Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(iv): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not develop and implement the means, procedures, and practices necessary for safe permit entry operations, including providing; purging, inerting, flushing, or venting the permit space as necessary to eliminate or control atmospheric hazards: a. On or about 1/16/2018 at the establishment located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL, for employees performing cleaning tasks inside permit-required chemical transporting tanks, the employer did not enforce procedures for the use of continuous forced air ventilation or similar practices for a safe entry operation, exposing employees to a hazardous atmosphere created by carbon monoxide. An employee was exposed to 2,418.6 ppm of carbon monoxide (CO) over a 30 minute time period, based on the carboxyhemoglobin level in the employee's blood. This was equivalent to an 8-hour TWA exposure of 151.2 ppm, which is 3.02 times the OSHA-PEL of 50 ppm. The Tampa Bay Truck Wash, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1021462, citation number 1, item number 4c and was affirmed as a final order on 7/21/2015, with respect to a workplace located at 5911 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd., Tampa, FL.