OSHA Inspection: GULFEX, LP

Issued

2015-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2975.00 · Current $1785.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:  a) At Bay 6, on the southeast bay doors, employees welding and performing grinding work were exposed to slips, trips, and falls due to welding and air hoses laid out within the exit and surrounding area.

Issued

2015-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2520.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment was not used when necessary whenever hazards capable of causing injury and impairment were encountered:  a) At the site, in Bay 5, welding employees were not provided adequate anchorage points when expected to don personal fall arrest harnesses while working atop tanks and vessels approximately 14 feet above the ground.

Issued

2015-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4200.00 · Current $2520.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii): The  point of operation of machines whose operation exposed an employee to injury, was not guarded:  a) In Bay 4, on March 12, 2014, a plate rolling employee was exposed to caught-in hazards created by rotating parts of a Comac Bending Machine (Model 305 Serial Number 3051185) which was unguarded at the point of operation.

Issued

2015-04-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2015-05-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3500.00 · Current $2100.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours.   a) On March 12, 2015, the employer did not report the in-patient hospitalization of an employee