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BCN Technical Services Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Hastings, Michigan · Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333513

3inspections
4citation items
$2,025current penalties
May 20, 2015last inspection

Since 2013, OSHA inspectors have visited BCN Technical Services Inc in Michigan 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on May 20, 2015 on a referral, in Hastings.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $4,050; today they stand at $2,025, 50% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. BCN Technical Services Inc averages $1,500 across 1 cited inspection.

BCN Technical Services Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

BCN Technical Services Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340621010 OPENED MAY 20, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 99 employees at the site · Closed Oct 14, 2015

1004 E State, Hastings, MI 49058 · Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.13811(A)
Serious$3,000$1,500Aug 5, 2015Final

Inspection 315370031 OPENED JUL 29, 2013Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 92 employees at the site · Closed Oct 14, 2013

1004 E State St, Hastings, MI 49058 · Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315370056 OPENED JUL 29, 2013Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Health · 92 employees at the site · Closed Nov 18, 2013

1004 E State St, Hastings, MI 49058 · Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5) · Respiratory protection
Serious$1,050$525Oct 16, 2013Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Oct 16, 2013Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Oct 16, 2013Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2024, the Hastings site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 43 workers: 10.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
BCN Technical Services, Inc
Hastings · 2024
43 4010.12.3

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

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

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.

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5)

(5) Retraining shall be administered annually, and when the following situations occur:

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