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OSHA's Corpus Christi Area Office initiated a safety and health inspection on Oct. 12, 2010, following a complaint about the company's facility on West County Road 431 where employees were processing waste materials without the use of respiratory protection or protective eye equipment.
"This company exposed its employees to numerous preventable workplace safety and health hazards," said Michael Rivera, OSHA's area director in Corpus Christi. "OSHA standards must be adhered to in order to avoid injuries and fatalities."
The serious violations include failing to provide guardrails around pits, platforms and stairs; provide appropriate personal protective equipment such as goggles or gloves; develop a respiratory protection program; provide a confined space entry program and procedures; and develop and implement a hazard communication program. OSHA issues a serious citation when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known.
Waste Facility Inc., which employs about 21 workers in Premont, cleans vacuum trucks and fractionation tanks associated with oil and gas operations.
The company has 15 business days from receipt of citations to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA's area director in Corpus Christi or contest the citations and proposed penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Employers and employees with questions about workplace safety and health standards can call OSHA's Corpus Christi office at 361-888-3428. To report workplace incidents, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, call the agency's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742).
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