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Lopez Installation AC: OSHA inspections and violations

North Richland Hills, Texas · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · NAICS 238220

1inspections
3citation items
$10,115current penalties
Oct 5, 2018last inspection

Lopez Installation AC has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Oct 5, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in North Richland Hills.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $10,115 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Lopez Installation AC averages $10,115 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Lopez Installation AC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343516845 OPENED OCT 5, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Feb 20, 2019

3745 Charles Street, North Richland Hills, TX 76180 · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 2, 2018 (fatal): Employee lacerates hand while carrying air conditioning coil

At 3:05 p.m. on October 2, 2018, an employee was carrying an air conditioning coil to the attic and lacerates hand.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,273$2,273Feb 4, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.138(a) · Gloves and hand protection
 Serious$5,000$5,000Feb 4, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(3) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$2,842$2,842Feb 4, 2019Final

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)(3)

(3) You must report the fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye using one of the following methods:

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)

(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:

29 CFR 1910.138 · Gloves and hand protection

29 CFR 1910.138(a)

(a) General requirements. Employers shall select and require employees to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands are exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes.

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