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Designs Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Chesapeake, Virginia · Sign Manufacturing · NAICS 339950

2inspections
27citation items
$3,600current penalties
Aug 17, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Designs Inc 2 times in Virginia since 2011.

The latest one began on Aug 17, 2015 after a complaint, in Chesapeake.

Those inspections ended with 27 citation items: 24 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,200 and now stand at $3,600, 14% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 10 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Designs Inc averages $660 (1 cited inspection).

Designs Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340850148 OPENED AUG 17, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Oct 14, 2016

110 N. Battlefield Blvd, Chesapeake, VA 23320 · Sign Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$315$220Sep 15, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Sep 15, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i)(a) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$315$220Sep 15, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$315$0Sep 15, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$315$220Sep 15, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Sep 15, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Sep 15, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4d
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Sep 15, 2015Final

Inspection 316231646 OPENED DEC 8, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Feb 10, 2015

110 N. Battlefield Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23320 · Sign Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
Serious$630$630Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$630$630Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(2) · Methylene chloride
Serious$840$840Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1052(h)(1) · Methylene chloride
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.1052(i)(2) · Methylene chloride
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3d
29 CFR 1910.1052(k) · Methylene chloride
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3e
29 CFR 1910.1052(l)(1) · Methylene chloride
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$840$840Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4d
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4e
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(2) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4f
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 9, 2012Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1052 · Methylene chloride

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(2)

(2) Initial determination. Each employer whose employees are exposed to MC shall perform initial exposure monitoring to determine each affected employee's exposure, except under the following conditions:

29 CFR 1910.1052(h)(1)

(h) Protective Work Clothing and Equipment. (1) Where needed to prevent MC-induced skin or eye irritation, the employer shall provide clean protective clothing and equipment which is resistant to MC, at no cost to the employee, and shall ensure that each affected employee uses it. Eye and face protection shall meet the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.133 or 29 CFR 1915.153, as applicable.

29 CFR 1910.1052(i)(2)

(2) If it is reasonably foreseeable that an employee's eyes may contact solutions containing 0.1 percent or greater MC (for example through splashes, spills or improper work practices), the employer shall provide appropriate eyewash facilities within the immediate work area for emergency use, and shall ensure that affected employees use those facilities when necessary.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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