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Pci Nitrogen, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Pasadena, Texas · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · NAICS 325311

1inspections
8citation items
$69,398current penalties
Feb 28, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Pci Nitrogen, LLC once in Texas.

The inspection began on Feb 28, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Pasadena.

That inspection ended with 8 citation items: 8 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $69,398 and still stand at $69,398.

Overhead and gantry cranes comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.179.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Pci Nitrogen, LLC averages $69,398 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Pci Nitrogen, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344666961 OPENED FEB 28, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 126 employees at the site · Closed Aug 12, 2020

2001 Jackson Rd., Pasadena, TX 77506 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 28, 2020 (fatal): Employee is struck by crane equipment and is crushed

At 7:15 a.m. on February 28, 2020, an employee was adjusting the single and double line brakes of an overhead gantry crane while standing on the trolley platform of the crane. The employee told his coworker to test the brakes and the trolley platform moved. The employee was hit on his left side by a metal ceiling beam from the building and fell into the rotating lines, crushing him. The employee was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$12,145$12,145May 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$12,145$12,145May 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0May 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.179(l)(2)(i)(c) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$0$0May 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.179(b)(5) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$12,145$12,145May 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.179(e)(6)(i) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$12,145$12,145May 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.179(g)(2)(i) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$10,409$10,409May 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.179(l)(2)(i)(d) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$10,409$10,409May 27, 2020Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.

Oct 18, 2025, Pasadena: Hospitalization · chemical burns, corrosions degree unspecified · head and trunk

A shipping/receiving operator was working on a loading rack, loading a railcar. A 2-inch discharge cap failed and released pressure along with sulfuric acid from the railcar. The acid sprayed onto the employee, who suffered burns to the chest and the lower facial area. The employee was hospitalized.

Mar 4, 2019, Pasadena: Hospitalization · fractures · hip(s)

An employee was checking equipment when he fell from a grating cover 18 feet above ground level. He was hospitalized for a fractured hip.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i)

(4) Lockout or tagout device application. (i) Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.179(b)(5)

(5) Rated load marking. The rated load of the crane shall be plainly marked on each side of the crane, and if the crane has more than one hoisting unit, each hoist shall have its rated load marked on it or its load block and this marking shall be clearly legible from the ground or floor.

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

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