Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(iv): Each employee was not protected from falling into a ladderway floor hole or ladderway platform hole by a guardrail system and toeboards erected on all exposed sides, except at the entrance to the hole, where a self-closing gate or an offset was not used. a) On or about 04/18/2018, at Sulfur Recovery Unit (SRU) within CITGO West Plant facility located in Corpus Christi Texas, on the rooftop of the caustic tank (585-TK-6018: 20% NaOH Caustic), the employer allowed employees to conduct an inspection on the rooftop of the tank near an unguarded ladderway floor opening. b) On or about June/13/2018, at #5 Pflatformer unit within CITGO West Plant facility located in Corpus Christi Texas, on the top of a platform which is closed to a booster compressor jacket water expansion tank, the employer allowed employees to check a level on the booster compressor jacket water expansion tank near an unguarded ladderway floor opening.