OSHA Inspection: P3 INFRASTRUCTURE, INC.

Issued

Nov 13, 2025

Abate by

Dec 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,270 · Current $1,135 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to crush hazards:  On or about June 27, 2025, within the warehouse, employees were exposed to crushing hazards in that, the Toyota electric forklift truck (Model# 7FBCU25, Serial# 68861) was operated with a missing operator restraint system, such as a seat belt.

Issued

Nov 13, 2025

Abate by

Feb 2, 2026

Penalty

Initial $2,270 · Current $1,135 Reduced

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 June 3 , 2025, the employer did not ensure an employee performing cleaning activities on Reactor #2, approximately 8 ft. 8 in. above the lower level was protected by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.

Issued

Nov 13, 2025

Abate by

Dec 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $2,838 · Current $1,419 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 June 3 , 2025, the employer had not evaluated the workplace for the existence of permit-required confined spaces prior to allowing an employee to enter Reactor #2, a permit-required confined space, to perform cleaning activities.

Issued

Nov 13, 2025

Abate by

Dec 10, 2025

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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 June 3 , 2025, the employer had not informed exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence, location, and danger posed by Reactor #2, a permit-required confined space.  An employee entered Reactor #2 to conduct cleaning activities.

Issued

Nov 13, 2025

Abate by

Feb 2, 2026

Penalty

Initial $2,838 · Current $1,419 Reduced

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 June 3, 2025, the employer allowed an employee to enter Reactor #2, a permit-required confined space, to perform cleaning activities absent of a developed and implemented permit-required confined space program.  Program elements not developed and implemented included, but are not limited to, the following:  (i) Per 1910.146(d)(1) - measures necessary to prevent unauthorized entry into the reactor; (ii) Per 1910.146(d)(2) - identification and evaluation of the hazards of the reactor before entry; (iii) Per 1910.146(d)(3)(i) - specifying acceptable conditions for safe entry into the reactor; (iv) Per 1910.146(d)(3)(iii) - isolating the reactor from hazards (such as but not limited to, the vessel's internal agitator blades and chemical supply lines); (v) Per 1910.146(d)(3)(iv) - purging, inerting, flushing, or ventilating the reactor as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards; (vi) Per 1910.146(d)(3)(vi) - verifying that conditions in the reactor are acceptable for entry throughout the duration of authorized entry; (vii) Per 1910.146(d)(4)(i) - providing, maintaining, and ensuring the proper use of testing and monitoring equipment needed to perform atmospheric evaluations within the reactor; (viii) Per 1910.146(d)(4)(ii) - providing, maintaining, and ensuring the proper use of ventilation equipment needed to obtain acceptable entry conditions within the reactor; (ix) Per 1910.146(d)(4)(ix) - providing, maintaining, and ensuring the proper use of rescue and emergency equipment needed for non-entry rescue; (x) Per 1910.146(d)(5) - evaluating the atmospheric conditions within the reactor, through testing, prior to entry and during the course of entry operations; (xi) Per 1910.146(d)(8) - designating the persons to have active roles (authorized entrants, attendants, entry supervisors,  etc.) in entry operations for the reactor; (xii) Per 1910.146(d)(9) - summoning rescue and emergency services and rescuing entrants from the reactor; (xiii) Per 1910.146(d)(9) - providing necessary emergency services to employees rescued from the reactor; (xiv) Per 1910.146(d)(9) - preventing unauthorized personnel  from entering the reactor during a rescue; (xv) Per 1910.146(d)(10), 1910.146(e), and 1910.146(f) - preparation, issuance, use, and cancellation of permits for entry into the reactor; (xvi) Per 1910.146(d)(12) - concluding entry operations (such as closing the space and cancelling the permit) after entry into the reactor has been completed; (xvii) Per 1910.146(g) - employee training; (xviii) Per 1910.146(h), 1910.146(i), and 1910.146(j) - performance of the duties of authorized entrants, attendants, and entry supervisors; (xiv) Per 1910.146(k)(1) or 1910.146(k)(2) - designation of rescue and emergency services; (xv) Per 1910.146(k)(3) - use of retrieval rescue methods to facilitate non-entry rescue; and (xvi) Per 1910.146(l)(1) - consultation with affected employees and their authorized representatives

Issued

Nov 13, 2025

Abate by

Mar 2, 2026

Penalty

Initial $3,972 · Current $1,986 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1):The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  On or about June 27, 2025, the employer did not establish an energy control program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections. Employees using the following machines to include but not limit to the Mixers and Reactors, were not protected from the unexpected energization, startup, or release of stored energy while performing servicing and maintenance activities, such as, but not limited to replacing and cleaning of the mixer blades.