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Flash Tank Services, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Channelview, Texas · Other Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance · NAICS 811118

1inspections
8citation items
$8,602current penalties
Nov 13, 2020last inspection

Flash Tank Services, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Nov 13, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Channelview.

From that inspection OSHA issued 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $12,288 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,602, down 30%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (4 items).

For context, across all repair and personal services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,200. Flash Tank Services, Inc. averages $8,602 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Flash Tank Services, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345023949 OPENED NOV 13, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 7 employees at the site · Closed Jun 17, 2021

16128 East Freeway, Channelview, TX 77530 · Other Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 12, 2020 (fatal): Employee is killed while cleaning tank trailer

At 4:00 p.m. on November 12, 2020, an employee entered a tank trailer to clean it. The last cargo hauled in the tanker was toluene. The employee was found unresponsive in the tank trailer. The employee died of acute toluene toxicity.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$4,096$2,867Apr 15, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 15, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 15, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 15, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$4,096$2,867Apr 15, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Apr 15, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$4,096$2,867Apr 15, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 15, 2021Final

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii)

(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

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