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

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: (a) Now or Never Trucking Inc, at Weld County Roads 40 and 13, W 0.5 mile, S 0.1 mile, Gaddis Horizontal Pad, Johnstown, CO: On and preceding 7/13/14, Now or Never Trucking Inc 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. Employees performed gauging and sampling of crude oil at the oil well tank battery. Employees performed these tasks at open thief hatches and adjacent to opened blow down vents. Flammable hydrocarbon gases were vented through open thief hatches and blow down vents. The employer allowed one employee to voluntarily wear a North 7700 half face air purifying respirator with OV/P100 cartridges. The employee had not received a respirator medical evaluation. This condition exposed the employee to a respiratory hazard.