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Flowrox, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Linthicum, Maryland · Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · NAICS 332919

1inspections
12citation items
$1,352current penalties
May 2, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Flowrox, Inc. once in Maryland.

The inspection began on May 2, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Linthicum.

That inspection ended with 12 citation items: 6 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,750 and now stand at $1,352, 51% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Flowrox, Inc. averages $1,352 (1 cited inspection).

Flowrox, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343129300 OPENED MAY 2, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed Aug 7, 2018

808 Barkwood Ct. Suite N, Linthicum, MD 21090 · Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(10) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$750$338Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$750$338Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$250$135Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$375$203Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$625$338Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii) · Using electrical equipment
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 12, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 12, 2018Final

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(f)(6)(ii)

(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

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 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

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