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Abc Propane Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Roswell, New Mexico · Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals) · NAICS 424720

1inspections
3citation items
$3,500current penalties
Jan 9, 2024last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Abc Propane Inc. in New Mexico one time.

It opened on Jan 9, 2024 as part of a related case, in Roswell and is still open.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $5,000; today they stand at $3,500, 30% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1200 (hazard communication), 3 times.

Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Abc Propane Inc. averages $3,500 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Abc Propane Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347205585 OPENED JAN 9, 2024Open

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Health · 3 employees at the site · Open

813 North Virginia Avenue, Roswell, NM 88201 · Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers (except Bulk Stations and Terminals) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 30, 2023 (fatal): Employee dies from asphyxiation when overcome by chemical ga

At 11:00 a.m. on December 30, 2023, an employee working for a propane supplier was removing a toilet fixture to unclog a septic drain line. The employee poured muriatic acid into the septic line when he was overcome by gases released from the line. The employee died from asphyxiation due to high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and carbon monoxide.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$5,000$3,500Jun 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jun 18, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

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