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Futura Technology: OSHA inspections and violations

Brownsville, Texas · Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333518

1inspections
3citation items
$1,069current penalties
Aug 23, 2016last inspection

Futura Technology has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Aug 23, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Brownsville.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $4,276 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $1,069, down 75%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.303, electrical equipment, general requirements (2 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Futura Technology averages $1,069 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Futura Technology: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341721561 OPENED AUG 23, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 3 employees at the site · Closed Mar 7, 2017

488 Regal Road Suite 103, Brownsville, TX 78521 · Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,138$534Dec 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Dec 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,138$534Dec 14, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2)

(2) Installation and use. Listed or labeled equipment shall be installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling.

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i)

(i) Unused openings in boxes, raceways, auxiliary gutters, cabinets, equipment cases, or housings shall be effectively closed to afford protection substantially equivalent to the wall of the equipment.

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii)

(ii) Flexible cords may be used only in continuous lengths without splice or tap. Hard-service cord and junior hard-service cord No. 14 and larger may be repaired if spliced so that the splice retains the insulation, outer sheath properties, and usage characteristics of the cord being spliced.

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