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Branton Tools, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Mansfield, Louisiana · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · NAICS 213112

2inspections
10citation items
$12,861current penalties
Mar 29, 2018last inspection

Branton Tools, LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Louisiana, the first in 2013.

OSHA's last visit started on Mar 29, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Bossier City.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 10 citation items: 6 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $27,348 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $12,861, down 53%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.219, belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts (2 items).

For context, across all mining and oil and gas employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,880. Branton Tools, LLC averages $12,861 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Branton Tools, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Branton Tools, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343052700 OPENED MAR 29, 2018Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Jul 11, 2018

4408 Magnum St., Bossier City, LA 71111 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$3,696$0Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$5,174$3,104Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$5,174$3,104Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$2,217$1,330Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 7a
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$3,696$2,218Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 7b
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv) · Gas welding and cutting
 Other-than-serious$2,217$0Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 9a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$5,174$3,104Jun 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 9b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jun 18, 2018Final

Inspection 339031635 OPENED APR 23, 2013Closed

Unprogrammed related · Complete · Safety · 37 employees at the site · Closed Jun 5, 2013

Turner 36 No.1 Serial Number 239604 Kingston Field Desoto Parish Sec 36,t14n R 13w, Mansfield, LA 71052 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2019, the Bossier City site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 24 workers: 4.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Machine Shop
Bossier City · 2019
24 104.02.7

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 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(a)

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

Other support activities for oil and gas operations employers in Louisiana

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