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Complex Fabricators Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Salt Lake City, Utah · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999

8inspections
19citation items
$5,372current penalties
Sep 7, 2018last inspection

Complex Fabricators Inc. has 8 OSHA inspections on record in Utah, the first in 1983.

OSHA's last visit started on Sep 7, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Salt Lake City.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 19 citation items: 11 serious and 8 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $12,150 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $5,372, down 56%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.215, grinders and abrasive wheels (4 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Complex Fabricators Inc. averages $438 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Complex Fabricators Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Complex Fabricators Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1983 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343466199 OPENED SEP 7, 2018Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Oct 19, 2018

1620 South Awl Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84104 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$875$438Sep 27, 2018Final

Inspection 315875328 OPENED DEC 15, 2011Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Apr 25, 2012

1620 S Awl Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84104 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$2,500$1,250Feb 8, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$2,500$1,250Feb 8, 2012Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 10005 C01
Other-than-serious$500$250Feb 8, 2012Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 10005 C02
Other-than-serious$500$250Feb 8, 2012Closed

Inspection 312406606 OPENED DEC 12, 2008Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 40 employees at the site · Closed May 6, 2009

1620 S Awl Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84104 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 312405566 OPENED OCT 2, 2008Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 47 employees at the site · Closed Dec 29, 2008

1620 S Awl Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84104 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 10005 E11
Serious$700$101Oct 21, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$2,500$359Oct 21, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
Serious$700$101Oct 21, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Oct 21, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Oct 21, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 3d
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Oct 21, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 3e
29 CFR 1910.215(d)(1) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Oct 21, 2008Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 21, 2008Closed

Inspection 126753128 OPENED DEC 14, 1995Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Mar 29, 1996

375 North 500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.243(c)(3) · Guarding of portable powered tools
Serious$1,375$1,375Jan 10, 1996Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 10, 1996Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 10, 1996Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 10, 1996Closed

Inspection 102094521 OPENED MAR 10, 1987Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 11 employees at the site · Closed May 4, 1987

375 North 500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR GEN0169010200001
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 13, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR GEN12000501
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 13, 1987Closed

Inspection 15197858 OPENED AUG 22, 1984Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Aug 22, 1984

375 North 500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 218000685 OPENED FEB 24, 1983Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Mar 3, 1983

375 North 500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116 · 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 Salt Lake City site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 56 workers: 1.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Complex Fabricators Establishment
Salt Lake City · 2019
56 101.92.7

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1020.140

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(a)(2)

(2) The CNP system defaults selected for test pressure shall be set at −15 mm of water (-0.58 inches of water) and the modeled inspiratory flow rate shall be 53.8 liters per minute for performing fit tests.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.243 · Guarding of portable powered tools

Other all other miscellaneous fabricated metal product manufacturing employers in Utah

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.