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Kothmann Enterprises: OSHA inspections and violations

Big Spring, Texas · Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing · NAICS 331221

1inspections
3citation items
$7,459current penalties
May 13, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Kothmann Enterprises once in Texas.

The inspection began on May 13, 2022 on a referral, in Big Spring.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,432 and now stand at $7,459, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Kothmann Enterprises averages $7,459 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Kothmann Enterprises: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345985790 OPENED MAY 13, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed Aug 31, 2022

3616 H C Airport Rd, Big Spring, TX 79720 · Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
Serious$4,144$2,486Aug 12, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$4,144$2,486Aug 12, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$4,144$2,486Aug 12, 2022Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

May 9, 2022, Big Spring: Hospitalization, loss of an eye · avulsions, enucleations · eye(s)

An employee was setting up a punch and die set when a metal piece on the punch broke off and hit him in the right eye, resulting in the loss of the right eye.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

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.

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