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Alpha Technical Services, LC: OSHA inspections and violations

Pasadena, Texas · All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services · NAICS 562998

1inspections
4citation items
$26,852current penalties
May 29, 2019last inspection

Alpha Technical Services, LC has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on May 29, 2019 on a referral, in Pasadena.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $47,736 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $26,852, down 44%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.146, permit-required confined spaces (3 items).

For context, across all staffing, cleaning and waste services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,200. Alpha Technical Services, LC averages $26,852 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $24,369 in back wages owed to workers.

Alpha Technical Services, LC: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344042593 OPENED MAY 29, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 120 employees at the site · Closed Nov 27, 2019

5100 Underwood Drive, Pasadena, TX 77507 · All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 24, 2019: Employee is sickened by aniline exposure

At 4:00 p.m. on May 24, 2019, an employee was digging out the heel from a tanker trailer that contained aniline. The employee finished the task and clocked out of his shift. The employee was driving himself home when he started experiencing a lack of energy. The employee drove himself to the hospital and was admitted for methemoglobinemia due to dermal contact with aniline.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(iv) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$11,934$8,950Oct 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$11,934$8,950Oct 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$11,934$0Oct 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$11,934$8,950Oct 25, 2019Final

Wage and hour cases

Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.

Period reviewedViolationsWorkers owedBack wagesPenalties
Feb 16, 2014 to Feb 14, 2016
Pasadena
4444$24,369$0

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(h)(3)(ii)

(ii) The physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area;

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(iv)

(iv) Personal protective equipment insofar as feasible engineering and work practice controls do not adequately protect employees;

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(9)

(9) Develop and implement procedures for summoning rescue and emergency services, for rescuing entrants from permit spaces, for providing necessary emergency services to rescued employees, and for preventing unauthorized personnel from attempting a rescue;

Other all other miscellaneous waste management services employers in Texas

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