OSHA Inspection: NUVERRA ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8929.00 · Current $8929.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(d):  Inspection, maintenance, and repair. The employer must ensure:  29 CFR  1910.22(d)(1):  Walking-working surfaces are inspected, regularly and as necessary, and maintained in a safe condition;  a. On or about November 28, 2022 and at times prior the employer did not inspect and ensure that the grated stairway used by employees to access the catwalk was maintained in a safe condition. The sixth stair tread of the grated stairway had a damaged three inch wide opening that created a trip hazard to employees using the stairway.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11162.00 · Current $11162.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(d)(4)(i):  Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not ensure that testing and monitoring equipment needed to comply with 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5) was maintained properly.   a. On or November 28, 2022 and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that the Gas Clip Technologies Multi Gas meter, Model: MGC-Simple, SN: D4SM285121, used by employees to test tanks prior to and during confined space entry for tank cleaning operations was maintained in a safe operating condition by regularly bump testing the meter to ensure accurate readings of the space.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11162.00 · Current $11162.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(e)(2):  Before entry begins, the entry supervisor identified on the permit shall sign the entry permit to authorize entry.  a. On or about November 28, 2022 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that the entry supervisor signed the entry permit to authorize entry prior to employees entering the confined space to perform tank cleaning.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(j)(2): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor verified, by checking that the appropriate entries had been made on the permit, that all tests specified by the permit had been conducted and that all procedures and equipment were specified.   a. On or about November 28, 2022 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that the entry supervisor verified that the appropriate entries were made on the permit, that all tests specified by the permit were been conducted and that all procedures and equipment specified by the permit were in place before endorsing the permit and allowing entry to begin by the authorized entrant to start the tank cleaning work in the confined space.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11162.00 · Current $11162.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(f)(11): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the rescue and emergency services to be summoned and the means for summoning those services.  a. On or about November 28, 2022 and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that employer established confined space permit identified rescue personnel and procedures to follow in the event of an emergency.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(f)(12): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the communication procedures used by authorized entrants and attendants to maintain contact during the entry.  a. On or about November 28, 2022 and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that employer established confined space permit established communication procedures between the attendant and entrant to ensure that ongoing communication was maintained.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11162.00 · Current $11162.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.146(h)(3):  The employer did not ensure that all authorized entrants communicated with the attendant as necessary to enable the attendant to monitor entrants of the need to evacuate the space as required by 29 CFR 1910.146(i)(6).  a. On or about November 28, 2022 and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that an effective means of communication between the attendant and authorized entrant was established to ensure that ongoing communication was maintained while tank cleaning operations were conducted.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(i)(5): The employer did not ensure that each attendant communicated with authorized entrants as necessary to monitor entrant status and to alert entrants of the need to evacuate the space as required under 29 CFR 1910.146(i)(6).  a. On or about November 28, 2022 and at times prior, the employer did not ensure that an effective means of communication between the attendant and authorized entrant was established to ensure that ongoing communication was maintained while tank cleaning operations were conducted.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11162.00 · Current $11162.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(i)(6): The employer shall ensure that each attendant monitors activities inside and outside the space to determine if it is safe for entrants to remain in the space and orders the authorized entrants to evacuate the permit space immediately.  a. On or about November 28, 2022 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that the attendant continuously monitored activities inside the confined space while entrants performed tank cleaning in order to identify unsafe conditions.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $11162.00 · Current $11162.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(k)(2): An employer whose employees have been designated to provide permit space rescue and emergency services shall take the following measures:  29 CFR  1910.146(k)(2)(ii): Train affected employees to perform assigned rescue duties. The employer must ensure that such employees successfully complete the training required to establish proficiency as an authorized entrant, as provided by paragraphs (g) and (h) of this section.  a. On or about November 28, 2022 and times prior, the employer did not ensure that the confined space attendants required to perform non-entry rescue from the tanks being cleaned were trained to perform the necessary rescue duties and procedures in the event of an emergency.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $15625.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(i):  Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.  Note: Exception: The employer need not document the required procedure for a particular machine or equipment, when all of the following elements exist: (1) The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy or reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down which could endanger employees; (2) the machine or equipment has a single energy source which can be readily identified and isolated; (3) the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment; (4) the machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance; (5) a single lockout device will achieve a locker-out condition; (6) the lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance; (7) the servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees; and (8) the employer, in utilizing this exception, has had no accidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of the machine or equipment during servicing or maintenance.  a.  On or about November 28, 2022 and at times prior the employer did not develop a documented energy control procedure (lockout/tagout, LOTO) for employees performing service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to changing out of the plates of the filter press machine, thereby exposing employees to caught-in hazards as a result.

Issued

2023-03-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $15625.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.303(g)(2)(i):  Except as�elsewhere required�or permitted�by this�standard, live�parts of�electric equipment�operating at�50 volts�or more�shall be�guarded against�accidental contact by�use of�approved cabinets�or other�forms of�approved enclosures�or by�any of�the following�means:  a.  On or about November 28, 2022, employees were exposed to electrical shock and/or arc flash hazards due to a 480-volt VFD installed in an electrical cabinet that did not enclose the live parts on the catwalk.