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Transfuel Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Hormigueros, Puerto Rico · Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products · NAICS 486910

1inspections
5citation items
$350current penalties
Oct 13, 2020last inspection

Transfuel Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Puerto Rico.

OSHA opened it on Oct 13, 2020 after a complaint, in Hormigueros.

From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $700 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $350, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1200, hazard communication (3 items).

For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,408. Transfuel Inc. averages $350 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Transfuel Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344970702 OPENED OCT 13, 2020Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Jan 25, 2021

Carr 345 Km 1.5, Hormigueros, PR 00660 · Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$700$350Dec 3, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Dec 3, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Dec 3, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 17 IV B 1
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 3, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 3, 2020Final

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(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

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 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

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