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Ozark Gas: OSHA inspections and violations

Cape Girardeau, Missouri · Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424690

1inspections
1citation items
$3,771current penalties
Aug 1, 2017last inspection

Ozark Gas has one OSHA inspection on record in Missouri.

OSHA opened it on Aug 1, 2017 on a referral, in Cape Girardeau.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $5,387 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,771, down 30%.

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Ozark Gas averages $3,771 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Ozark Gas: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342536794 OPENED AUG 1, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jan 9, 2018

1021 Southern Expressway, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 · Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 27, 2017: Employee is burned when using powered drill on acetylene cyl

At 5:45 a.m. on July 27, 2017, Employee #1 was bleeding acetylene cylinders by removing the caps using a battery powered drill. The battery powered drill was not safe for the hazardous atmosphere and the acetylene ignited in a fire ball. The employee sustained extensive burns and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.102(a) · Acetylene
 Serious$5,387$3,771Dec 12, 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.

Jul 27, 2017, Cape Girardeau: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · nonclassifiable

An employee had been removing valve caps from acetylene cylinders using an electric drill equipped with an attachment. Acetylene gas was ignited by a spark and the employee was hospitalized for burns.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.102 · Acetylene

29 CFR 1910.102(a)

(a) Cylinders. Employers must ensure that the in-plant transfer, handling, storage, and use of acetylene in cylinders comply with the provisions of CGA Pamphlet G-1-2009 (“Acetylene”) (incorporated by reference, see § 1910.6).

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