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Western Pump, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

El Cajon, California · Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237120

3inspections
7citation items
$19,500current penalties
Apr 26, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Western Pump, Inc. 3 times in California since 1994.

The latest one began on Apr 26, 2019 on a referral, in Imperial Beach.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $37,128 and now stand at $19,500, 47% lower after settlements or reviews.

Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.146.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Western Pump, Inc. averages $19,500 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Western Pump, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1994 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343961900 OPENED APR 26, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 87 employees at the site · Closed Jul 30, 2019

36 Olf Imperial Beach Blvd., Imperial Beach, CA 91932 · Pump and Compressor Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 23, 2019: Employee is burned when fuel vapors ignites

At 1:30 p.m. on April 23, 2019, an employee overfilled the prevention valve during inspection, and the wireless pressurized line leak detector was bent. The employee attempted to re-bend the WPLLD and it broke, causing the fuel to spray. The employee pried yolk assembly with a screwdriver while the system was energized. It then arced, igniting the vapors. The employee was burned on the forearms and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$9,282$4,875Jun 7, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Jun 7, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Jun 7, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$9,282$4,875Jun 7, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$9,282$4,875Jun 7, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$9,282$4,875Jun 7, 2019Final

Inspection 106355100 OPENED FEB 5, 2007Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Mar 29, 2007

20 Area Gas Station, Camp Pendleton, CA 92055 · Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.251(b)(1) · Rigging equipment for material handling
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 8, 2007Closed

Inspection 119997229 OPENED NOV 9, 1994Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Nov 18, 1994

800 Fesler St, El Cajon, CA 92019 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

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.

Apr 23, 2019, Imperial Beach: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · arm(s), unspecified

A maintenance employee was repairing a gasoline pump at an automotive service gas station. The gasoline line may have potentially leaked and ignited with an unknown source, causing burns to both of the employee's arms that required hospitalization.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2)

(2) Identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees enter them;

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i)

(i) Test conditions in the permit space to determine if acceptable entry conditions exist before entry is authorized to begin, except that, if isolation of the space is infeasible because the space is large or is part of a continuous system (such as a sewer), pre-entry testing shall be performed to the extent feasible before entry is authorized and, if entry is authorized, entry conditions shall be continuously monitored in the areas where authorized entrants are working;

29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1)

(e) Permit system. (1) Before entry is authorized, the employer shall document the completion of measures required by paragraph (d)(3) of this section by preparing an entry permit.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1926.251 · Rigging equipment for material handling

Other oil and gas pipeline and related structures construction employers in California

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