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Ace Metals: OSHA inspections and violations

Albuquerque, New Mexico · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930

3inspections
4citation items
$450current penalties
Jul 1, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ace Metals 3 times in New Mexico since 2004.

The latest one began on Jul 1, 2016 on a referral, in Albuquerque.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $450 and still stand at $450.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Ace Metals averages $0 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Ace Metals: OSHA citation items per year, 2004 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341606911 OPENED JUL 1, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Jan 30, 2017

5711 Broadway Se, Albuquerque, NM 87105 · Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 11, 2016 (fatal): Worker cutting cylinder at scrap yard is killed by burning o

At 9:00 a.m. on July 11, 2016, an employee was working for a scrap metal recycler. He was cutting a sealed cylinder. The cylinder contained oil. The cylinder and/or its contents caught fire when the metal was breached. The worker sustained burns to body.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 5, 2016Final

Inspection 313241101 OPENED MAY 7, 2009Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 12 employees at the site · Closed Sep 21, 2009

5515 Broadway Blvd Se, Albuquerque, NM 87105 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$450$450Aug 27, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Aug 27, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 27, 2009Closed

Inspection 307122994 OPENED APR 2, 2004Closed

Planned · No inspection · Health · Closed Apr 28, 2004

5515 Broadway Blvd Se, Albuquerque, NM 87105 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i)

(i) An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in appendix D to this section (“Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard”); and

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