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Fab Services, Ltd.: OSHA inspections and violations

Waller, Texas · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999

2inspections
9citation items
$4,776current penalties
Feb 28, 2023last inspection

Fab Services, Ltd. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2013.

OSHA's last visit started on Feb 28, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Waller.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 9 citation items: 6 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $9,601 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,776, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Fab Services, Ltd. averages $3,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Fab Services, Ltd. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Fab Services, Ltd.: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346534621 OPENED FEB 28, 2023Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 42 employees at the site · Closed Oct 2, 2024

2405 Washington Street, Waller, TX 77484 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$6,641$3,000Mar 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Mar 30, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Mar 30, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 30, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 30, 2023Final

Inspection 339149015 OPENED JUN 25, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Aug 16, 2013

2405 Washington Street, Waller, TX 77484 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.243(c)(3) · Guarding of portable powered tools
 Serious$1,600$960Jul 25, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$1,360$816Jul 25, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i) · Using electrical equipment
 Serious$0$0Jul 25, 2013Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.304(f)(1)(iv) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 25, 2013Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2018, the Waller site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 35 workers: 2.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 63 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Fab Services, LTD
Waller · 2018
35 112.73.6

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(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 1910.147 · 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)(3)

(3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.243 · Guarding of portable powered tools

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

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