Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 19100146 D03 IV Permit-required confined spaces
Inspection Nr: 1405010.015
Citation: 02004A
Citation Type: Willful
Abatement Date: 10/15/2021 5
Initial Penalty: $132,598.00
Current Penalty: $132,598.00
Issuance Date: 11/25/2019
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 4
Related Event Code (REC): A
Gravity: 10
Report ID: 0317700
Contest Date: 12/13/2019
Final Order: 08/16/2021
Emphasis:
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Substance: 1990
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Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
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Penalty | J: ALJ Decision | 08/16/2021 | $132,598.00 | 10/15/2021 | Willful | |
Penalty | C: Contested | 12/16/2019 | $132,598.00 | 12/16/2019 | Willful | |
Penalty | Z: Issued | 11/25/2019 | $132,598.00 | 12/16/2019 | Willful |
Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 004A 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 but not limited to, purging, inerting, flushing or ventilating the permit space as necessary to control atmospheric hazards: a) Coxton Yard, employees entered tank railcars which were permit required confined spaces with IDLH atmospheres to scrape crude oil sludge, and the interiors of the tank railcars were not purged, flushed, or ventilated prior to or throughout the entries, on or about May 27 to May 31, 2019. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED