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Eti, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Knoxville, Tennessee · Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · NAICS 332996

1inspections
4citation items
$7,000current penalties
Aug 11, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Eti, LLC once in Tennessee.

The inspection began on Aug 11, 2021 on a referral, in Knoxville.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $7,000 and still stand at $7,000.

Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.219.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Eti, LLC averages $7,000 (1 cited inspection).

Eti, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Eti, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345471619 OPENED AUG 11, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 44 employees at the site · Closed Apr 19, 2022

2501 Quality Lane, Knoxville, TN 37931 · Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jun 28, 2021: Employee amputates fingertip on cnc copper tubing bending ma

At 2:25 p.m. on June 28, 2021, Employee #1 was operating Machine #29, a CNC machine that bends copper tubing for specialty HVAC components. The employee placed her hand into the machine before it completed its cycle. She sustained an amputation of the left corner of her right middle finger's fingertip. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$3,500$3,500Jan 31, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$2,800$2,800Jan 31, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jan 31, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR TDLWD RULE 800-01-03-.05(1)(A)2
 Other-than-serious$700$700Jan 31, 2022Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Knoxville site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 34 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
ETI Elkhart / Tri-Went Industrial
Knoxville · 2025
34 000.02.4

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i)

(2) Guarding horizontal shafting. (i) All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires.

29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3)

(3) Sprockets and chains. All sprocket wheels and chains shall be enclosed unless they are more than seven (7) feet above the floor or platform. Where the drive extends over other machine or working areas, protection against falling shall be provided. This subparagraph does not apply to manually operated sprockets.

Other fabricated pipe and pipe fitting manufacturing employers in Tennessee

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