OSHA Inspection: CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION - U.S. BORDER PATROL CALEXICO STATION

Issued

Dec 31, 2020

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.106(d)(4)(iv): Ventilation. Every inside storage room was not provided with either a gravity or a mechanical exhaust ventilation system. Such system was not designed to provide for a complete change of air within the room at least six times per hour.   Building B: Evidence vault: Employees stowed Category 3 flammable liquids such as pesticides in an inside storage room that had a recirculating ventilation system connected to the inside administrative building which was not checked to ensure a complete change of air within the room met at least six times per hour prior to stowage occurring. The employees were exposed to inhalation hazards.

Issued

Dec 31, 2020

Abate by

Mar 30, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Building B and Evidence Vault: Employees were conducting locker inspections inside the building with a recirculating air handling system that contained an evidence vault with seized liquid hazardous chemicals that were in a container that leaked.  The employer had not conducted training upon introducing a new hazard into the work area. The employees were exposed to inhalation hazards.  The Customs and Border Protection was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1249068, citation number 1, item number 4 and was affirmed as a final order on 12/7/2017, with respect to a workplace located at Calexico East Port of Entry, 1699 East Carr Rd., Calexico, CA 92231.

Issued

Dec 31, 2020

Abate by

Feb 19, 2021

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.132(d)(2):The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed:  Building B: The employees seized containers of unknown pesticide mixtures, transported containers, stowed containers inside an internal evidence vault with a recirculating ventilation system, and conducted clean up of spilled liquid pesticides without the employer conducting and documenting workplace hazard assessments . The employees were exposed to inhalation hazards.  The Customs and Border Protection was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1211098, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 4/13/2017, with respect to a workplace located at 8337 N.E. Alderwood Road, Portland, OR 97220 .