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Hypercomp Engineering, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Brigham City, Utah · Engineering Services · NAICS 541330

2inspections
5citation items
$2,250current penalties
Mar 10, 2020last inspection

Hypercomp Engineering, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Utah, the first in 2016.

OSHA's last visit started on Mar 10, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Brigham City.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.

OSHA proposed $3,000 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,250, down 25%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.215, grinders and abrasive wheels (2 items).

For context, across all professional services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,821. Hypercomp Engineering, Inc. averages $1,125 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Hypercomp Engineering, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344705900 OPENED MAR 10, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Nov 5, 2021

156 S 800 W Suite H, Brigham City, UT 84302 · Testing Laboratories and Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 10, 2020 (fatal): Employee is killed after oxygen cylinder explosion

At 7:00 a.m. on March 10. 2020, an employee was filling a small cylinder with 100% oxygen using a cascade process The small cylinder exploded. The employee was killed after sustaining multiple injuries from the blast pressure, burns, and lacerations.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$1,500$1,500May 4, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0May 4, 2020Final

Inspection 341888816 OPENED NOV 3, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Feb 1, 2017

1080 N Main St. Suite 2, Brigham City, UT 84302 · Engineering Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$1,500$750Dec 16, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(1) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Dec 16, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Dec 16, 2016Final

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(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

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 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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