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Memc Pasadena Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Pasadena, Texas · All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing · NAICS 325199

4inspections
26citation items
$78,650current penalties
Oct 2, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Memc Pasadena Inc 4 times in Texas since 2008.

The latest one began on Oct 2, 2015 on a referral, in Pasadena.

Those inspections ended with 26 citation items: 26 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $76,825 and still stand at $78,650.

Process safety management comes up most often in these citations: 19 items under 1910.119.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Memc Pasadena Inc averages $26,000 (1 cited inspection).

Memc Pasadena Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2008 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340970417 OPENED OCT 2, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 194 employees at the site · Closed Sep 26, 2016

3000 N South St., Pasadena, TX 77503 · Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(b) · Process safety management
 Serious$5,000$5,000Mar 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4) · Process safety management
 Serious$7,000$7,000Mar 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Mar 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2) · Process safety management
 Serious$7,000$7,000Mar 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4a Serious$7,000$7,000Mar 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4b Serious$0$0Mar 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Mar 21, 2016Final

Inspection 312927908 OPENED APR 26, 2011Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 270 employees at the site · Closed Aug 24, 2012

1500 North South Street, Pasadena, TX 77506 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(6) · Process safety management
 Serious$7,000$7,000Sep 29, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2) · Process safety management
 Serious$7,000$7,000Sep 29, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(5) · Process safety management
 Serious$7,000$7,000Sep 29, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 8a
29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(ii) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$7,000Sep 29, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 8b
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$0Sep 29, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 9a
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(4) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$7,000Sep 29, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 9b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(2)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Sep 29, 2011Closed

Inspection 311959712 OPENED JUN 16, 2008Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 200 employees at the site · Closed Oct 27, 2008

3000 N South Street, Pasadena, TX 77503 · All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(ii) · Process safety management
 Serious$1,700$750Sep 24, 2008Closed

Inspection 311956387 OPENED APR 24, 2008Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 200 employees at the site · Closed Apr 29, 2009

3000 N South Street, Pasadena, TX 77503 · All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(ib) · Process safety management
 Serious$825$500Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(7) · Process safety management
 Serious$3,500$2,100Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(id) · Process safety management
 Serious$3,500$2,100Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.119(h)(2)(iv) · Process safety management
 Serious$3,500$2,100Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2) · Process safety management
 Serious$3,500$2,100Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(iv) · Process safety management
 Serious$1,600$1,000Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(6)(i) · Process safety management
 Serious$3,500$2,100Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 8a
29 CFR 1910.119(l)(1) · Process safety management
 Serious$3,500$2,100Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 8b
29 CFR 1910.119(l)(4) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$0Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.307(b) · Hazardous (classified) locations
 Serious$3,500$2,100Sep 24, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(2)(x) · Hazard communication
 Serious$1,200$700Sep 24, 2008Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(b)

(B) Piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID's);

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(ib)

(B) Piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID's);

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(ii)

(ii) The employer shall document that equipment complies with recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.307 · Hazardous (classified) locations

Other all other basic organic chemical manufacturing employers in Texas

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