COLORADO SPRINGS, CO —
OSHA Inspection: HOLCIM - WCR, INC.
Follow-up inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a follow-up health inspection of HOLCIM - WCR, INC. in 444 E COSTILLA, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903 (NAICS 327320). OSHA activity number 346149693.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- HOLCIM - WCR, INC.
- Site address
- 444 E COSTILLA
- City
- COLORADO SPRINGS
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80903
- Mailing
- 444 E COSTILLA, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Follow-up (F)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 327320
- Employees
- 60
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
8 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.28 B03 I
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2022
- Abate by
- Dec 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $6,215 · Current $6,215
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(i): The employer did not ensure that each employee is protected from falling through any hole (including skylights) that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level by one or more of the following methods listed in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(i)(A)-(D): a.) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to fall hazards by not ensuring each employee is protected from falling through any hole that is 4 feet or more above a lower level around the truck hopper on the mezzanine in the batch plant. Various holes were observed on this mezzanine.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $6215
- — Z (S) $6215
1910.146 K02 IV
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2022
- Abate by
- Dec 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $6,215 · Current $6,215
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(k)(2)(iv): 29 CFR 1910.146(k)(2)(iv): An employer whose employees have been designated to provide permit space rescue and emergency services did not ensure that affected employees practiced making permit space rescues at least once every 12 months: a.) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that employees who were designated to provide permit space rescue practiced making permit space rescues at least once every 12 months. Employees designated to provide permit space rescue had not performed a rescue training in over 12 months.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $6215
- — Z (S) $6215
1910.303 G02 I
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2022
- Abate by
- Jan 31, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $8,287 · Current $8,287
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): Except as elsewhere required or permitted by Subpart S of Part 1910, live parts of electric equipment operating at 50 volts or more were not guarded against accidental contact by use of approved cabinets or other forms of approved enclosures or by any of the means identified in paragraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i): a.) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer exposed employees to electrical shock hazards by not guarding live parts of electrical equipment. On the approach to the batch plant there was a box with controls, stated to be for the silo alarm, that was left open exposing wires.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $8287
- — Z (S) $8287
1910.134 C01 V
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2022
- Abate by
- Jan 31, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The written program did not contain procedures for (v): storing respirators, and (ix): regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program: a.) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer did not include procedures for storing respirators in the written program. b.) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer did not include procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program in their written respiratory protection program.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.134 C01 IX
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2022
- Abate by
- Dec 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(ix): The written respiratory protection program did not contain procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program: a.) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer did not include procedures for regularly evaluating the effectiveness of the program in their written respiratory protection program.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.134 D03 III B 2
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2022
- Abate by
- Dec 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(B)(2): The employer did not implement a change schedule for respirators not equipped with an End of Service Life Indicator that would ensure cartridges were changed before the end of their service life: a) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior the employer did not implement a change schedule for respirators not equipped with an End of Service Life Indicator.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.147 C06 II
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2022
- Abate by
- Jan 31, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii): The employer did not certify that periodic inspections of the energy control procedures had been performed including machine or equipment on which the energy control procedure was being utilized, the date of the inspection, the employees included in the inspection, and the person performing the inspection: a) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer did not certify that periodic inspections of the energy control procedures have been performed.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.147 C06 I C
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2022
- Abate by
- Dec 15, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(C): Where lockout was used for energy control, the periodic inspection did not include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected: a) On or about August 16, 2022, and at times prior, the employer did not conduct periodic inspection of the energy control procedures that included a review between the inspector and each authorized employees of that employee's responsibility under the energy control procedure being inspected.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 346149693.
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