OSHA Inspection: STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC.

Issued

2022-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14502.00 · Current $14502.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.110(e)(14)(i): LP-Gas-Fueled vehicles were stored or serviced inside garages while there were leaks in the fuel system:  a. Site - Employees were exposed to explosion and fire hazards when an LP-Gas-Fueled school bus was serviced indoors without the fuel tank being drained in accordance with manufacturers requirements, resulting in a fuel leak which caused an explosion that critically injured two employees and caused catastrophic property damage.

Issued

2022-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.110(e)(14)(iii): LP-Gas-Fueled vehicles were parked near sources of heat, open flames, or similar sources of ignition:  a. Site - Employees were exposed to explosion and fire hazards when an LP-Gas-Fueled school bus was serviced indoors without the fuel tank being drained in accordance with manufacturers requirements and parked in the presence of multiple ignition sources.   A fuel leak resulted in an explosion that critically injured two employees and caused catastrophic property damage.

Issued

2022-08-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2022-09-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14502.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.110(b)(16): Personnel performing removal, operation, and/or maintenance on Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) equipment were not properly trained in such functions:  Site - Employees were exposed to explosion and fire hazards while  performing maintenance on Liquid Petroleum Gas powered school busses when they were not adequately trained to identify hazards associated with such systems and the procedures to be followed to prevent those hazards.