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Nova Mud Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Hobbs, New Mexico · Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424690

2inspections
8citation items
$2,650current penalties
Apr 1, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Nova Mud Inc. 2 times in New Mexico since 2010.

The latest one began on Apr 1, 2015 on a referral, in Hobbs.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,650 and still stand at $2,650.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Nova Mud Inc. averages $900 (1 cited inspection).

The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $505,298 in back wages owed to workers.

Nova Mud Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2010 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340555655 OPENED APR 1, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 200 employees at the site · Closed Jul 28, 2015

5800 Nova Mud, Hobbs, NM 88240 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$900$900Jun 12, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$0$0Jun 12, 2015Final

Inspection 314948357 OPENED SEP 30, 2010Closed

Referral · Complete · Health · 45 employees at the site · Closed May 23, 2011

419 W. Cain, Hobbs, NM 88240 · Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$1,225$1,225Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(l)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$525$525Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 28, 2011Closed

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
Apr 22, 2013 to Apr 21, 2015
Hobbs
133131$505,298$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)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(a)

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1)

(1) Normal breathing. In a normal standing position, without talking, the subject shall breathe normally.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

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