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Desmi Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Chesapeake, Virginia · Pump and Compressor Manufacturing · NAICS 333911

3inspections
16citation items
$20,636current penalties
Nov 1, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Desmi Inc. 3 times in Virginia since 2017.

The latest one began on Nov 1, 2023 on a referral, in Chesapeake.

Those inspections ended with 16 citation items: 15 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $23,640 and now stand at $20,636, 13% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Desmi Inc. averages $6,879 (3 cited inspections).

Desmi Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347093387 OPENED NOV 1, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 33 employees at the site · Closed May 30, 2024

1119 Cavalier Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23323 · Fluid Power Pump and Motor Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 16VAC25-60-120
Serious$7,690$7,690Apr 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0Apr 18, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 16VAC25-60-120
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 18, 2024Final

Inspection 342218237 OPENED APR 3, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 30 employees at the site · Closed Oct 24, 2017

1119 Cavalier Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23323 · Pump and Compressor Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$2,970$2,970Aug 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1e
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1f
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$2,970$2,970Aug 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2017Final

Inspection 342220100 OPENED APR 3, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed Jul 11, 2017

1119 Cavalier Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23323 · Pump and Compressor Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$3,150$2,205May 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0May 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.176(a) · Material storage and aisles
Serious$2,205$1,543May 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.217(d)(9)(iii) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$3,500$2,450May 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,155$808May 18, 2017Final

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(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.217 · Mechanical power presses

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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