OSHA Inspection: SENDERO INDUSTRIES, LLC

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,381 · Current $3,842 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(b)(1):  Where the workplace contained one or more permit spaces, 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, each permit space:  a) At the jobsite, where no danger signs were posted informing employees of the existence and location of, and the danger posed by, the storm water lines, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(c):  The employer who identified, or received notice of, a permit space and had not authorized employees it directs to work in that space did not take effective preventive measures to prevent those employees from entering that permit space, in addition to complying with all other applicable requirements of this standard:  a) At the jobsite, where effective measures were not taken to prevent employees from entering the storm water lines, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Nov 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(a):  The employer did not implement the measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entry:  a) At the jobsite, where measures were not implemented to prevent the unauthorized entry of storm water lines, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Feb 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $6,381 · Current $3,829 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1203(d):  The employer did not have a written permit space program that complied with �1926.1204 implemented at the construction site:  a) At the jobsite, the written permit space program implemented by the employer for entry into storm water lines did not comply with �1926.1204, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Feb 1, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(c):  The employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit space entry operations, including, but not limited to, those specified in subparagraphs �1926.1204(c)(1) through �1926.1204(c)(8):    a) At the jobsite,  where employees entered storm water lines, the permit program developed and implemented did not specify acceptable entry conditions; did not contain the procedures for observation of monitoring by employees; did not contain the procedures to isolate the storm water lines; did not contain the procedures for purging, inerting, flushing and ventilating the storm water lines; did not contain the procedures for emergency exit of the storm water lines if the ventilation failed; did not contain the procedures for protecting the storm water lines from pedestrians and vehicles; did not contain the procedures for continuous monitoring; and did not contain the precautions for the removal of the manhole cover, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Oct 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,381 · Current $3,828 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(b): The employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees entered them:  a) At the jobsite, the hazards of the storm water lines were not identified and evaluated prior to employee entry, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Oct 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(d)(1):  The employer did not provide testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with paragraph (e) of this section:  a) At the jobsite, testing and monitoring equipment was not provided to employees prior to entering storm water lines, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Oct 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(e)(1)(i):  The employer did not perform pre-entry testing to the extent feasible before entry was authorized:   a) At the jobsite, pre-entry testing was not performed prior to employees entering storm water lines, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Oct 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(e)(1)(ii): Continuous monitoring of entry conditions in the areas where authorized entrants were working was not performed:  a) At the jobsite, continuous monitoring of the storm water lines was not conducted throughout entry as employees cleaned the lines, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,381 · Current $3,829 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(d)(8):  The employer did not provide rescue and emergency equipment needed to comply with paragraph (i) of this section:  a) At the jobsite, where employees were working inside storm water lines, rescue and emergency equipment, such as non-entry retrieval systems, were not provided, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1211(c)(1): The employer did not ensure that retrieval systems or methods were used whenever an authorized entrant entered a permit space, and did not confirm prior to entry that emergency assistance would be available in the event that non-entry rescue failed:  a) At the jobsite, where employees entered storm water lines, retrieval systems were not used during entry, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Oct 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,381 · Current $3,828 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(e)(1)(iii): The employer did not provide an early-warning system that continuously monitored for non-isolated engulfment hazards:  a) At the jobsite, the storm water lines were not equipped with an early-warning system that continuously monitored for engulfment hazards such as, but not limited to, water levels.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,381 · Current $3,829 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1204(h):  The employer did not designate each person who was to have an active roll in entry operations and did not identify the duties of each such employee, and did not provide each employee with training required by �1926.1207:  a) At the jobsite, where employees having an active role in the entry operations of storm water lines were not provided with the training required by �1926.1207, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1207(a):  The employer did not provide training to each employee whose work was regulated by this standard, at no cost to the employee, and did not ensure that the employee possessed the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of duties assigned under this standard:  a) At this jobsite, where employees entering storm water lines did not possess the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of their duties, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1208(a): The entry employer did not ensure that all authorized entrants were familiar with and understood the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs, or symptoms, and consequences of exposure:  a) At the jobsite, the entrants to the storm water lines were not familiar with and did not understand the hazards that would be faced during entry, such as the inhalation and engulfment hazards to which they would be exposed.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1209(a):  The entry employer did not ensure that each attendant was familiar with and understood the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure:  a) At the jobsite, where employees entered storm water lines, the attendant was not familiar with and did not understand the inhalation and engulfment hazard to which entrants may be exposed.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Nov 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1210(a): The entry employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor was familiar with and understood the hazards that may be faced during entry, including information on the mode, signs or symptoms, and consequences of the exposure:  a) At the jobsite, where employees entered storm water lines, the entry supervisor was not familiar with and did not understand the inhalation and engulfment hazards to which employees may be exposed.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Nov 4, 2022

Penalty

Initial $6,381 · Current $3,828 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1205(a): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by paragraph 1926.1204(c) of this standard by preparing an entry permit:  a) At the jobsite, on or about May 12 through May 19, 2022, an entry permit was not prepared for entry into storm water lines, exposing employees to inhalation and engulfment hazards.

Issued

Sep 30, 2022

Abate by

Oct 20, 2022

Penalty

Initial $512 · Current $307 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1213: For each document required to be retained in this standard, the retaining employer did not make the documents available on request to the Secretary of Labor of the Secretary's designee:  a) At the jobsite, where the permit program and other documents required to be retained by this standard were not provided upon request to the Secretary's designee after employees had entered storm water lines.