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Ics, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Mcpherson, Kansas · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · NAICS 332813

6inspections
24citation items
$9,601current penalties
Dec 3, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ics, Inc. 6 times in Kansas since 1987.

The latest one began on Dec 3, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Mcpherson.

Those inspections ended with 24 citation items: 14 serious, 1 repeat and 9 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $13,030 and now stand at $9,601, 26% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lead in general industry comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.1025.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Ics, Inc. averages $2,400 (1 cited inspection).

Ics, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1987 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341097251 OPENED DEC 3, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 11 employees at the site · Closed Jun 29, 2016

210 N. Elder, Mcpherson, KS 67460 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Repeat$2,400$2,400May 25, 2016Final

Inspection 333295137 OPENED APR 4, 2012Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Oct 18, 2013

210 N. Elder, Mcpherson, KS 67460 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.124(g)(2) · General requirements for dipping and coating operations
Serious$1,700$1,190Aug 20, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$1,360$952Aug 20, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$1,360$952Aug 20, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.252(c)(13) · Welding fire safety
Serious$1,360$952Aug 20, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(ii) · Lead in general industry
Serious$1,700$1,190Aug 20, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(i) · Lead in general industry
Serious$0$0Aug 20, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.1026(c) · Hexavalent chromium
Serious$1,700$1,190Aug 20, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Aug 20, 2012Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(2)(i)(a) · Bloodborne pathogens
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 2012Final

Inspection 306173048 OPENED DEC 16, 2003Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 26 employees at the site · Closed Dec 17, 2003

210 N. Elder, Mcpherson, KS 67460 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 106590268 OPENED APR 12, 1995Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 23 employees at the site · Closed Jul 27, 1995

210 N. Elder, Mcpherson, KS 67460 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$450$225Jun 12, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$450$225Jun 12, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2) · Lead in general industry
Serious$450$225Jun 12, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i) · Lead in general industry
Serious$0$0Jun 12, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 12, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(b)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 12, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 12, 1995Closed

Inspection 103097184 OPENED OCT 6, 1987Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 17 employees at the site · Closed Nov 20, 1987

210 N. Elder, Mcpherson, KS 67460 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 106030661 OPENED MAY 6, 1987Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Sep 15, 1987

210 N. Elder, Mcpherson, KS 67460 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$100$100Jun 5, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$0$0Jun 5, 1987Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 5, 1987Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 5, 1987Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 5, 1987Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 5, 1987Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.304(f)(4) · Grounding and circuit protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 5, 1987Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1025 · Lead in general industry

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2)

(2) Initial determination. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard shall determine if any exployee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level.

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(ii)

(ii) Where any employee is exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit, but for 30 days or less per year, the employer shall implement engineering controls to reduce exposures to 200 µg/m 3, but thereafter may implement any combination of engineering, work practice (including administrative controls), and respiratory controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead to or below 50 µg/m 3.

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(3)(i)

(3) Compliance program. (i) Each employer shall establish and implement a written compliance program to reduce exposures to or below the permissible exposure limit, and interim levels if applicable, solely by means of engineering and work practice controls in accordance with the implementation schedule in paragraph (e)(1).

29 CFR 1910.1026 · Hexavalent chromium

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.124 · General requirements for dipping and coating operations

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.252 · Welding fire safety

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.94 · Ventilation

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