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Frazier Simplex Machine Company: OSHA inspections and violations

Washington, Pennsylvania · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

3inspections
12citation items
$3,212current penalties
Dec 5, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Frazier Simplex Machine Company 3 times in Pennsylvania since 2008.

The latest one began on Dec 5, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Washington.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 10 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,838 and now stand at $3,212, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Frazier Simplex Machine Company averages $2,462 (1 cited inspection).

Frazier Simplex Machine Company: OSHA citation items per year, 2008 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344489141 OPENED DEC 5, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Dec 15, 2020

1720 North Main Street, Washington, PA 15301 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$2,313$1,503Apr 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii) · Gas welding and cutting
 Serious$1,475$959Apr 27, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii) · Gas welding and cutting
 Serious$0$0Apr 27, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 27, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 27, 2020Final

Inspection 312630338 OPENED FEB 10, 2009Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Feb 10, 2009

1720 North Main Street, Washington, PA 15301 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 311325104 OPENED JAN 15, 2008Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed Mar 5, 2008

1720 North Main Street, Washington, PA 15301 · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$300$220Jan 16, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jan 16, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jan 16, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$375$265Jan 16, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$375$265Jan 16, 2008Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6)

(6) The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

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 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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