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Performance Contractors Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Sergeant Bluff, Iowa · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

3inspections
27citation items
$194,000current penalties
Mar 21, 2016last inspection

Since 2015, OSHA inspectors have visited Performance Contractors Inc. in Iowa 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Mar 21, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Sergeant Bluff.

In all, OSHA issued 27 citation items: 10 serious and 17 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $194,000 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1926.1204 (permit-required confined space program), 9 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Performance Contractors Inc. averages $97,000 across 2 cited inspections.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Performance Contractors Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Performance Contractors Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341342897 OPENED MAR 21, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 1,795 employees at the site · Closed Aug 29, 2016

2470 Allison Road, Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 19, 2016 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from confined space

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on March 19, 2016, an employee was checking an argon purge inside of a process vessel. The employee was overcome by an oxygen deficient atmosphere, and fell 10-feet to the platform below. The employee suffered from possible spinal injury from the fall, and asphyxiation and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.1204(a) · Permit-required confined space program
Serious$7,000$185,000Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.1204(c)(4) · Permit-required confined space program
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.1204(c)(7) · Permit-required confined space program
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1926.1204(d)(1) · Permit-required confined space program
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1e
29 CFR 1926.1204(h) · Permit-required confined space program
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1f
29 CFR 1926.1205(a) · Permitting process
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1g
29 CFR 1926.1206(d) · Entry permit
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1h
29 CFR 1926.1208(a) · Duties of authorized entrants
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1i
29 CFR 1926.1209(f)(1) · Duties of attendants
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1j
29 CFR 1926.1210(b) · Duties of entry supervisors
Serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.1204(d)(3) · Permit-required confined space program
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.1204(d)(8) · Permit-required confined space program
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.1204(i) · Permit-required confined space program
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1d
29 CFR 1926.1204(l) · Permit-required confined space program
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1e
29 CFR 1926.1206(f) · Entry permit
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1f
29 CFR 1926.1206(l) · Entry permit
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1g
29 CFR 1926.1206(n) · Entry permit
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1h
29 CFR 1926.1208(b) · Duties of authorized entrants
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1i
29 CFR 1926.1209(g) · Duties of attendants
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1j
29 CFR 1926.1210(d) · Duties of entry supervisors
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1k
29 CFR 1926.1211(c) · Rescue and emergency services
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1l
29 CFR 1926.1211(c)(2) · Rescue and emergency services
Other-than-serious$7,000$0Jul 25, 2016Final

Inspection 340858968 OPENED AUG 20, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 1,980 employees at the site · Closed Sep 2, 2016

Cf Industries Port Neal 2470 Allison Ave, Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054 · Industrial Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.1126(c) · Chromium (VI)
Other-than-serious$4,500$4,500Feb 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.1126(e)(1)(i) · Chromium (VI)
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1926.1126(f)(2) · Chromium (VI)
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3 Other-than-serious$4,500$4,500Feb 9, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1) · Injury and illness log
Other-than-serious$750$0Feb 9, 2016Final

Inspection 340664044 OPENED MAY 28, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 5,712 employees at the site · Closed Jul 24, 2015

2470 Allison Ave, Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2016, the Sergeant Bluff site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 1,573 workers: 0.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 91 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Performance Contractors, Inc. - CF Industries - Iowa
Sergeant Bluff · 2016
1,573 620.41.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1)

(b) Implementation—(1) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log? You must enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness, and summarize this information on the OSHA 300-A at the end of the year.

29 CFR 1926.1126 · Chromium (VI)

29 CFR 1926.1126(c)

(c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of chromium (VI) in excess of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air (5 µgm/m 3), calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA).

29 CFR 1926.1126(e)(1)(i)

(e) Methods of compliance—(1) Engineering and work practice controls. (i) Except as permitted in paragraph (e)(1)(ii) of this section, the employer shall use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to chromium (VI) to or below the PEL unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever feasible engineering and work practice controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the PEL, the employer shall use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest levels achievable, and shall supplement them by the use of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of paragraph (f) of this section.

29 CFR 1926.1204 · Permit-required confined space program

29 CFR 1926.1205 · Permitting process

29 CFR 1926.1206 · Entry permit

29 CFR 1926.1208 · Duties of authorized entrants

29 CFR 1926.1209 · Duties of attendants

29 CFR 1926.1210 · Duties of entry supervisors

29 CFR 1926.1211 · Rescue and emergency services

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