OSHA Inspection: BULK TEK SALES & LEASING, INC.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2765.00 · Current $1910.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use:  On or about September 21, 2023, employees are required to wear a tight-fitting respirator when performing welding and cutting activities inside tanks and the employer did not develop and implement a written respiratory protection program with worksite-specific procedures for respirator use that included all provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix).

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On or about September 21, 2023, employees were required to wear a tight-fitting respirator when performing welding activities inside tanks and the employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine each employee's ability to use a respirator before requiring the use.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested:  On or about September 21, 2023, employees were required to wear a tight-fitting respirator and the employer did not require employees to be annually fit tested.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A): Respirators with tight-fitting facepieces were worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function.  On September 21, 2023, employees were required to wear a tight-fitting respirator and the employer allowed respirators with tight-fitting facepieces to be worn by employees who had facial hair that came between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interfered with valve function.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3687.00 · Current $2580.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): 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 the permit spaces: NOTE: A sign reading DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign:  On or about September 21, 2023, employees enter stainless steel tanks for inspections and repairs and the employer did not inform exposed employees by posting danger signs that reads DANGER-PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146:  On or about September 21, 2023, employees entered stainless steel tanks for inspections and repairs and the employer had not developed a written permit space entry program.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(f): The entry permit that documents compliance with this section and authorizes entry did not identify the required information listed in (f)(1)-(f)(15):  On or about September 21, 2023, employees enter stainless steel tanks for inspections and repairs and the employer did not require the use of an entry permit.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3687.00 · Current $2580.00 Reduced

Hazardous substances 0689

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). The employer is to make this determination in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2), the scheduled monitoring option, or paragraph (d)(3), the performance-oriented option:  On or about September 21, 2023, employees performed welding activities inside stainless steel tanks and the employer had not performed initial monitoring to determine exposures to hexavalent chromium.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3687.00 · Current $2580.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  On or about September 21, 2023, employees were exposed to chemicals including but not limited to Non-Lift Alkyd Primer, Alkyd Enamel-Ice Gray, Acetone, Hexavalent Chromium and the employer did not develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program with at least a description of how the criteria for the following requirements would be met by the company:   a) use of labels and other forms of warning,  b) provision of hazardous chemical information and training to employees,  c) maintenance of an updated list of hazardous chemicals present at the facility,  d) methods the employer will use to inform employees of the hazards of non-routine tasks and hazards associated with chemicals contained in unlabeled pipes in their work areas.  e) methods the employer will use to inform other employers on-site on their precautionary measures to protect employees during normal operating conditions and in foreseeable emergencies, the labeling system used in the workplace and to provide other employers on-site access to safety data sheets.

Issued

2024-01-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2024-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  On September 21, 2023, employees were exposed to chemicals including but not limited to, Non-Lift Alkyd Primer, Alkyd Enamel-Ice Gray, Acetone, Hexavalent Chromium and the employer did not ensure employees were provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area.