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $13494
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 344713680.
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