CATARINA, TX —
OSHA Inspection: R-360 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLC PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY WEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of R-360 ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLC PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY WEEKS ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC in 193 FM 2688, CATARINA, TX 78836 (NAICS 562111). OSHA activity number 347351819.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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?
- Site address
- 193 FM 2688
- City
- CATARINA
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78836
- Mailing
- 1046 FM716, THE WOODLANDS, TX 77381
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 562111
- Employees
- 26
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
8 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.28 B01 I
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 3, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $11,292 · Current $11,292
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): Except as provided elsewhere in this section 29 CFR 1910.28, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): On or about March 14, 2024, and times prior thereto at this workplace employees conducted washing operations of oil waste on open top end dump tractor trailers at 4 feet or more above a lower level without a means of fall protection. The employees climbed on the wash rack platform railing to reach and wash inside the open top end dump trailer.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $11292
- — C (S) $11292
- — Z (S) $11292
1910.132 D02
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 3, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $11,292 · Current $3,901 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed: On or about March 14, 2024, and times prior thereto the employer entered and or broke the plane of entry at frac tanks and vacuum truck tanks to conducted cleaning operations without a written PPE certification of assessment of potential hazards. As a result, the employer did not verify by written certification that a workplace hazard assessment to determine if goggles, face shields, respirators, protective suits, rubber gloves or rubber boots were needed.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $3901
- — C (S) $11292
- — Z (S) $11292
1910.134 C01
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 3, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $11,292 · Current $3,901 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 March 14, 2024, and times prior thereto, the employer did not have a written respiratory protection program to protect employees from hazardous atmospheres when respirators were used.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $3901
- — C (S) $11292
- — Z (S) $11292
1910.146 C01
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 3, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $11,292 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1):The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces. On or about March 14, 2024, and times prior thereto the employer entered and or broke the plane of entry at frac tanks and vacuum truck tanks to conducted cleaning operations. The tanks contained foreign materials prior to being sent to be washed and did not have confined space evaluations.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $11292
- — Z (S) $11292
1910.146 D05 II
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 3, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(ii): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions when entry operations were conducted by testing or monitoring the permit space as necessary. On or about March 14, 2024, and times prior thereto, the employer entered and or broke the plane of entry at frac tanks and vacuum truck tanks to conducted cleaning operations, the employer did not evaluate permit space conditions during entry operations by testing or monitoring the frac tanks and vacuum truck tanks as necessary.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 C04
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 3, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): The written permit space entry program was not available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives. On or about March 14, 2024, and times prior thereto the employer entered and or broke the plane of entry at frac tanks and vacuum truck tanks to conducted cleaning operations. A written permit space entry program was not available for inspection by the employees.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 3, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $11,292 · Current $0 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. On or about March 14, 2024, and times prior thereto the employer entered and or broke the plane of entry at frac tanks and vacuum truck tanks to conducted cleaning operations without warning employees of hazards posed by the permit spaces.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $11292
- — Z (S) $11292
1910.38 B
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2024
- Abate by
- Oct 3, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $906 · Current $906
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.38(b): An emergency action plan was not in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review. On or about March 14, 2024, and times prior thereto the employer conducted washing and disposal of oilfield waste from various trailers without a written emergency action plan.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $906
- — C (O) $906
- — Z (O) $906
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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 347351819.
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