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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 19100146 I06 I Permit-required confined spaces

Inspection Nr: 312622178

Citation: 01005C

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Date: 03/01/2010 X

Initial Penalty:

Current Penalty:

Issuance Date: 01/13/2010

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 1

Related Event Code (REC): C

Gravity: 10

Report ID: 0522300

Contest Date:

Final Order:

Emphasis:

Substance: 1340

**Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History**
Type	Latest Event	Event Date	Penalty	Abatement Due Date	Citation Type	Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty	I: Informal Settlement	02/03/2010		03/01/2010	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	01/13/2010		01/22/2010	Serious

Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 005C Hazard: REFINERY

29 CFR 1910.146(i)(6)(i): The employer did not ensure that each attendant monitored activities inside and outside the space to determine if it was safe for entrants to remain in the space and ordered the authorized entrants to evacuate the permit space immediately when the attendant detected a prohibited condition: Employees entered tank 242 under a confined space permit to perform maintenance and cleaning. The space was not evacuated when elevated levels of hydrocarbons were detected in the space.ed

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