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Treco Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Ulysses, Kansas · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · NAICS 238990

1inspections
4citation items
$9,800current penalties
Jan 7, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Treco Inc. once in Kansas.

The inspection began on Jan 7, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Ulysses.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $14,000 and now stand at $9,800, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Personal protective equipment, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.132.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Treco Inc. averages $9,800 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Treco Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341162204 OPENED JAN 7, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Health · 4 employees at the site · Closed Apr 3, 2018

Section 18, Range 38, Township 30, Ulysses, KS 67880 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 30, 2015 (fatal): Employee is killed when oil tank explodes

At 10:00 p.m. on December 30, 2015, an employee was tightening the bolts on the man hole cover of an oil tank. There was a spark and the tank exploded. The employee sustained second degree burns to the face and respiratory system from the ignition of flammable vapors near face and in respiratory system. The employee was killed by the explosion.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.106(b)(6) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$4,900$3,430Apr 6, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.307(c)(2)(i) · Hazardous (classified) locations
 Serious$4,900$3,430Apr 6, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$4,200$2,940Apr 6, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2016Final

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.

Dec 30, 2015, Ulysses: Hospitalization · third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns · face, unspecified

Four Treco, Inc. employees were cleaning tank bottoms at a facility. During the course of bolting a man way cover onto the tank opening with hand tools, an unknown ignition source caused two of the tanks to ignite. One employee suffered second and third degree burns to his face.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

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 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.307 · Hazardous (classified) locations

29 CFR 1910.307(c)(2)(i)

(2) Approved for the hazardous (classified) location. (i) Equipment shall be approved not only for the class of location, but also for the ignitable or combustible properties of the specific gas, vapor, dust, or fiber that will be present.

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