Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them): (a) Dominguez Welding LLC, at Sekich tank battery, Weld County Road 13 and Weld County Road 32, Mead, CO: On and preceding 5/25/17, Dominguez Welding LLC did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them). Dominguez Welding LLC directed and controlled the work of two welder's assistants at a construction project at a crude oil tank battery. Work was performed in and adjacent to an excavation for the produced water pipe from the separator to the produced water tank and for the oil fill pipe, backpressure pipe, and bypass pipe from the separator to crude oil tank #1. Dominguez Welding LLC did not ensure that a competent person frequently and regularly inspected the worksite. This condition exposed a welder's assistant to excavation, fire, and explosion hazards.