SOUR LAKE, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: KLEEN ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of KLEEN ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC in INTERSECTION OF MITCHELL AND BARKLEY ST., SOUR LAKE, TX 77659 (NAICS 562998). OSHA activity number 344828850.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- KLEEN ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
- Site address
- INTERSECTION OF MITCHELL AND BARKLEY ST.
- City
- SOUR LAKE
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77659
- Mailing
- 1902 PRIEST DR, HOUSTON, TX 77093
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
- 562998
- Employees
- 11
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.1204 B
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 13, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,398 · Current $5,398
1480
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1204(b): The employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of the permit required confined spaces before employees entered them: On or about July 9, 2020, at or near the intersection of Mitchell St. and W. Barkley St. in Sour Lake, TX, where employees were exposed to toxic sewer gases and engulfment hazards after entering a sanitary sewer manhole without the hazards of the space evaluated prior to entry.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $5398
- · C (S) $5398
- · Z (S) $5398
1926.1204 C01
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 13, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,398 · Current $5,398
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1204(c)(1): The employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including specifying acceptable entry conditions: On or about July 9, 2020, at or near the intersection of Mitchell St. and W. Barkley St. in Sour Lake, TX, the employer did not implement any procedures for safe permit space entry, exposing employees to toxic sewer gases and engulfment hazards after entering a sanitary sewer manhole.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $5398
- · C (S) $5398
- · Z (S) $5398
1926.1204 C04
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 13, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,398 · Current $5,398
1480
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1204(c)(4): The employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices for purging, inerting, flushing, or venting the confine space to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards: On or about July 9, 2020, at or near the intersection of Mitchell St. and W. Barkley St. in Sour Lake, TX, the employer did not implement procedures for eliminating, ventilating or controlling hydrogen sulfide in the space, exposing employees to toxic sewer gases when entering a sanitary sewer manhole.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $5398
- · C (S) $5398
- · Z (S) $5398
1926.1204 E01 I
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 13, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,398 · Current $0 Reduced
1480
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1204(e)(1)(i): The employer did not perform pre-entry testing of the permit space before entry was authorized: On or about July 9, 2020, at or near the intersection of Mitchell St. and W. Barkley St. in Sour Lake, TX, where two employees were exposed to toxic sewer gases and engulfment hazards after entering a sewer manhole without the confined space atmosphere being tested before entry.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $5398
- · Z (S) $5398
1926.1204 I
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 13, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $5,398 · Current $5,398
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1204(i): The employer did not 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/or for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue: On or about July 9, 2020, at or near the intersection of Mitchell St. and W. Barkley St. in Sour Lake, TX, where employees were exposed to toxic sewer gas and engulfment hazards while performing work in a sewer manhole without implementing procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $5398
- · C (S) $5398
- · Z (S) $5398
1926.1207 A
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 13, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $3,856 · Current $3,856
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1207(a): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by this standard, possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties assigned under this standard: On or about July 9, 2020, at or near the intersection of Mitchell St. and W. Barkley St. in Sour Lake, TX, where employees entering a sanitary sewer manhole had not been trained in safe permit required confined space entry.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $3856
- · C (S) $3856
- · Z (S) $3856
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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 344828850.
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