OSHA Inspection: LONE STAR ENERGY FABRICATION LLC.

Issued

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-06-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.184(e)(1): Alloy steel sling(s) did not have permanently affixed durable identification stating size, grade, rated capacity, and reach:    In the South side of bay 3 on April 10, 2014, employees were using alloy steel chain slings that did not have an identification tag affixed, exposing employees to struck by hazards.

Issued

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:    On the south side of Bay 1, on April 10, 2014, employee operated an unguarded HYD-Mech horizontal band saw, Model M-20A, Serial number T11086B1, exposing employees to amputations hazards.

Issued

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

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:    In the North end of welding bay 1, on April 10, 2014, an employee was wearing half face respirators and had not received a medical evaluation prior to using the respirator, exposing the employee to health hazards.

Issued

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting face piece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT):    In the North end of welding Bay 1 on April 10, 2014, the employer did not ensure that employees were fit tested before issuing respirators, exposing employees to inhalation hazards.

Issued

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3): Portable fire extinguishers were not subjected to an annual maintenance check:    a. In bay 3 on April 10, 2014, the employer did not conduct an annual inspection or maintenance check on fire extinguisher number 22, exposing employees to fire hazards.    b. In bay 3 on April 10, 2014, the employer did not conduct an annual inspection or maintenance check on fire extinguisher number 31, exposing employees to fire hazards.

Issued

2014-06-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-07-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(i): The employer using the scheduled monitoring option did not perform initial monitoring to determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure to chromium (VI) for each employee on the basis of a sufficient number of personal breathing zone air samples to accurately characterize full shift exposure on each shift, for each job classification, in each work area:    On the North side of Bay one, April 10, 2014, the employer did not conduct initial chromium monitoring to determine the time weighted average, exposing employees to unknown levels of chromium.