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Equalizer, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Waco, Texas · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · NAICS 325311

4inspections
12citation items
$17,000current penalties
Feb 18, 2020last inspection

Since 1994, OSHA inspectors have visited Equalizer, Inc. in Texas 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 18, 2020 to follow up on an earlier case, in Waco.

In all, OSHA issued 12 citation items: 9 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $28,819; today they stand at $17,000, 41% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.146 (permit-required confined spaces), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Equalizer, Inc. averages $8,500 across 2 cited inspections.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Equalizer, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1994 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344640099 OPENED FEB 18, 2020Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 23 employees at the site · Closed Apr 8, 2020

2746 Old Dallas Road P. O. Box 6178, Waco, TX 76715 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer 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$2,545$1,500Mar 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Mar 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$2,622$1,500Mar 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(5)(ii)(h) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$0$0Mar 11, 2020Final

Inspection 343179891 OPENED MAY 23, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 25 employees at the site · Closed Jul 16, 2018

2746 Old Dallas Road P. O. Box 6178, Waco, TX 76715 · Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 14, 2018: Employee falls from ladder while working in a tank and is ho

At 4:30 p.m. on May 14, 2018, an employee was working in a tank and fell from a ladder. The employee was hospitalized with several fractured ribs and skull as well as internal bruising.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(4) · Ladders in general industry
Serious$5,174$3,100Jun 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(9)(i)(a) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$5,174$3,100Jun 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$5,174$3,100Jun 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$2,956$1,700Jun 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$5,174$3,000Jun 11, 2018Final

Inspection 103577920 OPENED OCT 18, 1994Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Dec 15, 1994

Harbor Refuge Fm 1090, Port Lavaca, TX 77979 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 3, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1904.2(a) · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 3, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 3, 1994Closed

Inspection 108921503 OPENED JAN 27, 1994Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed Jan 27, 1994

West Franklin, Hillsboro, TX 76645 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

May 14, 2018, Waco: Hospitalization · fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. · head and trunk

An employee was using a ladder to enter and clean a liquid fertilizer tank when he fell. He sustained a cracked skull, broken ribs, and bruised organs, requiring hospitalization.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards

29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)

(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.

29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

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 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.20

29 CFR 1910.23 · Ladders in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

Other nitrogenous fertilizer manufacturing employers in Texas

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