OSHA Inspection: ENDEAVOR ENERGY RESOURCES, LP

Issued

2019-10-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8354.00 · Current $8354.00

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 June 5, 2019 the employer did not provide medical evaluations for employees required to use a respirator while blasting inside of tanks; exposing employees to hazardous atmospheric conditions.

Issued

2019-10-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7161.00 · Current $7161.00

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 June 5, 2019 employees performing blasting operations inside of tanks were exposed to atmospheric hazards because employees were not informed that they were entering a confined space through the use of danger signs.

Issued

2019-10-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7161.00 · Current $7161.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1): Before entry was authorized, the employer did not document the completion of measures required by 29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) by preparing an entry permit:  On or about June 5, 2019 employees performing blasting operations inside of tanks were exposed to atmospheric hazards because an entry permit was not prepared prior to entrance.

Issued

2019-10-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-08-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $8354.00 · Current $8354.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.  On or about June 5, 2019 employees using scaffolds to blast the inside of tanks were exposed to struck-by hazards when the scaffolds were not erected under the supervision and direction of a competent person.