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Violation Detail

Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph

Inspection Nr: 308469196

Citation: 01001

Citation Type: Serious

Abatement Status: X

Initial Penalty: $3,500.00

Current Penalty: $2,100.00

Issuance Date: 07/08/2005

Nr Instances: 1

Nr Exposed: 1

Abatement Date: 07/14/2005

Gravity: 10

Report ID: 0626000

Contest Date:

Final Order:

Related Event Code (REC): A

Emphasis:

**Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History**
Type	Latest Event	Event Date	Penalty	Abatement Due Date	Citation Type	Failure to Abate Inspection
Penalty	I: Informal Settlement	07/26/2005	$2,100.00	07/14/2005	Serious
Penalty	Z: Issued	07/08/2005	$3,500.00	07/14/2005	Serious

Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: ELECTRIC

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to a fire & explosion hazard: At the McFadden Ranch Tank Battery for well number 164, during tank preparations for maintenance operations, the employer did not protect employees from recognized hazards when working in the presence of potentially combustible/flammable vapor mixtures by: a.ensuring that Vacuum truck operators were aware of the hazards involved in petroleum product and associated materials transfer operations, that they were properly and adequately instructed in safe product transfer practices, and that they followed company and facility safety procedures when loading and off-loading vacuum trucks. b.bonding the three inch suction hose to the gun barrel tank and the opposite end to the tank on Vacuum truck number PT 3. c.earth grounding or bonding to another object that would inherently ground Vacuum truck number PT 3. d.establishment of a schedule for inspecting and testing of the electrical continuity of grounding and bonding cables. e.ensuring that Vacuum truck operators place an appropriate portable fire extinguisher (minimum 20 lb. BC), ready for use, within close proximity of the operations. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard would be to: a.Implement an effective and reliable means of protection against static electricity using a dedicated bonding cable system that is regularly inspected/tested, along with a requirement to implement cable bonding of the vessel to the vacuum truck as required by API Publication No. 2219, Second Edition, March 1999. b.Implement earth grounding of the vacuum truck along with a requirement for a training program for all vacuum truck operators as required in API Recommended Practice 2219, Second Edition, March 1999, Section 5. c.Implement requirement for portable fire extinguisher to be placed as required in API Publication No. 2219, Second Edition, March 1999, Appendix C.

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