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Ampro, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Howell, Michigan · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423830

3inspections
11citation items
$2,000current penalties
Jan 13, 2021last inspection

Ampro, Inc. has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Michigan, the first in 1990.

OSHA's last visit started on Jan 13, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Howell.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 11 citation items: 7 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $4,000 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,000, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (3 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Ampro, Inc. averages $2,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Ampro, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1990 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345098156 OPENED JAN 13, 2021Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Mar 11, 2021

951 Jones St, Howell, MI 48843 · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 408.12152(1)
 Serious$1,000$500Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 408.12153(1)
 Serious$0$0Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$1,000$500Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(b) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$1,000$500Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$1,000$500Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.13308(3)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 408.22129(1)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR RULE 11(1)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2021Final

Inspection 342138286 OPENED MAR 1, 2017Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 11 employees at the site · Closed Mar 17, 2017

951 Jones St, Howell, MI 48843 · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 3, 2017: Employee's finger is lacerated when struck by disc sander

At approximately 10:20 a.m. on January 3, 2017, Employee #1 was de-burring numerous steel rack plates approximately 0.125-inch by 3-inch by 6-inch on a rotary disc sander. The disk grabbed the plate and forced it upward. Employee #1's right index finger was caught between the plate and surface of the disc sander causing a deep laceration to his finger. Employee #1 was not hospitalized.

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 110836244 OPENED JUN 6, 1990Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jun 6, 1990

2250 S.main, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 · 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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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