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Foster Mechanical: OSHA inspections and violations

Saint Louis, Missouri · Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing · NAICS 326220

1inspections
2citation items
$3,696current penalties
Nov 6, 2018last inspection

Foster Mechanical has one OSHA inspection on record in Missouri.

OSHA opened it on Nov 6, 2018 after a complaint, in Saint Louis.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $3,696 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Foster Mechanical averages $3,696 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Foster Mechanical: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343579793 OPENED NOV 6, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed Jul 29, 2019

10452 Bauer Blvd., Saint Louis, MO 63132 · Rubber and Plastics Hoses and Belting Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$3,696$3,696Nov 14, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 14, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii)

(iii) An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

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