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Amerigas: OSHA inspections and violations

Ambridge, Pennsylvania · Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas · NAICS 486210

3inspections
6citation items
$8,750current penalties
Nov 24, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Amerigas 3 times in Pennsylvania since 2002.

The latest one began on Nov 24, 2015 on a referral, in Sinking Spring.

Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $11,750 and now stand at $8,750, 26% lower after settlements or reviews.

Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.146.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and Amerigas averages $4,250 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Amerigas: OSHA citation items per year, 2002 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341099869 OPENED NOV 24, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 4 employees at the site · Closed Apr 19, 2016

905 Mountain Home Road, Sinking Spring, PA 19608 · Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$4,250$4,250Mar 23, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 23, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 23, 2016Final

Inspection 112669411 OPENED DEC 30, 2003Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Apr 29, 2004

3927 East Newport Road, Intercourse, PA 17534 · Fuel Dealers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$2,500$1,500Feb 26, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
 Serious$2,500$1,500Feb 26, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.307(b) · Hazardous (classified) locations
 Serious$2,500$1,500Feb 26, 2004Closed

Inspection 305102220 OPENED NOV 13, 2002Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Nov 13, 2002

2898 Duss Avenue, Ambridge, PA 15003 · Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 9, 2002 (fatal): Employee died due to explosion

On November 9, 2002, Employee #1 was filling a compressed gas cylinder with a so lution made of argon and carbon dioxide. Although the cylinder was rated for 300 psi, he allowed the cylinder to reach 4000 psi. The cylinder exploded. Employee #1 was hospitalized and pronounced dead.

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.120 · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1)

(1) A laminated, dated card or certificate with photo, denoting limitations and level of protection for which the employee is trained should be issued to those students successfully completing a course.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2)

(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2)

(2) Identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees enter them;

29 CFR 1910.307 · Hazardous (classified) locations

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other pipeline transportation of natural gas employers in Pennsylvania

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