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Engineered Truss Systems, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Truss Manufacturing · NAICS 321214

1inspections
3citation items
$4,000current penalties
Dec 14, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Engineered Truss Systems, Inc. once in South Dakota.

The inspection began on Dec 14, 2016 on a referral, in Sioux Falls.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $7,243 and now stand at $4,000, 45% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Engineered Truss Systems, Inc. averages $4,000 (1 cited inspection).

Engineered Truss Systems, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341972438 OPENED DEC 14, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jun 13, 2017

1400 E. Benson Road, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 · Truss Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 14, 2016: Employee is caught in a splicer and receives partial amputat

On December 14, 2016, an employee was performing maintenance on equipment in effort to repair a safety feature of a truss splicer. During maintenance, the truss splicer was not properly fully de-energized. The employee was caught in a pinch point and suffered amputation of their left forearm.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$5,070$3,000Apr 14, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Apr 14, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$2,173$1,000Apr 14, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(d)

(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:

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