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Aqua Solutions: OSHA inspections and violations

Deer Park, Texas · All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing · NAICS 325199

1inspections
20citation items
$19,300current penalties
Nov 2, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Aqua Solutions once in Texas.

The inspection began on Nov 2, 2016 after a complaint, in Deer Park.

That inspection ended with 20 citation items: 3 serious and 17 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $27,533 and now stand at $19,300, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Aqua Solutions averages $19,300 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Aqua Solutions: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341903896 OPENED NOV 2, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 90 employees at the site · Closed May 15, 2017

6913 Highway 225, Deer Park, TX 77536 · All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(3)(iv) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
 Serious$7,605$4,877Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(6)(iii) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
 Serious$7,605$4,877Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1052(h)(1) · Methylene chloride
 Serious$3,802$2,661Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1904.29(a) · Injury and illness log
 Other-than-serious$700$343Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1904.32(a)(3) · Yearly injury summary
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.38(d) · Emergency action plans
 Other-than-serious$711$498Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(9)(i) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
 Other-than-serious$711$498Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$711$498Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(3) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$711$498Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$711$498Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(2) · Formaldehyde
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 6c
29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(2) · Methylene chloride
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 7
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(b)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$711$711Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 8
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$711$711Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 9
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$711$711Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 10
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(3) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$711$711Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 11
29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(iv) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Other-than-serious$711$711Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 12a
29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(1) · Formaldehyde
 Other-than-serious$711$498Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 12b
29 CFR 1910.1052(l)(3)(i) · Methylene chloride
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 23, 2017Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Nov 11, 2019, Deer Park: Hospitalization · second degree chemical burns and corrosions · leg(s), unspecified

An employee was tightening the valve on a 120-liter HDPE tank. The nipple to the valve broke off, releasing the sulfuric acid in the tank. The acid sprayed the employee's upper chest, arms, thighs, and face. He suffered second-degree burns on the body and third-degree burns on the legs. He was hospitalized.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(a)

(a) Basic requirement. You must use OSHA 300, 300-A, and 301 forms, or equivalent forms, for recordable injuries and illnesses. The OSHA 300 form is called the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, the 300-A is the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, and the OSHA 301 form is called the Injury and Illness Incident Report.

29 CFR 1904.32 · Yearly injury summary

29 CFR 1904.32(a)(3)

(3) Certify the summary; and

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(2)(iv)

(iv) The employer shall assure that employees who decline to accept hepatitis B vaccination offered by the employer sign the statement in appendix A.

29 CFR 1910.1048 · Formaldehyde

29 CFR 1910.1052 · Methylene chloride

29 CFR 1910.120 · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

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