HOUSTON, TX —
OSHA Inspection: BOCCARD PIPE FABRICATORS, INC.
Unprogrammed Related inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Related health inspection of BOCCARD PIPE FABRICATORS, INC. in 2500 GALVESTON RD., HOUSTON, TX 77017 (NAICS 332996). OSHA activity number 346472244.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- BOCCARD PIPE FABRICATORS, INC.
- Site address
- 2500 GALVESTON RD.
- City
- HOUSTON
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77017
- Mailing
- 2500 GALVESTON RD., HOUSTON, TX 77017
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Unprogrammed Related (G)
- 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
- 332996
- Employees
- 40
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 C02 II
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2023
- Abate by
- Jul 5, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $6,250 · Current $3,750 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii):The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user: At the facility, where the employer did not establish and implement a respiratory protection program for voluntary use of elastomeric respirators.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3750
- — Z (S) $6250
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2023
- Abate by
- Jul 5, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1):The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: At the facility, in bay 3, where the employer did not provide medical evaluations to employees wearing elastomeric respirators. An employee was wearing a 3M elastomeric half face respirator while the employee was welding on carbon steel.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 H01
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2023
- Abate by
- Jun 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1):Respirators were not cleaned and disinfected using the procedures in Appendix B-2 of 29 CFR 1910.134 or equivalent procedures recommended by the respirator manufacturer: At the facility, in Bay 3, where the 3M elastomeric half face respirator was not cleaned and disinfected.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 K06
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2023
- Abate by
- Jun 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6):The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer: At the facility in Bay 3, where employees were not provided the information in Appendix D of 29 CRF 1910. 134.
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 346472244.
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