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BL Technology, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Tomball, Texas · Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables · NAICS 334513

1inspections
3citation items
$3,298current penalties
Mar 22, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited BL Technology, Inc. in Texas one time.

It opened on Mar 22, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Tomball.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $5,497; today they stand at $3,298, 40% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.215 (grinders and abrasive wheels), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. BL Technology, Inc. averages $3,298 across 1 cited inspection.

BL Technology, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

BL Technology, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343035465 OPENED MAR 22, 2018Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed May 1, 2018

1730 S. Cherry St., Tomball, TX 77375 · Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$5,497$3,298Apr 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Apr 12, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 12, 2018Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Tomball site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 37 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Tomball site
Tomball · 2025
37 000.00.3
BL Technology LLC
Tomball · 2024
46 000.00.3
BL Technology, Inc.
Tomball · 2017
46 000.00.3

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 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4)

(4) Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work rest shall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9)

(9) Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b) (3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)

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