Attic Breeze has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2017.
OSHA's last visit started on Apr 12, 2018 on a referral, in Gatesville.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.
OSHA proposed $19,117 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $10,772, down 44%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Attic Breeze averages $5,386 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Attic Breeze also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Referral · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Jun 22, 2018
1370 Fm 116, Gatesville, TX 76528 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 4, 2018: Employee is struck by punch machine and amputates finger
At 7:20 a.m. on April 4, 2018, an employee was operating a punch press manufacturing brackets for some solar powered attic fans. The employee was retrieving a bracket when the punch machine double taped and struck his left index finger. The employee amputated his finger and was hospitalized.
Incident on Oct 2, 2017: Employee sustains burns to legs when fire flares up
At 5:00 p.m. on October 2, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured attic fans. There was a powder coating process in use at the factory. Residue from the powder coating booth had gradually accumulated in a vacuum cleaner and filters from the booth. The employee had to empty the residue. The employees supervisor had been burning scrap wood, old pallets and boxes in a burn pit. The employee took the vacuum cleaner filled with powder to the burn pit. He dumped the vacuum cleaners contents into the burn pit. There was still a fire smoldering in the burn pit. The powder ignited and flared up. The employee sustained first and second degree burns on both legs. He was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Gatesville site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 43 workers: 4.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Attic Breeze LLC
Gatesville · 2024
43
2
1
4.3
2.4
Attic Breeze
Gatesville · 2021
52
0
0
0.0
2.4
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
An employee was operating a punch press to cut a bracket and amputated the left index finger.
Oct 2, 2017, Gatesville: Hospitalization · second degree heat (thermal) burns · leg(s), unspecified
An employee took a vacuum of powder to the burn pit where another employee had been burning scrap wood, old pallets and boxes. The employee dumped the vacuum of powder onto the burn pit and the fire reignited. The employee received first and second degree burns to both legs.
An employee was using a press brake to press two pieces of metal together when one piece slipped. As he leaned forward to retrieve the piece of metal, the press brake activated and partially amputated his thumb.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(iii) The measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used; and,
(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2)
(2) Deep breathing. In a normal standing position, the subject shall breathe slowly and deeply, taking caution so as not to hyperventilate.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
